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  1. Tramontana Member

    joined: Oct 23, 2012
    196 posts
    Wheat Ridge, Colorado
    ...to have wood envy?

    Man, I see all of these awesome photos of everyone's stacks and just marvel. Aside from urban removal, we just don't have hardwoods like all of you back east. Mostly lodgepole and some ponderosa around here.

    I've only had my stove for the past 11 months and live in the city where ordinances limit me to two cords, neatly stacked.

    I spent all of last summer building a new 20'x20' patio, grape trellis out of 6x6 cedar posts and mahogany rails, and then a 10'x12 shed for garden and wood working tools. Didn't have space or time to put up any more than the 1-1/2 cord I've been seasoning.

    NEXT YEAR, I'm hoping to be able to put up a woodshed to increase my stores!

    Cheers!
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  2. WellSeasoned Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2011
    1,686 posts
    Eastern Pa
    I have 9 cords and have wood envy. Its called "the sickness"

    I suppose if I didn't have a family, a job, and going to see the twilight movie, or things to tend to, I'd be in the woods 12 hours a day, cutting, splitting, and stacking wood. Never shaving, (not that I do that too much anyway) and bathing every saturday.
    Backwoods Savage likes this.
  3. Tramontana Member

    joined: Oct 23, 2012
    196 posts
    Wheat Ridge, Colorado
    the sickness huh? ;sick

    I'm afraid to ask...








    ...is there a cure? :p
  4. WellSeasoned Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2011
    1,686 posts
    Eastern Pa
    Not if you can't pay the bill :)
  5. zap Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2009
    10,404 posts
    The cure = Mo wOOd!
  6. WellSeasoned Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2011
    1,686 posts
    Eastern Pa
    Mo'wood is just a temporary "fix" though.
  7. DexterDay Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2010
    9,063 posts
    NE Ohio
    Yep.... Even after you get several years ahead.... You never Stop!!! NEVER!!! !!!
  8. Plow Boy New Member

    joined: Nov 14, 2012
    34 posts
    Iron Station, NC
    First year burning, can't wait to get several seasons ahead.
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  9. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,194 posts
    Michigan
    Wood envy is a good envy. It causes a man to want to go out and cut more wood!

    Understand the problem of living in the city and lack of space. You do have the right idea on the wood shed though. I would highly suggest stacking 2 cord outside the wood shed and then moving it into the shed after it has dried else it just won't dry much in the shed. Also, the city shouldn't have a problem with 2 cord outside and what is in the shed they won't see.

    Also, that lodgepole and ponderosa pine should be good burning wood.
  10. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,477 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    Twilight movie, eh? Forget Wood Envy Sickeness . . . this right here is someone truly sick. ;) :)
    Standingdead likes this.
  11. Beer Belly Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    886 posts
    Connecticut
    I'm doing ok on wood by some standards.....and just don't know how some guys get so ahead on wood....where do they find the time ???....the energy ???.....I'm almost 53, and consider myself in decent shape, but can't compete with most here when it comes what it takes.....I'm thinking I'm just crossing the bridge to 2 years ahead, and I'm beat to hell.
  12. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,032 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    Just a little more Beer Belly.............once you get over the hump it gets a whole lot easier. :)
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