It Takes A Village...

[Zzyk]

:cheese:
It'll be sad to see them go...

 

[wendell]

I would never have the patience to build a HH, but if I could make them look that nice, I don't know that I could stand to tear them down.

 

[Lumber-Jack]

I would never have the patience to build a HH, but if I could make them look that nice, I don't know that I could stand to tear them down.

Ditto.....



at least you got the pictures

 

[Pagey]

Why are you posting pics of your neighbor's HHs? LOL, jk. Nice HHs! :lol:

 

[Rockey]

Man if I could get a hold of some HH seeds I d be growing those all over in my backyard. I might even try to grow one right there in my stove.

Nice HH's, they look good.

 

[Jack Straw]

ZZyk

You need to come over to Carlisle and give me some lessons. Very nice...

 

[Cluttermagnet]

Beautiful. Nice work! Looks kind of like those African villages with the round mud huts with thatched roofs. :lol:

 

[Joey]

Thats great !! How much wood does each one hold???? How much beer did it take you to build them????lolol.....nice job.

 

[Wet1]

Those are the nicest HH's I've seen! They look great, excellent work!

 

[waynek]

By golly! That is a niece piece of engineering.
jackpine

 

[Nonprophet]

I'm just finishing up my first HH made from the 2 cords of Black Locust I scored off of CL. All in all, I really don't think it takes much more time to make a HH than my regular stacks. With a HH, you don't have to cross-stack the row ends or drive stakes into the ground, etc to stabilize the rows. I did spend a bit more time finding pieces that "fit" better, but I really doubt I spent more than 25% more time making my 2 cord HH than I would have spent making two 1 cord 4x4x8 stacks........

NP

 

[TreePapa]

You need to put little garden gnomes in front of those things, and maybe some little false doors.

Peace,
- Sequoia

 

[Archie]

Don't do it ! It's art, man. Art!

 

[gzecc]

Buy some seasoned wood for your stove. Keep the HH. They are too nice!

 

[Valhalla]

Nice! Come on, you build them to use them.

Build it again, bigger and even better next time.

 

[Wood Duck]

I agree with nonprophet that holz hausen don't take a whole lot of extra time to build compared to straight stacks. besides, I haven't had a HH fall yet, but my straight stacks have toppled, probably just because I THINK HH are more likely to fall so I am more careful when I stack them.

 

[Hurricane]

great looking HH.
I think to build a HH correctly takes a little more work and tons more wood than a standard straight stack. I tried to build one last spring but could not get it stable enough. I think I split my wood larger than most and the kids were all excited about having a house looking pile of wood to play on. So it went to stacks. I will try again.

How many critters have called that place home do you think ?

 

[pulldownclaw]

Wow, very nice work. I'm on my second, I love the way they look. I put mine up on pallets, but I love the way they look right on the ground like that, more like they're part of the landscape. I guess I'm too worried about losing that bottom course to rot....

EDIT: I also agree that it doesn't take much more time than a traditional stack, and are much more stable in my experience.

 

[firefighterjake]

Very nice . . . I'm actually thinking of trying to build a HH this Fall.

 

[lexybird]

looks like something a keebler elf would be happy living in

 

[Zzyk]

Thanks foir the compliments. I found they don't take that long once you've got a groove going. The two in the back were the last ones I did and they were the best size-wise, about 2.5 cords each. The first one was too big and has some stability issues, while the second was too small.

Jack- I'll come help anytime