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

Rain today, driveway is a mess! Company left before the weather turns. Snow and wind will come later today.

36/70

 

58/68. Beautiful day here. Slight showers tomorrow. Just lit up with splitter scraps, chestnut oak, red oak and a piece of mulberry.

 

32 at the suburban homestead. Burning a mix of apple and Norway maple, with a couple small splits of black oak tossed in.

 

34* / 64* relit with Hard Maple. It snowed all day yesterday, didn't really add up up to much. Actually it pretty much snows every day for some part of the day. The mountains make their own weather.

 

20 degrees currently. It was -2 when I got up today. Got about 6” of snow last night. Burning Ponderosa Pine and Ash this morning. 76 in the house.

 

36/79 burning some tulip poplar before I load the heavy hitters for the night.

 

This winter is going out like a lion up here in South Dakota. I have about a weeks worth of mulberry left and I'm burning some tonight.

 

37/73 Basswood

 

28/70 quite a few red chunks of last night's hickory, maple and locust left. Supposed to hang in the low 30's today so shortly the stove will get some more of the same. Off to Amish country with the Mrs. for her birthday. Buffet breakfast with plenty of bacon !!!!

 

10/65 with a-8f windchill.
Mid March?

That’s it. I am working on the pool (redneck) Monday.

 

Looks like at least another 8" overnight.


I just can't wait to get out and plow!!!

 

10F @ 9:30 am, ridiculously cold for this time of year. Hackberry and river birch. Got barely enough in the house for today. Gonna have to haul in some more for the 3rd “last time I’ll have to haul wood in this year”

 

Thank you I, told her

 

That’s a beautiful stove! What kind is it?

 

Thanks! Woodstock Fireview. The fireview is just a much form as it is function. Catylitic and soapstone, no more shutting the upstairs doors, I over did it last night and it was 82 in the living room, 71 this morning.

We built the hearth last fall.



We get a thin layer of fly ash in the chimney. Not even a half sandwich bag full, using a soot eater. I just cleaned the air scoop( two cotter keys) and the cat to tap it out, 1/2 in box wrench and 5 min. They really put a lot of thought into it. I did not have a reduction of wood use 3 cord ish a year but the temp was 8° higher. Its a heating appliance and art.

 

Beautiful!!

 

Done plowing once again. Must have been around a foot. It was coming over the top of the plow once again even though I had it at full angle!

The last two days is pushing 24"; find out more on mon morning.

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