Nope...I kept this batch! Matter of fact a couple chunks are going into the NZ3000 here in a little while, the top half was BONE DRY.....
Your picture of the NZ burning almost got me to fire up last night....almost. I just set the thermostat on the boiler to 70º and said NAAA not yet. Weather man says possible morning frost for tomorrow so I'll have the boiler on again tonight. Then we are heading back up again....ok with me.
I refuse to use my gas furnaces..... The way I see it, this wood I'm burning now will make more room in the stacks for winter hoarding!
I hear you brother, I like to run mine a bit early on just to make sure I have no glitches in the dead of winter. My insert will not do the whole house after we get into the mid teens. Now that may change with the upcoming attic insulation but I still like knowing my backup heat works well. It's only 3 years old and doesn't take much, gas hot water boiler.