Mild winter so far

Have 1-7/8 rows left for 2014/15 wood,
New cat combustor & mild winter


So much for March being our heavy snow month.
Came home to no snow, the 8 cord , 17/18 wood stack, should'v e dried well thru this winter.
Very dry. High fire danger warnings.

 

Good stuff dave. Except the warnings.

 

On the bright side you won't have to cut as much next year.

 

Not sure we've even gotten 12" of snow this year, but.........we're not done yet.
Jeesh Dave, you've been gone so long, you missed winter.

 

We had a tough winter down here. Went through nearly all of my wood for this season, only have enough for three or four more fires.

It's currently 72 degrees but promises of low 20's or teens this weekend means I'll be putting the rest of that wood to good use.

I've already hauled in one load of black locusts for next winter with two or three more truck loads waiting.

 

Hey, there he is! Enjoy your vacation? Stacks looking good as always - I think I know where your Alaskan winter went... It was brutal here on the East coast.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure our February helped your winter out. You're welcome.

 

I have 49 degrees here in Vermont and it's the warmest it's been since last year. Still have up to a foot of snow in some places and that's not even in the piles. Right now I'd take Alaska over this mess.

 

Hah
Was 54° here today. Sun was out most of the day.
A little cloudy now, but still 48°, to be low 30°s tonight.

 

better get the stove fired up

 

Yep
Still burning 24/7 here.
Prob have a fire thru most of April too.

 

it got to 41 here around 4 so at 5 am it was 12 is climbed to 41 at 4 and by 730 was below freezing perfect for sugaring.

 

Geez , 26 below zero here one night , I thought I was in Alaska
Not much snow though

 

Your kidding right ? -26°f
That's colder than cold. Fairbanks temperatures

 

Not kidding , broke the all time record on any date

 

WOW
How'd the stove hold out with temps like that ?
I guess must have done good,
you're not frozen stiff LOL

 

Stove did real good stuffed full of sugar maple and red Oak.
Reloads were not that far between though

 

Yea
no need, or want, to get far from the stove at those temps

Wife did great while I was gone. Only thing she didn't like was binging wood to the house.
Glad I had 6 weeks worth in the basement, she only need to bring in some for a couple days before I got back

 

Sounds like you set her up pretty good though

 

Yeah, you guys got slaughtered down there. We seem to be in a little pocket here. Often, the snow and ice will miss us north or south, and that held true this year. Many times, you'd be getting major snow or ice, and we'd just get a dusting. We did get a couple good snows, though, and plenty of cold.