18 and 72. Got around 5” of snow yesterday and overnight. Burning elm. Will switch to oak for the cold snap tonight.
I split oak and hickory on the medium and larger end — usually at least 4-5” average diameter. Elm, maple, pine, and anything else I use to start...
Warmed up to 31 today. Balmy 79 inside burning a mix of elm, maple, and mulberry. Baking sweet potatoes and veggies in the oven for an hour...
-1 before windchill here in SE Iowa right now. 22 sounds like almost t-shirt weather…
-5 outside, 70 inside. Burning mixed hardwoods today — maple, elm, and a little oak. Looks like we got a total of 4-5” yesterday. I need to get...
15 and falling fast outside, 66 and climbing inside. Burning maple and elm. The snow is absolutely dumping here. Our first legit snow of the...
I burn a lot of elm, mostly from trees we cut in our yard or trees our neighbors have taken down. I like it a lot — the heat it puts out is great...
I got a vicious muscle cramp last year running the saw. Lots of bending and leaning at odd angles, dehydration, and working past the point I know...
24 out and finally starting to feel like winter. Elm and mulberry in the stove.
No fire yesterday or this morning as it’s still warm inside. Mid-70s outside yesterday! The wind was strong but no tornadoes and no major damage...
Nice! We have the same stove but in red. It’s great — you’re gonna love it. Heats up our 1000 SF house quite well. [ATTACH] This was last...
47 out. Warm enough to go for a run before work. Burning a few small elm and pine splits.
38 outside and first fire of the season this morning with a small load of elm and pine.
Now that would've been somethin!
Sometimes the best scores just come to you.... An arborist acquaintance was working a block down the road yesterday taking down a mulberry while...
Supposed to be an overnight low of 38 tonight. Can’t believe I might make a fire this close to June...
Yes that’s black walnut. Those ‘fruit clusters’ are actually flower clusters called catkins. They’re the male stamen flowers. I have hundreds of...
Got cold enough for one more small fire last night — after almost a week of running the AC in the afternoon. Strange spring here.
I was thinking about giving that a shot. I do bring my fiskars out when I’m in the woods, but today I was just cutting. I’ll have the trailer out...
Yeah that ones gotta be over 200 pounds. No way I was going to lift these into my truck. I’ll bring a trailer in next time and roll em up the ramp.
