I have burned about 1 cord of cottonwood in the stove in the beginning of the season just to kinda get rid of it. Temps were 20's and 30's just...
I think if it starts to get punky or rotting, sell it..... Get some money for your work instead of losing the wood to rot.....
Yes, propane fluctuates around here just like everywhere else. I just had my tank filled for $1.38 a gallon. And because of my awesome Drolet...
Yeah, basically
Oh and yes, the town does have a couple LARGE diesel generators, but they aren't big enough to serve the whole town anymore. 1 generator is from...
The town buys electricity and water from outside utilities, then calls it there own. I do wonder what their profit margins are?
So, the small town I live in raised the electricity price by 23.5% overnight last winter. So from 1 month to the next my bills went up by about...
Too bad I don't have a sample of the leaves... that might help
So, I picked up about 1/2 a cord of Oak from a guy near me. I can tell it's Oak, it's heavy. But what species, he says he gets it out of Minnesota...
Yikes, we have a huge maple in my town that the city is going to cut down. Dutch Elm (beetles) Once on the ground, it's all mine. The supervisor...
No kidding, are they talking about sap or something?
Yes, the stakes are for the winds. The Black locust grow so fast that the new branches are quite thin. The tree would just whip around in the...
Ok, so I know this is my own thread..... As a couple of you may know I have planted 3 Black Locust Trees in my small town. 2 at my parents and 1...
Oak that is!! Picked up almost 1/2 a cord for $200 bucks. Great thing is he's less that an hour from me. I didn't take any pictures yet but when I...
I was lucky enough to find a 6 inch chimney brush about 15 ft long at an auction. I sweep from the bottom and the top, that way I get the whole...
I swept mine at about the 4 year mark. There was hardly anything in there. If you are burning good, seasoned wood, you shouldn't have to sweep it...
Man, I wish someone would have brought those trees out here to SD. I have planted 3 in my town in good spots that will be taken care of.
I picked up a load of ash up in north dakota, and the guy used a skid-steer and the forks must have been hooked, because he tipped the forks and...
My sons are 17 and 15. It's getting harder to get them to help me
We call those bulk tanks up here. And I just secured about 10 of those for my wood operation. My sons and I have been thinking about getting into...
