Well, this weekend was to be a mix of gardening and wood cutting but it seems other things needed to take precedent.
On Friday morning an old injury to cartilage in my right knee flared up. Three trips to the emergency room later it is Sunday afternoon and I am stuck on the couch with ice and ibuprofen. The hope is that I won't require surgery and I have a prescription for a brace to be fitted as early as tomorrow.
This is not life threatening in any way shape or form and in fact it is mostly an inconvenience that had I not gotten lazy with the exercises that I was doing until a year ago as a follow up to the surgery then this might have been avoided.
The bottom line is that it is now very clear to me why it is wise to get moving ahead of time to get firewood together.
As I sit on the couch the fireplace is crackling away and the wood boxes are full. No matter how this knee injury plays out I know that I have 7 plus cords of cut, split, stacked wood ready to burn. I don't have 2011-12 wood split and stacked yet and in fact I don't have it quite done being blocked but that can be one of the things I do as a part of my "rehab". As long as I don't rush this I will be okay.
So, as a cautionary tale to myself and to all of us, yes the seasoning of wood is important but even more important is being ready "just in case".
On Friday morning an old injury to cartilage in my right knee flared up. Three trips to the emergency room later it is Sunday afternoon and I am stuck on the couch with ice and ibuprofen. The hope is that I won't require surgery and I have a prescription for a brace to be fitted as early as tomorrow.
This is not life threatening in any way shape or form and in fact it is mostly an inconvenience that had I not gotten lazy with the exercises that I was doing until a year ago as a follow up to the surgery then this might have been avoided.
The bottom line is that it is now very clear to me why it is wise to get moving ahead of time to get firewood together.
As I sit on the couch the fireplace is crackling away and the wood boxes are full. No matter how this knee injury plays out I know that I have 7 plus cords of cut, split, stacked wood ready to burn. I don't have 2011-12 wood split and stacked yet and in fact I don't have it quite done being blocked but that can be one of the things I do as a part of my "rehab". As long as I don't rush this I will be okay.
So, as a cautionary tale to myself and to all of us, yes the seasoning of wood is important but even more important is being ready "just in case".