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Eric Johnson

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Nov 18, 2005
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Here's what I did in my spare time last summer. That's about 28 full cords of 2-foot beech and hard maple. It came from an ongoing woodlot improvement harvest, i.e., thinning out the junk and leaving the valuable trees. Cut with a chain saw, hauled with a Ford Ranger (60 miles) and split by hand. I'm trying to get a year ahead on my wood, just in case. The other day my wife asked if maybe I didn't have 'enough' wood? Enough wood???? No such thing! About three cords of this came from a big hard maple in my front yard. It freaked my neighbors out when the tree service guy left without taking any of the wood with him.

Craig says I should sell all this wood, bank the money and burn gas. He would probably be right if I didn't enjoy burning wood so much.
 

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That's really impressive. It's a wonder your wife even sees you. ;-)
 
Well, I think that was my wife.
 
Eric Johnson said:
That's about 28 full cords of 2-foot beech and hard maple. I'm trying to get a year ahead on my wood, just in case.
28 full cords and you say your trying to get a year ahead. holy hell bo-bo ......... i think you need a better stove. that would last my 2k sq ft house 7 years .
 
"holy hell bo bo.......I think you need a better stove. that would last my 2k sq ft house 7 years."

(That's "Mr. Bo Bo" to you, pal).

Not if you're centrally heating one of these (plus domestic hot water) in a place where it routinely gets below zero in the winter and stays there!

I'm the first to admit that I need a better boiler, but no matter what you've got, providing central heat to a big, old house in a cold climate is going to eat some wood.
 

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Great greenhouse Eric. We're hoping to get one of them installed soon. Did you put it up or did it come with the house?
 
It came with the house. An old Lord & Burnam, single-pane glass job put up, I believe, in 1979. A couple of summers ago I took out all the glass, cleaned it, re-glazed it, cleaned the aluminum framework and put it all back together. Working with the curved sections, which sell for about $200 a pop, was a thrill. Didn't break any of them, but a few $15 flat panes bit the dust. One thing about being a DIY homeowner: you never forget how to cuss.
 
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