Burnin time is here, and this year I'm more ready than I've ever been. My back is still sore from moving my whole wood supply from out in the field to inside the shed.......took all day saturday but it's done. My new wood guy late last summer dropped off 2 loads of semi green split mixed hardwood (no oak), it's clean and straight easy to stack, really nice and the price was right! As long as this guy keep the wood coming I'm never going back to log loads. I've just ordered next years wood and it's coming in a couple of weeks.......like last season it gets stacked neatly in the field and covered for a whole year with some old metal roofing.
And then there is the stove, why do I feel guilty that it's sat there like a rock since the last fire in the spring. Sure, I cleaned it and the chimney over the summer, no nests, it's all good to go but unlike my motorcycles, I didn't really do anything to it. Huh.
The last few cool nights, it's been so nice to take 4 splits off the pile and get them lit with only a small chunk of firestarter then I'm done, no kindling, one match and it lights right off. Then just let it go until it burns out, no fuss no mess just a warm stove and a happy dog. With a little planning, this wood heat thing is a lot easier than it used to be.
I hope to never be faced with the feeling you get when you realize the house is not warming up because your firewood is not up to the task. And then there is that look you get from the wife when it's getting cold and your scrambling to get a good fire and some heat. Then after all the work to hear the oil burner come on.......Yea, I listened to my Dad and my FIL for all those years, they say "that wood will be plenty dry", now I do it my way.
Yup, gonna burn some wood this year, it will be a pleasure. By spring though, I'll be sick of it, funny how this works!
Hope everyone had a great summer!
And then there is the stove, why do I feel guilty that it's sat there like a rock since the last fire in the spring. Sure, I cleaned it and the chimney over the summer, no nests, it's all good to go but unlike my motorcycles, I didn't really do anything to it. Huh.
The last few cool nights, it's been so nice to take 4 splits off the pile and get them lit with only a small chunk of firestarter then I'm done, no kindling, one match and it lights right off. Then just let it go until it burns out, no fuss no mess just a warm stove and a happy dog. With a little planning, this wood heat thing is a lot easier than it used to be.
I hope to never be faced with the feeling you get when you realize the house is not warming up because your firewood is not up to the task. And then there is that look you get from the wife when it's getting cold and your scrambling to get a good fire and some heat. Then after all the work to hear the oil burner come on.......Yea, I listened to my Dad and my FIL for all those years, they say "that wood will be plenty dry", now I do it my way.
Yup, gonna burn some wood this year, it will be a pleasure. By spring though, I'll be sick of it, funny how this works!
Hope everyone had a great summer!
