I'm done, I'm sure I have a few more nights ahead(Wednesday/Thursday) where a fire would be nice but I'm calling it good. I cleaned the stove out pretty good and don't feel like doing it again. All I can say is the belly in a BK is deep, it sure holds the ash! I'm sure it'll do the furnace good to run a little bit for a few days.
Who is still burning?
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I still load the stove every other day. We have 30+ years here, wife gets cold below 72.
When I here her kick on the furnace, I go load the stove
50 & above on a sunny day, almost 17 hrs of sun now, "T" shirt for sure. (well me any way) Lot of solar heat gain on sunny days.
Wasilla weather:
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When I here her kick on the furnace, I go load the stove
50 & above on a sunny day, almost 17 hrs of sun now, "T" shirt for sure. (well me any way) Lot of solar heat gain on sunny days.
Wasilla weather:
Both stoves
I burned a load last night of the world's most disrespected wood: Cottonwood. Took the chill out of the house just fine.
Even Pine get's more respect (and leaves more coals for a relight).
I think even soggy, rotted, bug infested pine gets more respect than Cottonwood!
Even Pine get's more respect (and leaves more coals for a relight).
I think even soggy, rotted, bug infested pine gets more respect than Cottonwood!
I got up late yesterday and my wife had a fire going. Just burnt one load of pine. This morning its 72 in the house.
Wife said it was fine in the house last night, so no fire (knowing full well it would be a bit chilly in the a.m.).
This a.m., "it's a little chilly in here", so......fire.
She never listens to me.
This a.m., "it's a little chilly in here", so......fire.
She never listens to me.
Yah, I shut the stove down for a week and then we got a frost advisory for tonight, so I started it up again today. Found some cottonwood to get rid of. The house is cooking, 72 degrees, 38 outside. It was 85 the other day... suposed to be 85 again this weekend. This year is nuts. I was watching a Bosox game last week from Boston and they were in winter gear there.
Very little Sun for the last week - still burning to take the chill and damp out of the house - from the looks of things, won't be done for a while. Cheers!
I had frost 2 days ago, now in the 50's, forecast for 38 tonight, 58 tomorrow, 40 tomorrow night. I'm sure the women I live with will NEED a fire soon... I might even like it myself.
Probably 3/4 fires in the last week, but by the look of the forecast I might be done in the next couple days. Time to organize my wood piles and do some summer cleaning.
Spring comes late to Boston, its right on the water and you get a cold chilly wind. Ive been colder in April at Fenway than where I live in January.
Going to get into the 30's tonight so I'll fire it up again. Could use a little electric, but I feel like having what may be the last hoorah.
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Last night we dropped to 40 with rain, nothing for a fire. Tonight we are at 41 with rain, have some Cherry going then before I hit the sack I'll load up a few more splits.
Since I charged the boat batteries the cold weather moved back in.
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Since I charged the boat batteries the cold weather moved back in.
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Done with it. Working on getting the third year out restored on the stacks by the end of May and then I don't want to see another piece of wood in my hands until October. Well, maybe except for chopsticks or something.
They are calling for snow again tomorrow night. Got a little bit last week. Not worth firing the stove since the house stays warm enough. I'd rather spend the $20-30 on gas for the month vs fighting with the stove. It's not too bad in the winter, load the stove full, set it and forget it, but when it's pretty warm it seems like there always is a log or two extra, enough to make it 85* in the house. At that point it's really just wasting wood just to have a fire going.
Had a fire last night with a couple pieces of oak and a couple maple. The maple was iffy when it went in, and the iffy went away when I tried to get the fire going.What a pain. Reminded me of when we first started burning. I knew better....but I can be stubborn.
Good thing we're about done here, that 1/3 cord of maple can spend the summer getting finished off before I try to burn it again.
I think we may be done. Forecast is moving in our favor. Now, where's that permethrin?
Good thing we're about done here, that 1/3 cord of maple can spend the summer getting finished off before I try to burn it again.
I think we may be done. Forecast is moving in our favor. Now, where's that permethrin?
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