Here in Maine where a lot of people heat their houses with firewood, I think the vast majority of wives and girlfriends help with the firewood...
Here in Maine where a lot of houses are heated with wood, I would say that the majority of wives and girlfriends DO help with the firewood duties....
It did not escape me, but I try not to miss the opportunity to state just how loving God is. :salute:
No my sheep are not dumb, in fact very few sheep are. Rather they are vulnerable and do dumb things. People often assume God compares people to...
I am just a dumb sheep farmer. It is nice because it keeps expectations from others wayyyyyyy down.
When we had an outdoor boiler and cut a lot of slabs off the mill, we made a 16 foot sawbuck that worked well, but a buzz saw will work well for...
We had one years ago and it was alright. It seemed far easier on the back surprisingly enough, to use a chainsaw on the wood pile rather then...
I don't think coal is dirty at all, but make the confession I have only burned anthracite coal and not soft or lignite coal either. But assuming...
I agree completely. Even if wood pellets did become almost impossible to get, my local feed store has literally tons of corn I can burn in my...
I understand what you mean. She once wanted a 13 x 18 garden shed built and he built it for her, giving her a quite just as if it was any other...
Nope: masonry gets warmed up, and it holds the heat better and thus drafts better. It also stands up to wind better, and ice sliding off a roof...
I got plenty of my own wood and currently have at least a 30 year plan going (no joke). But for me, I am a little different (hard to believe I...
I understand, and know that PA is a long ways from Maine. Just bring up a truckload of your wonderful coal, sell it at high prices here, and...
Nice job on fixing it right as best you can so late in the fall. I always enjoy seeing people do the best then can with what they got. This house...
What is your chimney made out of: I did not read that in scanning the previous replies? If it is 100% single wall pipe, that might be your...
Every tree species gets some sort of insect in it if you wait long enough. Spruce, Hemlock, White Pine, etc... I once cut a wood lot where...
I was thinking the same thing, but I did not want to sound like a idiot for paying more then everyone else. I am glad to know that it is a great...
We got one in the family, but I have never been around it when it was used, but just heard the guys saying that "takes all the work out of sawing...
I know jeans and longjohn's won't. Thankfully I had packets of sugar in my lunch box for my coffee to help cauterize the wound. Somewhere I have...
I am glad to see Maine has a Pro Hockey team again, but I have not been able to get down to Portland and see them yet. Their schedule and mine...
