Cut, racked and stacked four wheelbarrow loads of wood today, and put the hurt on the woodpile.
Found some pretty little flowers growing in one of the junipers:
And as always, my faithful companion had Guard Duty. Gotta keep those pesky squirrels out of the yard!
This gave me four fully loaded shelves in my "drying rack", and left a bit less than half the wood I started with. I'll continue cutting tomorrow, but I'm rapidly running out of indoor storage, so I'll have to figure out something for the rest of the wood. Based on our past consumption of firewood, we have three years cut and stored, and at least two years remaining in the uncut pile. When properly operated, the fireplace is capable of keeping the house at a tolerable level, with little supplemental electric heat required.
That could change, and my stock of firewood might only make it three years total.....
Whatever you do, you need to get it up off the ground.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. Even as dry as it is here, wood can get pretty weird if left on the ground.
DeleteMake a cheap log rack using landscape logs, which are cheaper than regular lumber. And cinderblocks. Horizontal logs lay across the top of 2 cinderblocks, one on either end. You can put a single vertical log on either end, or two per end in the block holes. Cover with a sheet of roofing tin, if you have it.
ReplyDeleteOr you can go all fancy with lag bolts and big bolts and washers and nuts and... and I'm getting tired of thinking about it.
Cinderblocks and cheap logs FTW! Thanks, Beans....
DeletePieces of rebar can come in handy and maybe free at a construction site dumpster. Put on top of cinder blocks.
ReplyDeleteFirewood is like ammo. Hard to have too much. Storing it can be a bit of a challenge because if not done properly the wood won't burn well.
ReplyDeleteYep. Certain things get leeched out and replaced when it sits outside too long, making it burn odd.
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