The trade off is time spent and moving brush. I don’t have access to a chipper so I drag a lot of brush. The upside is putting a few small pieces...
I haven’t seen elm in my area since I was a kid. They all died from the Dutch elm disease, if I recall. We cut some dead ones down and I remember...
Sometimes cut to 2” diameter if it’s easier to clean up the brush pile, then I use them and in the antique wood cook stove.
20 or so years ago my friend wanted to learn how to sugar on some land he owned about 4 hours north into Vermont. We brought 10 or 15 buckets up...
Now that’s a little more complicated than the way the American Indians did it!
I like the target date funds if you don’t want to, or have time to watch the markets all the time. A few things that work for me is any stock...
I usually help out up in Western Mass. Just waiting for the landowner to say it’s time! We usually start end of Feb. since there is so much freeze...
A Prarie Home Companion. John Prine is on right now. Good stuff.
The worst is when you get a light dusting of snow on that ice. It seems slipperier than it was before, and you can’t see it. That got me a week ago.
I thought that happens mostly here in southern New England while you guys get all the snow! It’s supposed to hit 50 f today - hope you can get a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I found a few interesting pieces but I’d hate to cut the down. Especially since I don’t own them!
You guys are amazing. I wish I had that kind of imagination and talent.
You didn’t kill it. It’s hard to keep up sometimes when you’re new to this forum- so much stuff to read! Besides, when you live in the greater...
We haven’t had much snow at all this year. Back in the 90’s we’d have a few feet on the ground by now.
I sure hope it kills a lot of ticks! Turkey hunting is getting less fun when you get 4 or 5 ticks after sitting on the dry leaves in early spring.
Around here the weathermen (and weather ladies) love to measure the snow depth with a ruler , on camera. It usually shows 3 or 4 inches.
10 below last night in NW Ct. Of course the little dog claims the best spot in the house.
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I appreciate the information. I’ll burn it today using your advice, and see what temperatures I get. It’s all 6” pipe - starts out oval at the...
Snowing up to 5” in my area of Connecticut tonight followed by a drop to 0 degrees on Wednesday night with 12 mph winds. The soapstone stove is...
