I had a perfectly lovely afternoon not doing housework!!
Instead I got the yard fire going well and kept feeding it while I was stacking the wood that Jeff split.
I am putting aside decent straight stuff to put through the chipper, but all the messy bendy stuff I was chucking on the burning heap.
The chooks immediately went digging holes in the cleared areas!
I filled these 4 pallets and put in another pallet to start filling. I need to whack in some more steel droppers so I can pile up the wood with a nice straight edge. Hopefully I will be able to do that on the right side and that its far enough away from the plum tree roots. I am not even going to try to get a stake in next to the trunk.
Was nice to be outside today… it wasn’t warm – overcast and a bit cool but no wind so perfect for having the fire going.
Its just started to rain heavily now – I was hoping my fire would still be smoldering tomorrow. Possibly not now! Sigh!
Hope your day has been great!
Cheers
Oh Lisa,
Here’s some advice from a veteran wood stacker. You don’t need to brace the ends with metal stakes. At the end, every other row, rotate the wood 90 degrees. Chose these end pieces carefully, as flat and rectangular as possible.
We heated our large Maine home with 6 full face cords of wood a winter and one tank of oil to take the edge off in the morning. We tossed, then stacked the wood in our basement. Going down stairs to get wood was far easier than braving the cold and wind of a Maine winter to get wood.
Bet if you googled it, you’d find some pics and instructions how to stack this way. Makes life much easier getting the wood to burn.
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth!! Thanks so much!! (sure you wouldn’t like a working holiday to Tassie?? haha) Our only drawback at the moment is a lack of squarer pieces… plus I am going to have to get a ruler/paint to get the wood lopped into similar lengths. We are such amateurs right now so the pieces are all over the place size wise!! I am sure we will get better and more efficient at all this by the time we are done!! (We better be LOL)
Oh I would LOVE a basement to have wood stacked in over winter!! At least we don’t have to trudge through snow I guess. I keep a good lot on the back veranda so I don’t have to go far at night to get more wood. š
Oh Lisa, would love a working holiday to Tassie! Don’t think my decrepit body could handle the long flight from the USA. Am looking at one last trip to Europe and have concerns about that length. Your wonderful pics are the next best travel for me.
Elizabeth
I agree its a terrible long way. I was delirious by the time I got to Texas the other year! š I think the sensible way to do it is to take the time travelling to the destination and break it up by stopping a few days somewhere then continuing on. If you have the time that is! So if you ever feel the urge to hop slowly to Tassie, I’ll take care of you when you get here… lol – gentle walks, not the mad ones!! In the meantime I’ll try to keep up with the photos!! (I almost got the Overland day two photos done yesterday then I had to walk away from my computer that was making my blood pressure rise haha) xx