Have been keeping track only since 01 October, burned just under a cord in HeatMaster OWF, heating 4300 sf in a well-insulated SIP/timberframe...
Here's what I put in my outdoor wood furnace that isn't actual firewood: Egg cartons (usually have some kind of bacon grease stains on them) -...
Some of you guys can keep a vehicle a lot longer that those of us up here in the salt & rust belt. I bought my 2004 Ram 1500 used in 2009. It...
84 degrees? I would be dying in that heat. I like the house at 71 and the garage at around 55.
My favorite by a large margin is black birch. Love the smell when it's cut and split, easy to handle, usually splits clean, high BTUs....
No way that's black locust. BL is yellow inside, and the bark is wrong. I agree with Scotty Overkill that it's some kind of elm.
Too late: [MEDIA]
I have a couple at my workplace that are pretty big. One is probably 24" DBH and hollow, the other is close to 3' at the base and has several...
I allowed myself to buy one pair of the Showa Atlas 300 gloves last week, even though the price of a single pair was almost a quarter the cost of...
This Ridiculous Stove Can Burn an Entire Tree Trunk
I do it every year. Anywhere from 5-10 vacation days spent C/S/S.
Most wood, with a few exceptions, will last for several years in tree length/log form as long as it is kept off the ground. I would cut them down...
No to the Mingo. I think it's an unnecessary expense. I like all my firewood cut to 20" and I use a 19-1/2" long piece of 1/2" PVC conduit,...
I have been wondering what to do with all of the small-diameter stuff I have lying around. I think I may do the same thing and just collect it...
For felling I have a Peltor forestry helmet with earmuffs and face screen. Once the tree is down, though, I ditch the helmet and face screen and...
There's a couple places within ten miles of me that must have had black locusts planted sometime early in the last century. Alongside old farm...
Goldenrain. Koelreuteria paniculata. Imported landscape tree, often considered an invasive.
Yes, locust poles. Buried 42" in the ground. I figure they'll be there long after I become worm food. Got some hassle from the town auditor...
That reddish stringy mess under the bark is the giveaway for me. That's cottonwood.
No, I split some honey locust yesterday and it is dark reddish brown inside with white sapwood. The grain and color resembles ash, but the bark...
