Started An Early Shoulder Season Fire

Thanks guys now i want a brew.

Todd said:

Time to start brewing your own, much cheaper and better tasting.

I'll be having fire later this week to get the stink out of the new BK.

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I'm holding off with the 30. I'll wait until I need a fire and get one going in the morning just after the wife leaves for work. Most of the smell should be gone by the time she returns.

firecracker_77 said:

I'm self employed. I could theoretically have a beer, but much work left to do and it's going to lead to another.

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Yeah, oddly enough, self employed actually cuts down on your drinking.

Joful said:

... and it comes around full-circle. Nothing beats enjoying your favorite beverage by the fire's side.

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I made three kegs of wheat beer in late spring (less than $10/case). The second keg sucked air on Sunday night, so I hooked up the third keg. When the third keg is empty, it's time to light up the stove (I might have to drink fast or share with friends).

ya i know how that goes, said ill have one while i grill up some steaks and potatoes and whammo two 24 oz cans later, oh well.

We hit 39 last night. Still no fire in the stove. Wasn't cold in here this morning; just cool.

Aright you guys are making me dream of some crisp weather and a good fire... yet I sit here in the heat and humidity 7000 miles away.

At least I'm enjoying a few local Tsingtao.... [shameless plug for a longest distance post trophy]

jharkin said:

Aright you guys are making me dream of some crisp weather and a good fire... yet I sit here in the heat and humidity 7000 miles away.

At least I'm enjoying a few local Tsingtao.... [shameless plug for a longest distance post trophy]

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You're in China?

Yes, exactly 12 hours off - sitting here in an office tower in Shanghai with a lovely view of the Huangpu river. Just for the week.

Jet lag is (*#$(*&$%^$##

Backwoods Savage said:

Why not save the oak until January when the real cold hits?

As for fires in the stove, it is still too warm for that. We had 60's and cloudy today and 40's tonight but we will not have a fire going yet.

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Right there with you Dennis. Will be here soon enough I suppose. How have you been My Friend? Well I hope.

It's still in the 80's during the day here in the pacific northwest... What the hell!? Last year this time I remember already burning...

Scotty Overkill said:

It's a cool 62 degrees here now, wife has the house all decorated for fall, baking a strawberry rhubarb pie so the house smells soo cozy.....boy I am REALLY tempted to start a fire. Just because!

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Is this from frozen rhubard, or do you still have rhubarb? First time in my memory, our rhubarb has died down from the heat ---so I'm envious. No more strawberry rhubarb for breakfast.
I have a great recipe for a deep dish strawberry rhubarb pie (which sometimes becomes strawberry-rhubarb-raspberry for variation) - a recipe I made, and everyone seems to love. If you are a great fan of strawberry rhubarb, PM me if you'd like to exchange recipes...

Low 50's already tonight, probably get down into the 40's. Anyone light up yet?

firecracker_77 said:

Temps are getting down to 55 tonight. Just lit a fire at 10:00 p.m. after opening the windows. Of course, my Super Cedar got things started nicely followed by some pine 2X4 chunks. It rained earlier, so my logs are a little damp. Nothing that appears to be slowing down the flames.

This was a bottom-up fire. Still haven't tried the top down approach.

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Sounds like summer to me.
Have a warm winter firecracker.

The nights are getting chilly by autumn standards (this would be balmy in the spring), but this is the prime time of the year for a passive solar house. The sun is getting lower on the horizon, so we get insolation into the house, and the daytime temps are still up there in the 60s and 70s, which means the house still gets up to about 80 during the day and only goes down to about 77 at night. So I'm still opening windows at night to help cool off the house. We won't need to burn wood until the daytime temps are well below 50 and the nighttime temps approach freezing.

I left the windows open today and when I got home this evening it was already 50 degrees outside. Lit my first fire of the season tonight with a mix of hemlock that a friend gave me as a house warming gift, and alder from one of the trees I had cut down last spring. The cedar kindling was cut down on my property at the same time as the alder. Since I was bringing wood in for the first time in months, I had to pull a couple of Busch Light tall boys out of the fridge first.

Scotty Overkill said:

If I built a fire in the house right now, my wife would punch me square in the face! As much as I love to burn, I will hold off until I absolutely HAVE to start burning. When the inside temps of the house hit 67 degrees (at around 10PM before we go to bed), then I will start thinking about building a fire. We'd need to have several overnight lows in the mid 40's and daytime highs in the mid 60's for that to happen. Then, the beloved shoulder season will begin!

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HaHa.
My wife would smack me too!
It was 49 when the sun went down and I hinted that "gee, it might feel nice".
She didn't even answer me.

rideau said:

Is this from frozen rhubard, or do you still have rhubarb? First time in my memory, our rhubarb has died down from the heat ---so I'm envious. No more strawberry rhubarb for breakfast.
I have a great recipe for a deep dish strawberry rhubarb pie (which sometimes becomes strawberry-rhubarb-raspberry for variation) - a recipe I made, and everyone seems to love. If you are a great fan of strawberry rhubarb, PM me if you'd like to exchange recipes...

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Still have fresh rhubarb, but they are on their last leg before the cold sets in. I also have everbearing red raspberries growing in the same location as the 'barb. Our recipes is nothing fancy, but I'll gladly trade ya!

Backwoods Savage said:

We hit 39 last night. Still no fire in the stove. Wasn't cold in here this morning; just cool.

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We had low 40's last night. Slept with the windows open under down blankets. Yummm. Things warm up to the low 70's in day, so no fires needed. Yet.

I probably could have gotten away with it . . . but this morning the temp was in the low 40s outside. Inside was mid-60s. I burned up some scrap wood and a few small pieces of pine . . . figured that would keep the house warm enough so my wife wouldn't be tempted to turn on the oil boiler.

Joful said:

... and it comes around full-circle. Nothing beats enjoying your favorite beverage by the fire's side.

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+1

Still too early for any fires here. Of course the nearby wildfires keep me from even considering starting any fires. It's so dry here. We haven't had any significant rain since July. Last night when we got to cabin it was an interesting smell in the air from fires. It smelled like a pleasant pipe tobacco. I greatly appreciate all the efforts of the firefighters battling this blaze. There was some gorgeous terrain that burned in the last week.

Forecast for tonight is 44 tomorrow night 38 border line for a fire at my house...