No More December Wood.

Ran out of December wood (left) - dang, almost made it. Will have to borrow some from January (right). Burning a little ahead of schedule this year i guess. No traveling over the holidays, alot of feeding the wood stove!

Are you saying that amount of wood one one of those racks last you a month normally? If so, how often are you burning?

Actually no, one rack will not do it. i burn 24/7 and need a bit more than a cord / month. the house is 100 years old and we keep it pretty toasty. i view the propane furnance as a back up heat source only.
Oz

Heard that...all the demand for heat over the last week while watching movies and the snow fall has put a dent in my shed too.

Oh OK I was going to say thats not much wood! I also use a bit more over a cord a month, sad to watch all my piles disappearing!

I don't really see it as sad watching piles being used up, more as the fruits of our labor.
Warm house and family and keeping the gas man away is my goal and my scrounging and labor gets me there.
I like to look at it as an opportunity to find more wood and start a fresh stack and reap more rewards from my labor three years down the road.

Couldn't agree more.

being a little ahead on my burning was bugging me so i went after a small load (had to check the ice at the fishing hole anyway). Found a nice, dry western larch - now i will burn January's wood in January.

Split it up a few hours ago and found a huge load of ants in the two bottom pieces - called the chickens in for clean up. Little egg makers did a great job.

Nice dry stack.
Almost as fun to burn it as it is to process it.
Almost

Really fun seeing the heat bill near $0.

It's been a colder winter in Northern New York this year, all that hoarding of the good stuff the past couple of years is paying off, looks like a good old fashion winter so far for us.