It got down to 8 last night. I'm burning red oak and red elm. Friday night it lightly rained, which turned to ice, then it heavily sleeted, then...
It is very sad what's happened to Sears. Like a lot of people here, I grew up on Sears because of my parents. The quality of their products really...
Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven. Glenlivet Scotch Whiskey, life is good! Happy New Years to all!
That's interesting to watch, some are smart enough to not go inside, the one outside even grunted to warn the hogs inside. I'm surprised there's...
It's great to see California getting a lot of rain and snow, they desperately need it to get some good snow pack in the mountains and water in...
I grew up in the burbs of St. Louis, we never heated with wood, but we went camping a lot and the fire was the centerpiece. My dad always tended...
That's a good question. I'm thinking next time, I may overlap it by a 1/4 inch or so, and maybe weave the ends together before setting it in...
We're back in business! LOL Got our septic tank pumped out today. I'm about to be guilty of TMI myself. We live 35 miles from the nearest...
But, did you smell it? :rofl: :lol:
An update on this failed glass gasket from a month ago, [IMG] There is an air leak in the door gasket right below the failure. When I replaced...
Speaking of freezing rain. I forget what year it was, 10 or 12 years ago? Anyway, here in the midwest we got got about a 1/2 inch of freezing...
How about Norway Maple? Apparently a mature Norway Maple has bark with a criss-crossed pattern, similar to White Ash. The wood has a Maple-ish...
I'm new to hoarding wood, only 3 years now. When I started I scrounged all the already dead wood I could find, and a lot of it was elm with no...
Sometimes, you do what you gotta do! We're being resourceful.. LOL But, I'm ready for a shave, and a real shower. Hope you get better real...
You sure take some things for granted, like using water for showering, using the toilet.... on day 3 of the septic tank being full. Had a plumber...
Looks like the bark is peeling away, does it show any signs of the ash borer underneath? Or any other insect? Here's ash borer damage. Looks like...
I'm thinking ash from the way the bark criss crosses, but the ash I'm used to is much lighter in color.
There's a lot of great inspirational, and common sense, words here. These words take on a special meaning in this strange world we're living in...
Happy Birthday Midwinter!
This is what I would do.
