The trees around here seem to leaf out in unison, a phenomenon we call greenup. Meaning, you go to work in the same grey-tree world you've been seeing for the last eight months, and drive home in a world of riotous color. It gets us a little giddy.
Found some folks who will sell green birch, c/s/s for $180 a cord for one, $160 a cord for ten cords. First cord is coming today. If I like it, he'll keep it coming. Don't know what I'm in for, but he woke me up at 6:30 with a phone call and seemed surprised that anyone would still be in bed at that hour. That's a good sign, I think. He and his wife hand-split it and are delivering it from 100 miles away, clearing some ag land. God bless 'em--they sound like workers.
If this works out, all I'll need to do is get some dry poplar and spruce in here to mix with that, and I've got my wood covered for 3-4 winters out past this one (have three-four cord of birch on hand already, and more poplar than I can use in years laying down the hill on my property, already seasoned, so next winter is covered, I think).
So green leaves and stacked firewood--what a day!
Found some folks who will sell green birch, c/s/s for $180 a cord for one, $160 a cord for ten cords. First cord is coming today. If I like it, he'll keep it coming. Don't know what I'm in for, but he woke me up at 6:30 with a phone call and seemed surprised that anyone would still be in bed at that hour. That's a good sign, I think. He and his wife hand-split it and are delivering it from 100 miles away, clearing some ag land. God bless 'em--they sound like workers.
If this works out, all I'll need to do is get some dry poplar and spruce in here to mix with that, and I've got my wood covered for 3-4 winters out past this one (have three-four cord of birch on hand already, and more poplar than I can use in years laying down the hill on my property, already seasoned, so next winter is covered, I think).
So green leaves and stacked firewood--what a day!
