Indeed they do. Not so long ago my toddler daughter was proudly carrying small sticks of wood to me as I stacked the next winter's wood. Then just...
I'm so sorry to hear this. I know first hand how tough it is to lose a furry family member. It looks like he gave you lots of good memories to...
Not to be argumentative, it looks a lot like ash but it may also be tulip polar. The bark and the wood of both trees looks very much the same at...
Boy, you're not kidding. My splitter split everything I could lift onto it, but I had to flip some pieces and split down both sides, and even then...
Bobcats are particularly hard on turkey nests and sitting hens, I believe, but they are neat animals. Coyotes are hard on everything; I share your...
Yes, indeed, they are! I'm hoping to use the vertical feature on my splitter to halve these on the ground at the joint lines. If that doesn't...
Yes, this storm "blessed" us with plenty of firewood for the next few years. No felling needed except for the badly damaged trees that won't live...
Yep, there's a few in the background that I've noodled already, but they were smaller. Most of the time I only need to noodle a round partway then...
I'm not certain, but either pignut or mockernut. We only have those two and shagbark here, and it's not shagbark.
The recent ice storm we had really destroyed the woodland on our place and on my parent's farm. A large hickory tree at the edge of their back...
That’s called a shoulder bolt, made so that the threads can tighten and hold (usually!) while the smooth shoulder acts as a spacer so the plastic...
Ash, indeed. Nice score!
Thank you very much! I appreciate being able to be here!
Do you have a nice blue pilot flame that has good contact with the thermocouple? If the air vents in the pilot light burner get dust clogged the...
I really enjoy splitting by hand when the wood is suitable. This past fall I got tired of beating on the old gnarly knotty stuff that the maul...
I bought one of those “soot eaters” this year but there were no instructions for trimming. What is the optimal length for an 8x8 square flue...
