Icy Morning in the Woodyard

Freshly Cut Sugar Maple Trunk Covered in Snow

This morning, temperatures were in the mid-teens. Yesterday, two inches of snow fell before changing to freezing rain. The snow and freezing rain turned to an inch of crunchy ice, similar to a snow cone left in the freezer for too long. The nasty weather created a beautiful morning. Holz Hausen Firewood Storage with Fresh …

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Firewood Cutting Tools

Firewood Cutting Tools

Firewood cutting tools can make or break a day of cutting firewood. Let’s discuss the firewood cutting tools I’ve been using to cut ash from three inches to a little over a foot in diameter. Wetterlings Splitting Maul The Wetterlings maul is an extremely well-designed splitting maul. The bit transforms to a single ridge as …

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