I top cover and believe I get noticeable benefit. I've been using the vinyl tarps from TSC. I've found they're only good for about two years...
Thank you for the wise counsel. I've been around PI all my life but have never been affected by it. And I didn't know the smoke can be harmful....
We have some poison ivy here as big as the vine pictured. I removed some from a tree I felled last fall and threw it into a burn pile full of...
Thank you!!
That's exactly what I've been doing the last few days... Maple during the day, Hickory and Oak at night. Works well.
So am I to understand that beech is a good firewood? Up there with hickory? I have beech around here but never bothered with it. Maybe I should...
We have some shagbark hickory in this area. Except for locust (which I don't prefer for various reasons although I do use it from time to time)...
I burn mostly cherry, shagbark hickory and maple cause they're so abundant in this area. This year I have some oak that is dry enough to burn. I...
I use our smoker pretty routinely. We all love the flavor of smoked food. For smoking chips, I usually just keep splitting a suitable (Cherry,...
I wipe the tooth off with a rag, then use a red sharpie. So far, so good.
Merry Christmas to one and all!!
No. I know that goes against tradition, but these Yule logs are cut to fit inside the wood stove.
Building on the thread on what you will burn on Christms Day, I'm planning on starting a tradition of burning a Yule log on Christmas Eve. I'm...
Nice load of cherry. Cherry may very well be my favorite wood. It smells good throughout every step of the firewood process. And it makes...
Thanks for all the useful and reassuring info. Much appreciated.
We have a Hearthstone Castleton soapstone stove. We love it!! This is our second full year with it and we're using it more and more on a...
I'd love to visit that place. And that old Ford tractor with the V-8 is pretty awesome and well done. Thanks for sharing.
I used a TSC electric winch on my set-up. It was on sale at th time. It's either an 8k or 10k rated winch. It pulls!! I also configured it via...
Cnice_37, Yep, that's my homemade, electric logging winch fresh out of the shop last winter. It's been painted and some niceties added since...
Love the pics. Great scenery.