In college I lived in a house with a wood stove for about a year, and for the past three years I have had a wood stove in my current house. Four...
I have been processing firewood- everything from dropping trees thru stacking the splits. I have also cleaned the chimney and burned a lot of...
I think it is Red maple - lots of Red maples around here have bark similar to your tree. The growth rings are wide, but Red Maple can grow pretty...
I save the larger splits and the splits that are regular in shape and will pack into the stove efficiently for nighttime, so that is the good...
If it were me, I'd be more worried about collecting firewood than clearing land. First, get everything decent to burn and get is split and...
Are you sure she wasn't hitting on you? Primitive = big and full of muscles = "hey big fella, nice maul you got there"
The trees I know as Ironwood are Carpinus caroliniana, also called Blue Beech or American Hornbeam. I have never seen one bigger than maybe 10...
Nice job saving the little stuff. I like to save smaller branches because they are great for getting the stove hot fast, and I hate to waste firewood.
I am expecting -1 tonight, with wind chill in the -10 to -20 range. I am burning oak and pushing the stove hard. Even with the stove hot, the...
I finished moving the first holz hausen from the yard to the porch. It was 8 ft in diameter and about 5 ft tall, so that makes it about 240 cubic...
Yeah, but the work you have to put into gathering wood is smaller than it would be with a larger house. You save less, but you work less too.
When I first started using the wood stove I calculated that my electric bill went down $150 to $200 per month. This house is all electric except...
I mostly make round stacks, so there are no ends, but when I do make a rectangular stack I cross stack only on the ends. I find cross stacking...
I need firewood for next winter, so I plan to be working on it today. I will be splitting firewood in the woods and stacking it there. This means...
I have burned more than usual this year because it seems colder than usual. I realized recently that I don't have enough seasoned wood for next...
It would take me about ten days of cold weather to burn a face cord of average firewood.
Bradford Pears always seem to be full of knots, crotches, etc., that make them hard to split. The few pieces of clear trunk I have encountered...
They should split pretty easily with a maul. Maybe you can make the first split by hand then move to the splitter. That would save the effort of...
I'll take dry wood over wet wood. Box Elder is my choice.
Nice score. That big tree is a Norway Spruce. I have burned a fair bit of Norway Spruce because they're popular here and get really big. Spruce...
