No. We could not hire anyone with a clue. I NEVER had problems while working alone. I was VERY methodical and careful. I hated screw ups. Too...
Cities do routinely soften water, i.e. remove minerals, and then add minerals back. Many cities add minerals to prevent lead from leaching into...
Just a tease. Many preach "free markets" until they disagree with the "free market" results which is what happened when Texas froze. When...
I have tried both. Six rows outside, 4" spacing between rows, uncovered: lost some to fungus and would not dry below 20%. Six rows inside a...
Because of a previous glut of natural gas in the USA, natural gas export facilities were constructed on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts as LNG...
The last bunch of "national socialists" did not have a good ending. Your favorite does meet the definition of a "national socialist".
The issue I was trying to show was conditions vary widely: there are many different ways to dry wood (split versus round for example), many...
Most aspects of firewood burning are about trading one advantage at the expense of another and so there is an infinite number of "right" choices....
Yes, I have the XCUo3, actually I have two. The most cost effective way to get batteries was to purchase another saw which included a saw, chain,...
70 deg F. Add wood at 68 and reduce draft at 72. Burn down the coals to be at 67 at bed time. 60 deg F in the early morning is ideal and time...
New to me!!! I encountered "bole" twice this week while reading two different books, one historical, 1980 vintage, and one natural history, 1935....
I hand split and all my wedges, 4, are over 10 years old as is my sledge hammer, 5 pound. My transportation cost is $50 per cord at today's...
My largest splits are bark free dead slippery elm which is a lighter wood but only because large elm sticks ignite and burn well. I am more...
My wife only complains about my addiction when the firewood hoard interferes with opening her car door. I can not find another "hobby" which pays...
I have cut LOTS of rounds when processing tops left from a wood harvest and spent an entire winter burning only rounds 5" or less from tops. Some...
I can have the same experience. Air flow between the firewood sticks is my issue. Burning down my coals to less than average (coals restrict my...
I reserve sugar maple for only the coldest days since sugar maple burns hot/fast with low coals which makes room for more wood. Bitternut hickory...
While split wood dries better, I am never reluctant to store firewood as rounds. Years ago, my neighbor logged twenty acres adjacent to us and we...
Furnace is below our bed and we like to sleep cool. Anything warmer than 67 F at bed time is too hot and around 60 in the morning is ideal. 54 F...
54 F inside, -9 F outside at 6 am since we kill the furnace fire every night. Started on slippery elm+hackberry with a 7" slippery elm round for...
