Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

?? What oak? The one that is still standing?

Looks like too much of a chance for debris to fall while cutting it, no? Gotta be careful!

 

24 here now, first fire a in a few days. Elm and hard Maple. I haven't got any cutting in yet as my sawhorses have a couple inches of ice around them still. I'm working on pulling some rounds from last year out of the woods. Expect temps to be in the upper teens by AM.

 

35F this AM with a small band of rain and Gasp! Snow moving through. Stove is idling through a load of Elm. Heading for 50F today. Hmmmm. The trout streams are calling

 

About 21 here this morning. Bubbling goo burning this morning. We turned the Wood Gun off last night. Time for a good cleaning first chance I get.

 

OK, here it is on the ground. And home in my driveway. It just had one little hook at the top that had caught on another tree.

 

Tonight could be our last "cold" night of the year...the forecast looks like we are about to get into a stretch of real nice weather.

I have a tiny bit of wood left next to the boiler....maybe enough to make DHW for 3 or 4 more days then I'll probably shut it down for the year.

Overall I burned 5.5 cord this year.

 

Cold enough to snow this morning, the stove has been going since Friday. I had planned on letting her burn out this morning but not just yet. lol

 

Same here! Rest of the week lows in the mid to upper 40's. Although this AM was pretty chilly about 29-30 degrees, fresh load of Ash before heading off to work!

 

24*F Here this morning OWB chugging along with Red Maple and some Red Oak. Keeping the house a steady 70*

 

That's really efficient usage for a boiler. We went through three times that! Your setup must have been installed pretty tight. Do is you do it yourself?

40 here today with wind - got some more wood cut down and brought in after work. Mrs Papi has the house at 77 on white pine when I got home, so we're letting that load peter out a bit before the overnight fill.

 

Installed it myself. My old wood stove in the basement would have used 7 cord without DHW this winter.

 

Well I'd have to say you did a great job!! Now I remember reading about the initial firing this winter, right? And that you were impressed with how stingy it was eating on your wood supply. I know it must feel great to be out the other side of winter with your hard work not only holding up, but running like a top and saving time and money to boot!

 

Indeed.

 

Got enough snow this evening to cover the roads once more.

The roofs are almost bare and would have been this week, but...…….

Still plenty out in the yards.

 

39F here, supposed to stay above freezing. Been decent past few days, sun at least. Sunday morning was 20 & yesterday was 26 I think. Thursday supposed to be cool & rain. Boiler is idling one load of Oak per day.

 

30 and snowing here, enough so everything is white again so far, maybe 1-3” before it’s done later this morning. Just enough to cover everything temporarily and make the rest melt faster when the temperature climbs towards 50 this afternoon if the forecast is right. 77 inside still on coals.
Another week and I should be able to get to the garden but it’ll be a bit longer before I can get to the box blade.

 

I burned the last 2 nights and I think I'm finished for the season. I've already shut down the stove in the shop and moved the wood to the rack for the house. I have less that 20 splits left that I allotted for this season, I'm lucky because I usually run out way before the season ends.

 

Man oh man, that's rough! "Make the rest melt faster"? Really?