After letting the stove sit idle for 2 days and cleaning the chimney we are headed for a low of 21 tonight she is stuffed full of oak and locust and cruising and the wife is happy...
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Its 38 out now with a low of 29 tonight. I got a white and red oak round with two splits of post oak and a split of black jack for the overnight.
Going down to 8 tonight, full load of ash going in once the coals burn down a bit...
We have 3 to 4 inches of new snow with some winds earlier that picked up pretty good. The temp tonight is 2.1 with the wood stove being used all day but the pellet stove will be used so we have a constant heat throughout the night.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
We have 26 out with a small load of white and post oak this morning. We are going to hit 58 today.
We bottomed out at - 2.9 this morning with some winds that made it nasty out, the pellet stove had the temp up here at 71 this morning and 83 in the basement. I turned the pellet stove off and we have a load of soft & sugar maple in the Liberty.
We did get what looks like just over four inches of snow in the driveway, since it's all ice underneath, I packed down the snow on the driveway with the truck but once it looks like the melt will start again, I'll start plowing .
We did get what looks like just over four inches of snow in the driveway, since it's all ice underneath, I packed down the snow on the driveway with the truck but once it looks like the melt will start again, I'll start plowing .
It's 15.8 tonight with a load of beech and sugar maple going in the wood stove. If the forecast is correct we should have another 3-5 inches of snow by late afternoon tomorrow with a temp in the low 20's tomorrow morning.
Down to 30 tonight, mix of ash and silver maple. High of 44 tomorrow and will see mid 50's next week. Maybe what's left in the garage will last the season out...?
MoDoug
Minister of Fire
With day highs in the 50's it's just night time burning from scratch. We're at our low of 36 for the night. I got a mixture of elm, some kind of yellowish wood, and another mystery wood that's heavy and brown... It's scrounge wood from last year, but whatever it is, it's doing great!
Got off work this morning to s cold stove as the temps are in the 40-50 range again, possibly hitting 60 this week, while last week highs were 20s-30s. Alas back to only burning st night for now. Pine tonight again.
Had my first overnight (sassafras) fire since my last post started the day before yesterday. Howling wind and 21 F that night.
Cherry yesterday during the day, and a 1/3 load into the night. Back to minisplit the rest of the week.
Cherry yesterday during the day, and a 1/3 load into the night. Back to minisplit the rest of the week.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
We have 23.5 tonight with a low in the single digits possible so I loaded up the Liberty with beech and ironwood.
It actually got up to 60 today, so the stove is cold, but the outdoor fire pit is blazing with ash and oak.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
I had a half load of hickory last night but this morning I will let it go cold with a high of 70 expected today.
We had a low of 15.3 this morning, the Liberty has some hard & soft maple going in it this morning.
Another load of pine last night, stove will go cold again today as the temps will be in the 50s again; looks like this all week, will cool down a bit next week.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
I'm ready for an outdoor fire. Our fire pit is still buried under snow....
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Was upper 40s yesterday and looking like upper 30s today. Warming up the house with some pine.
Currently cold ashes. It's been highs in the 50's with good solar heating so we've not burnt the last couple of days. Going into the 20's tonight we'll probably have a few evenings burning what is left of the cherry.
MoDoug
Minister of Fire
That was us yesterday also, I didn't light the stove, that's the first night in a couple months, my wife and I missed it. A burning stove brings it's own life into the room. But like you, I had the outdoor pit burning, I used the opportunity to attempt some charcoal and it actually turned out pretty well.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
Temps were pretty good this week 30's and 40's even hit 50 yesterday but back to cold today. Just been burning a little maple here and there but back to some locust and ash now.
Well, 27 F tonight, 35-ish tomorrow, so I just lit up the stove again with some small cedar and maple splits (and oak shavings from hand-splitting this summer). Top-down, of course.
The overnight load will be cherry.
The overnight load will be cherry.
MoDoug
Minister of Fire
With a low of 31 tonight, and working outside till after the sun went down, which made me cold and ready for a fire, I lit it up with some red oak and elm. Feels great!
I’m not giving in. I don’t care if it’s cold outside tonight. I’m sitting by the fire pit again.
