My firewood that is. Putting all of my left over wood on one side of the wood shed, so I can use it first. Then the new wood will all go on the other side. I have about 3 cords of wood left over. I ordered 2 cords from my supplier and will have about 2 cords from limbs and trees that have been damaged in storms this year. I also have to repair the corner of the roof where a limb came down on the woodshed back in June. It's covered with a blue tarp. I have been waiting for cooler weather to work on that.
Firewood warms you twice--once when you cut, move, carry it, and again when you burn it. Sounds like you are going to be mighty warm, Captain!
I have to start that soon too. I have almost a cord left, plus the wood from the 2 apple trees we lost in storms. I'll order 2 more cords and we will be set for the winter.
We were actually cool here today. It's been cloudy today and had a few light sprinkles. Never got above 72 F all day. It's 7:30 pm and only 68 F.
3 cords of wood left over from last year, how many cords did you burn? Global warming is reducing the number of days wood is needed to keep warm. Perhaps this season you will burn even less. Jerry
We also have wood left over. Been burning wood for 40+ years. Friend gave us red elm-makes a hot clean fire.Got to get busy soon and cut more up.Son and friend getting some.Buying new splitter. DH and Son did it by hand. They both said not again.
Jerry, I had 7 cord put up and used a tad over 4. Most of what I had left over was Pin Oak, and I have a cord of Sweet Locust too. The locust will put out a little less heat so I'll use it first and then as it gets colder switch to the oak. I have heated with wood for over 30 years and it's kind of a pain in the butt, but my yearly cost is about $250 per season!
Captain, Around here a cord of hard wood split and delivered-$100.00 a load delivered. But last year was mild winter compared to most. I wanted to have Geo-thermal put in-but at $25,000-30-out of our price range.Did have basement sill foamed 2 years ago-that helped a lot.
Wood here, split and delivered dump-ed is $190 a cord. The guy that bought my folks farm from us, his son gives me a good price of $100 a cord unsplit. He just comes through the field behind me with the wood in his manure loader and dumps it on my property. I bought 2 cord off him last year too.
This is slightly off-topic, so please forgive me. We took down a large mesquite tree that had died from last year's drought (yes, even mesquites were affected). A gentleman stopped by and offered to cut it up, haul it off, and PAY us for it! Mesquite is valued for grilling and smoking around here. He left us 12-18" branches of 2 to 3" diameter for our own grilling, cleaned up everything even the small twigs, and wanted to pay us for the wood. We refused--the work he did that we didn't have to do was recompense enough! So, we have mesquite for grilling/smoking for a couple of years, met a nice gentleman, and didn't have to spend hot afternoons sawing and hauling wood. Firewood warms the heart, as well as the body!
Wood does not leave a carbon footprint. The oxygen that it burns is equal to the amount of oxygen that the tree produces in it's lifetime as it is growing.When trees grow, they use nitrogen and produce oxygen. But when the wood is burned it is just the opposite. The wood fire produces nitrogen and uses Oxygen. But the proportions are always the same. One does not use or produce more of one than the other.
Goes back to one of the basic laws of physics, 'you can't destroy matter, you may rearrange its molecules..' Good wishes to all who take extra steps to provide their own energy source.. Hank
Friend called said had some more dead red elem for us. I would like to get outdoor wood burner. And have the pipe-run under ground to house. Our wood burner is in basement.And getting wood is one thing-but unloading it through the window is something else. And house insurance is less if you have out door one.
