Getting ready for the cold winds

[gnappi]

When I was a kid I cut and stacked cord wood till I had blisters under my gloves, but when that huge fireplace roared, and the creek stones it was made of got hot warming the house it was all worth it.

Now I have to settle with a fire pit, but still have to stack cord wood to get ready for the Yankee cold air to invade. But I have to admit, I'm getting too old for this!

Anyone else use firewood?

 

[nekvermont]

We burn about 7 cords a year. Here's what we bought this spring, 9 cords. We are a year ahead with our firewood. My wife and I handled 14 cords this year. Your right, the older we get the harder it is to heat with wood. Haven't burned a drop of oil in 4 or 5 years.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

When I was a kid I cut and stacked cord wood till I had blisters under my gloves, but when that huge fireplace roared, and the creek stones it was made of got hot warming the house it was all worth it.

Now I have to settle with a fire pit, but still have to stack cord wood to get ready for the Yankee cold air to invade. But I have to admit, I'm getting too old for this!

Anyone else use firewood?

Same boat, but both of my places are loaded with old trees and woods where there is a lot of deadfall. It's almost like they store it for me. I use firepits as well, and for them I pull out smaller diameter deadfall so I don't have to split, just cut to size. That wasn't true for my last house with a big fireplace. My brother lives in NH (long cold winters) and has a huge place heated by wood. Part of his property looks like a lumber yard. All splitting by hand.

 

[contender]

One thing we've seen locally for the last year is the number of folks who used to sell firewood decrease to almost none.
Why?
With Helene,, we have/had so many trees down & most were free for the asking,, a lot of wood got cut & stored for a few years worth of free fuel.
Just this evening,, at the local grocery store,, on their bulletin board,, was a "Free firewood" sign. All a person had to do was go get it, and maybe cut up some of it.

The way my house is built,, we don't have a real fireplace. We do have gas logs in one bigger room though.
But when I was growing up,, we had a real fireplace. And we knew the wood would warm us 3 times. Once when we cut it, Once when we burned it, and Once when we cleaned out the ashes.

 

[DGW1949]

One thing we've seen locally for the last year is the number of folks who used to sell firewood decrease to almost none.
Why?
With Helene,, we have/had so many trees down & most were free for the asking,, a lot of wood got cut & stored for a few years worth of free fuel.
Just this evening,, at the local grocery store,, on their bulletin board,, was a "Free firewood" sign. All a person had to do was go get it, and maybe cut up some of it.

The way my house is built,, we don't have a real fireplace. We do have gas logs in one bigger room though.
But when I was growing up,, we had a real fireplace. And we knew the wood would warm us 3 times. Once when we cut it, Once when we burned it, and Once when we cleaned out the ashes.

"And we knew the wood would warm us 3 times. Once when we cut it, Once when we burned it, and Once when we cleaned out the ashes.".........

..That is the gospel truth right there..LOL.

DGW

 

[gnappi]

I forgot the "warm you three times" bit and it was so true!

 

[Jeepnik]

One thing we've seen locally for the last year is the number of folks who used to sell firewood decrease to almost none.
Why?
With Helene,, we have/had so many trees down & most were free for the asking,, a lot of wood got cut & stored for a few years worth of free fuel.
Just this evening,, at the local grocery store,, on their bulletin board,, was a "Free firewood" sign. All a person had to do was go get it, and maybe cut up some of it.

The way my house is built,, we don't have a real fireplace. We do have gas logs in one bigger room though.
But when I was growing up,, we had a real fireplace. And we knew the wood would warm us 3 times. Once when we cut it, Once when we burned it, and Once when we cleaned out the ashes.

One thing I never figured out is why Black Widows like to hang out in the ash pit under the fireplace. I was probably ten when one of the satanic critter got the back of my hand. I have killed every Black Widow, no matter how small, ever since.

 

[Busterswoodshop]

All we had when I was a kid was a wood burning stove for heat.
I had one in my house for the first 30 years of my marriage.
Then I found out , you can get a little switch on the wall that you turn , and heat comes right out of little vents.
What an amazing invention.

 

[eveled]

My Grandmother is 100 years old. She grew up in a farm house.

She says she wakes up every morning and kisses the thermostat!

She hasn’t had to heat with wood in over 80 years, but has a good memory!

A friend of mine realized he could train his dogs to get a piece of cord wood and bring it inside every time they went out to pee. He thought it was a brilliant idea.


Then the summer came and he had to lug firewood back outside every day!

 

[Johnnu2]

I had two houses with fireplaces but never used them.... just not worth the effort.
Thankfully, this house doesn't have a fireplace; it remains as "airtight" as I can make it.

J.

 

[Fox Mike]

My paternal grand-mom cooked on a wood stove forever. I never had a meal there cooked on anything else. She also made to seriously great dandelion wine.