Warm weather burning

Been pretty mild in Ct......saving on wood, but get caught up in "is it cold enough to do the work of the woodstove, or just turn on the furnace overnight".....a couple of nights, we just turned on the heat, but only after a light load in the stove, then the heat would kick on for the last hour or so before we get up.....only reason is because of questionable wood this year, and not much of it.

i think everyone is running into that delema........i just refuese to use the oil.....i give enough to them in my daily work commutes. i find some uglies or, i'll go outside and pick up some downed wood back in the woods a bit, on a nice day like today, for sticks that are too big for kindling and too small for a good fire. use the small wood for small fires to heat the stove and then let it run down. that load would be way too much for the daytime right now.....but it sure is purty.

cass

With all the rain & warm weather I've had some trouble finding good days to move wood from my stacks up to the back porch. Back yard is like a swamp. Just had a small tree blow over today from the wind in saturated soil. Normally, its a sled on snow or wheel barrow on frozen ground.
I don't put any non-seasoned wood into the stove. I think it's even more critical to have dry fuel because I'm choking it down more the usual