In the “old days” people used wood for ALL their heat plus ALL their cooking with no chainsaws or hydraulics. Tough to get on the 3 year plan...
Dead ash, silver maple, pine and poplar would be my choice. Also the top half of standing dead trees with preferably no bark. Stack single row...
I don’t like cutting in the hot OR cold so fall and spring are when I do most of the work. I like to cut or split when it’s in the 40s, 50s, or...
Hand splitter here - it does add a lot of work but I love it. Oak is a pretty easy wood to split in my experience but I don’t mess with much over...
I say just go with this addiction! Lots of others we could have that would be way more expensive.
I’d get the wood out of that area and then split it later at my leisure. Personally would not want to lose the opportunity to get it out while...
Yep some of those pieces the only criteria is fitting through the stove door. If it won’t do that and it won’t split easy time to break out the...
My top wood would be red oak. In fact it’s all I’ve cut this fall as a wind storm in September brought down some really big red oak trees in the...
I keep about a week’s worth inside. More if a lot of snow or ice is forecasted. I worry about bugs but also don’t want to have to haul wood in...
Mine stood for 6 years before I dismantled it. Keeping it leaning inward is key.
Finally something I am ahead of the curve on!
This is why I cut my wood in the National Forest. Too big or small I just let it go. When I get too tired I go home. And there’s almost always...
I have 4 big plastic trash cans that I use - not sure how many gallons. I keep them under my deck and one at a time bring them in by the stove....
I collect a few bins of bark for kindling each year. Summer’s heat makes it super dry and the fire takes right off. Plus I don’t like wasting it.
Normally pine but I don’t have any of that right now. Then the chunks uglies and wood that’s going a bit punky but I don’t have any of that...
First fire here this evening too! Came home to the house at 63 and wanted it a bit warmer. Some oak scraps and small rounds in the Fisher.[ATTACH]
I take pride in my stacking even though I have no neighbors that can see it. I don’t particularly like the job but I do enjoy looking at the...
Nice! There’s something special about the first fire of the season. Looks like it will be a couple weeks yet here.
I have a wood box in the basement that can hold about a week’s worth. It’s close to the stove and all on a concrete floor. Wood gets brought in...
No fires here yet but I am having to shut the windows at night! Hauling a small amount of wood in the house today but don’t expect a fire for a...
