Will you be moving the 40 yards of mulch or just guiding the tractor that is moving 40 yards of mulch?
Many record low highs set today throughout new England, probably not record cold at night though. 4 now, I'm burning some nice hickory splits I put aside just for a night like tonight.Almost that cold out east, and the high tomorrow is not toasty warm either.
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We're still not getting any records, though. This week was even colder in 2009!
I'm more and more impressed with my friends nc30 in his 2500 sq ft center hall colonial, he feeds his just a couple splits every few hours and that thing cranks the heat, he laughs at cold snaps, and he swears by the stove and it's 4 hr burn times for 3 splits and 8hr burn times on a packed fire boxIt's 16 now here. Was supposed to be 10 degrees overnight. I had the stove cranking hard yesterday, and the house held the heat fairly well overnight. That made for a shock when I went outside to grab my ash bucket this morning.
I've been rather impressed with my 30NC the past few cold snaps now that I have sub 20% wood. The ash I'm feeding it is running 17-19% as the highest reading. I'm looking forward to pulling off of the same pile next year that will have this summer to dry out even more.
Just looked at the models, more wacky weather coming along with a few snow storms for the Midwest and northeast, fun month this year.Thought I had plenty of wood in the house until this past weekend most nights were sub zero with stiff wind. I may have to go out and throw more wood in as just about cleaned myself out. Mini Split don't put out much heat below zero. I had the boiler shut down for 8 days before this weekend. This up and down march weather is wacko!
I got the mowers out today, changed oil, un-winterized and all ready to go, maybe mow my yard next week.
I did all that plus actually mowed yesterday! My wife thought I was nuts mowing this early in the year until she heard the lawnmower being bogged down by high grass in the front yard.
Mowing is about like burning wood too me. I look forward to the first as well as the last time of the season.
I DO have to teach the bamboo some manners every few days in summer, but I use an old fashioned weed whip for that.
If you dig up the young shoots, they make a great addition to Teriyaki if you like that. Most self-sustaining "gardening" you'll ever do.
Weather here sucks It's 60F most of the week, while I'm sitting in an office, and then 15 - 30F all weekend while I'm trying to work outside. The flowers are up, the grass is starting to turn and the trees are budding, then it hit 12F two days ago. Next Saturday night is forecast 19F, but there are three days at 61F between now and then.
Hm, my brain associates stirfry bamboo shoots with a white rubbery vegetable of dubious origin.
Is that stuff sliced rhizome or is it the actual shoot (which is green)? I guess I'll have lots of opportunity to experiment this summer!
Edit: I looked this up, and it turns out that the reason what you see in food is white is because it's always boiled or pickled before consumption. The reason why is the same reason that the deer don't eat the bamboo..
Good old fashioned hydrogen cyanide.
Great!
I'd forgotten about the cyanide.
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