This past week has been a good one for scrounging. Last Saturday a post appeared on FreeCycle offering 1/2 cord of firewood. Fortunately my wife was on the computer at the time and we were the first to reply. It turned out to be an actual 1/2 cord of oak. Some of it is a little rotten on the outside, but most is very solid inside. I little extra splitting or scraping away the punky stuff should give me a bunch of nice firewood.
Meanwhile, a neighbor I have never met, but who lives just on the other side of a small woods, is having a pool installed. I stopped by for a chat and asked about the 60 ft Scots Pine that was taken down to make room for the pool. If the rain ever stops I'll move that pine to my wood stacks. Together pine and oak are a perfect combination - pine for fast starts, oak for long burns.
The pictures show the pine after I made a couple of cuts, and the oak stacked up near my trailer. A couple of my stacks are in the background.
Meanwhile, a neighbor I have never met, but who lives just on the other side of a small woods, is having a pool installed. I stopped by for a chat and asked about the 60 ft Scots Pine that was taken down to make room for the pool. If the rain ever stops I'll move that pine to my wood stacks. Together pine and oak are a perfect combination - pine for fast starts, oak for long burns.
The pictures show the pine after I made a couple of cuts, and the oak stacked up near my trailer. A couple of my stacks are in the background.