Last year I had a bunch of oak in my stacks that I had been drooling over for 3 years waiting on the splits to dry good. Well, it got down right...
There always seem to be posts about tree ID. ID by leaves is always easier but many times all you have to go on is the bark. Here is a site that...
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The temp here is hovering right at 33 and it is raining cats and dogs out. Kind of the point where the back roads could be just wet or slicker...
Got ice down here too. Good day to stay put.
not a bad day I guess. [MEDIA]
Why not cut them a little higher off the ground and then pull them over with the tractor?
Cuz if you cut it before it goes dormant it will bleed sap and water like a stuck hog. Last one I dumped this fall before winter pizzed out so...
They are dry and yes we use a nut pick to get the meats outta them. I tryed too hire a squrril that hangs out at the bird feeders to crack them...
Just crackin some nuts this afternoon. [MEDIA]
Pic of fresh cut red elm from a week or so ago. [ATTACH]
I split a lot of elm. Mostly red. Before I got a splitter I always waited till the wood was froze. Split much better. With a splitter I haven't...
Been watching some vids on these cubic stoves. I didnt know such a thing existed. If a guy wanted to poke a bunch of holes in his house roof they...
Not to much shoulder of the road to drive on round here. [MEDIA]
I only allow ditch tigers to keep the mice outta my wood stacks. None in the hooch, none in the crock pot. Well, maybe a make shift Chinese diner...
No cats here, just a Jotul tube stove and maybe a bucket of corn cobs soaked in fuel oil to keep the model T warm on the way inta town.
Yep. Just a rock twixed the rotor and shield. Dont happen very often but it sure makes a racket when it does. I just wonder how many folks woulda...
Had to run to town this morning. After about a mile on the gravel road I start to hear this awful noise. Kinda like finger nails on a chalk board...
I know that when I first started using a newer stove it was a struggle for me also. Mostly the wood but there was a certain amount of operator...
I load E.W. and on a cool stove with coals left from the night before that is how I usually start a fire with 1 difference. I put a small split...
