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

Mother?

 

No kidding! I'm pretty sure that's like really cold.

 

Started a fire for the first time in several days. Have some oak on there. It's going to be in the 50's in the morning, it's currently in the 60s. Had some bad thunderstorms roll through overnight and possibly some more tonight. In the last 3 days or so I bet we have had 4"s of rain.

 

11’ tonight. 70’ in the renovated pole barn (hunting lodge). The R30 insulation on the finished part helps! Burning oak, Osage again in both stoves. Still haven’t filled my MO muzzleloader buck tag. Passed on a 6 pointer this morning. Didn’t see anything this pm. I’m whipped and going to bed. 4:30am comes early.

 

. We're going the right way. Was up to 43 below last I checked.

 

6* now just reloaded with red oak and black locust currently waiting for lift off.

 

Hey wildwest, 2021 will go down as one of the craziest weather years of my life. January 1st was the hottest on record, had my home a/c running and also my car a/c. Then last night the temps dropped from the mid 70's down to 30 degrees this morning. I do have two very old horses here that hate the cold weather, they spend most of their time in a small loafing shed which shelters them from wind and rain. I have five Texas Longhorn cows and one steer which I believe like the cold weather, just as long as they can stay dry. Last February temps got down to 9 degrees for two days and nights and all the animals decided to spend most of their time in the loafing shed. Snow is very uncommon in my area, we might have snow every 10 years or so. I can't image what you and your animals are going thru with what just hit Wyoming. Good luck and stay warm.

 

7° out. 79° in the stove room.

1 big piece of honey locust and the rest ash in the stove.

Choochin'

 

Pics. !
Our massive drift is still in it's infancy. It's not quite 5' tall yet. Nor is it all the way across our property. But, it's supposed to blow from the east starting tomorrow. That really stacks the drift.

My wife and dog are standing around 10 feet above the ground.
This pic was taken last winter.

 

10 and going down
69 and going up. Hickory and hard maple

 

Well, I was hopefull for warmer temps. But I just checked and we r back down to 43 under 0. Got the stove full of aspen . I have a load of fairly good Birch that I've been sorting to. My next load will be that then go to bed.

 

-10/65


But, it's a "cold" 65.....if that makes any sense, Basement is 59. Figured I'd start the furnace early today.

 

Since most of the year is winter here at 64 North. 7 to 8 months a year. People get very used to winter. It's the norm. In a lot of places in the area there are stands of beattle killed spruce. It's mostly bone dry. Then there are the burns. Where full crown wildfires roared thru. The trees left. Which is most. After a few to several years most of the remaining bark falls off.
For this area, it is wonderful firewood.
I will be targeting live birch for my hoarding this winter and will have next winters wood processed by the end of May and covered. Lord willing !
I think I'll get alot more serious about getting a stove that has a much longer burn time and higher btu output. Probably a Blaze King Princess.

 

25 outside. Woke up to 64 inside. Threw some ash on to get it going this morning.