The smaller almost-kindling is useful too. Good for fillers and middle layer of startup loads. No sense in leaving it behind. It dries out faster...
Happy Easter! Boy, hydrated is right on.. we had a big ham and of course I ate a lot of it. That stuff must be awful salty, 'cause now I just...
Great pics. Doesn't it feel good to get back out at it again (without frostbite)? Your helpers look quite the good aid to your task (and hungry...
Just how the heck did they get that Ford up in the tree anyway? Great treehouse for the kids... complete with AM radio!
Two words about that experiment: inventive and industrious. Add a third word: functional. It looks similar to how they built the Saint Louis...
2.5 cords used this winter. Mostly only burn on weekends and nights.
Oh yeah, mulberry is great for BTU's but it can explode into showers of sparks if you open the stove door before it gets down to small coals. A...
2 years here for living wet tree to ready.
Except for one little patch of snow in a shady place, it's all melted away now here too. There's talk of flurries this Monday, but WINTER IS GONE....
It looks like a great start for the dry wood plan. I hope you find a way to thank that tree service so it keeps providing. Nice score!
Along with all the good reasons for dry wood already posted, I also get no more black windows on the stove doors. The three year plan is better...
What is it that makes a truck look most 'complete' when it's loaded with a bunch of wood like that? There appear to be a few different flavors in...
Heheh, would that be handy - a species of tree that splits itself.
I like that - let not a single BTU go to waste. Found a way to fit that big mama trunk into the stove, a carved chunk at a time. I had to do a...
I found that splitting with a maul was a major stress-reliever. Back when I could without my joints coming apart. You got a lot done there and...
It looks like a quarter of the tree length ash got cut up today. I am sore and Tuckered out after only three hours work. [ATTACH] Sorry if...
The deep snow is gone finally. It was an excellent day to run the saws. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My partner uses an Echo CS-400 which cuts well. There...
With many small splits vs. fewer larger splits, I would expect over firing. The burn would be 'peaky' that is, a really intense hot but...
That near-empty shed bin is just begging to be refilled. You done good this winter keeping the BK King's appetite satisfied.
Good article; thanks for the link. I plan to print it to show the DW (darling wife) when I gotta head off to work and the stove needs a reload.
