I didn't take any pictures because it wasn't our property but today we took down a hemlock that was leaning over the brook pretty good (the ice would've took it out) the water wasn't that cold but still was cool. It was my first time in my cutting boots since my heel issue and the heel doesn't feel that bad. The boots,socks,chaps and pants are drying out by the new garage in the sun, later today they'll come inside by the fire. I was under my target weight of 211 this morning (210.8) but today and Saturday are the last days of of eating different.
We put in the last of the shoulder season wood from what was left over from last year today along with a second load (not full) when the rain came down. The cutting boots are pretty much dried out and the heel doesn't feel any worse so I can either stack or get more downed maple but we'll see how hard the rain is from the next chit coming through.
The scale said 210.2 this morning ( shed 12 pounds) so pot roast it is tonight. We have everything for our sausage,bell peppers in a red sauce so that will be a Thursday or Friday meal. Since the heel is feeling better each day, I'll give it another day off before I start stacking,splitting and maybe some bucking up of some downed maple.
The pot roast with gravy and potatoes was very good tonight. I'll work that off tomorrow with some stacking and maybe some splitting.
Love the look of your stacks - looks like the runners have been there for a while and held many btus. Nice work!
If you scrunch up your mouth just right when saying Hemlock, it's sounds exactly like the word firewood. I've done it. Except the tree was Spruce. There have been others.
I have a hung up hemlock in a crabapple. I'll get on it tomorrow. I'm tired of mowing around it. It is pretty big when you get up to it. I'll take since I have little wood put up.
How you doing fishingpol? We've been burning White Pine for shoulder season wood because we have so much down but I like Hemlock better.
We are doing well. We just moved across town and have a small woodlot that has not been cared for in years. I gave all my remaining wood at the last house away to family and my neighbor. I have been processing dead red pine, aspen, hemlock and some maple. We only have a few white pines, and a good stand of red pines. We don't have a stove here, so I get to build a hearth and decide if a Woodstock Fireview is in the cards or go through this season with our Jotul Castine. Lots to do, but all the projects will take years. We also had to leave the wood fired mud oven behind. There were a lot of hard choices, but in the end, it is well worth it. It is good to see your posts again
