This morning during my morning walk around the wood cutting area I noticed frost growing out of the kerfs of a log. That’s red maple (Acer rubrum). Two days ago, when I cut the log, the temperature was in the forties °F. This morning it’s in the teens °F. When the water left the log it …
Once you crack the roof on your Holz Hausen wood pile water will find a way in. So how do you keep the wood in your Holz Hausen dry when you take it apart? It’s simple. You cover the pile with a tarp. Preferably not a gaudy blue tarp like I used before last nights …
Yesterday I got out to start firewood cutting for the 2016 wood burning season. I’ve already got plenty of seasoned wood for this year. It was a crisp fall day and I felt a need for chainsaw. I grabbed the 036, cleaned the air filter, checked the chain tension, filled the chain oil and fuel tank and …