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Splitting Party
Janis and I spent a romantic day cleaning up a pile of wood from a few elm trees we cut down last fall. Quality time indeed. Actually it was a good feeling to get the work taken care of – it’s been...
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Gatherin’ Wood
For the vast majority of our 29 winters together, Janis and I have heated our home with wood. This was not done because we had no other options but because it just made sense. Our first home was only...
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Kindling
You know, there’s something about cutting a bunch of kindling and filling the box full, that just makes a man feel good! Once you fill one box…well … it’s hard not to just go ahead and fill...
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Smoke
In the bleak midwinter, life around the homestead seems to slow down, even when there is much to do. Outside chores are not so numerous when a thick blanket of snow covers the landscape and a 12” layer...
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Giver of Good Gifts
Late in the summer of last year Tyler, Matthew and I were asked if we might be able to help out a widow lady who runs an equestrian ranch in a neighboring county. Elaine and her daughter Julia,...
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Wood Heat
My wife says that I tend towards an obsession for wood stoves, that the four in my possession are quite enough, and that we do not need any more. Whenever I find myself in an antique store I can hear...
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September Wood
My saw and measuring stick Firewood is a very valuable commodity around our house. We have two wood stoves and nothing more to heat our home, and when the woodpile gets small, Allen gets nervous. We...
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Wood Cutting
Every year when we go woodcutting I tell myself that next year we will get up in the hills to do this chore earlier in the summer so that when fall arrives, we will be ready for winter with a neat wood...
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All Split and Stacked
Well this year we decided to try something different. If I was to follow my usual pattern when it comes to fire wood, one of two things would happen. I would come home with the 4′ lengths of wood,...
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Kindling
Well we may have got all the firewood split and stacked under cover… but starting fires with pieces that large is no picnic. Of course it can be done but it takes lots of newspaper. The simple...
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