Work Done 2025

[thewoodlands]

I moved some snow off the corner of the driveway and dumped it in the woods but before that I opened up gutter on the southside of the house so more water is running, there's still a bit of ice in one corner but that should be gone by the end of the day.

1463 & 64 is the area I dumped the snow, I left the right side open because the deer were in that area earlier. 1465 & 66 is the corner of the driveway I removed snow from.

 

[ctreitzell]

Spring is right on the doorstep here; I’m working on cutting before the leaves burst…oh man, there’s a lot to clean up!

Today I thinned a bunch of hazels at the bank in my front field. The leaners have been uprooting themselves, so I’m coppicing them best I can. I cleared the base of this one last month…before I started

End of the day

 

[Turbo89]

lol, my buddy’s biologist wife said its probably grey birch, and that I was giving her painful flashbacks to undergrad… so I guess stoveliker wins!

I’ll split a piece tomorrow and see what it smells / looks like, and post back.

I split a piece and it definitely has a faint root beer type smell. Also the end grains I cut turned orange over night:

 

[MRD1985]

Could very well be black birch then. The bark I am used to is much darker

 

[Turbo89]

yea, I think it is birch. I’m some odd coincidence I pickup up a truck load of wood off marketplace today. Looks like a mix of yellow and white pine, and something else (sort of smells like cedar, chips are red).

Quick shot while I was unloading it:

So I cut this load to length, then split about a face cord. Gonna try to split and stack some more… but maybe so should actually spend that time fixing my log splitter. lol

 

[trailrated]

took the road less traveled and found this wood today, and then cut it into 16” lengths when I got home. I also picked up a few new pallets, and will try to do some more splitting / stacking over the weekend.


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This stuff is heavy, what am I looking at, ash or beech?

Not Ash or Beech. At least it doesn't look like Beech I'm used to seeing.

 

[qwee]

I'm a spring, summer, and fall firewood gatherer (winters off). So, I got my saws out and prepped them. Next, I loaded the gear into my truck and was headed for a big, downed, owner okayed black locust. I made it about 30 feet when my Tundra decided to no longer go into gear. I had to have it towed to a shop (at least a week until he can look at it).

Ironically later that day, it stormed and snowed. So, a tough start to the wood season. I've decided to start making my own chains, so I got a 100' roll of Oregon chain and a 100' roll of Stihl chain. I was looking forward to getting some sharp chain into that big black locust, but the universe said, "No, not yet." Maybe April. I guess I could load my gear into my car and cut up the trees (there's some elm, too), so they are ready to be hauled. It is weird working out of the back of a car, though.

 

[thewoodlands]

We have some heavier rains with wind coming in so no work outside will get done but I'll be peeling some taters and some carrots today. The wife cooked this near the end of October, this time we'll have 3 chicken breast not 4.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Yeah we got that storm last night. 1.5 inches of rain and pretty rough winds all night. No trees broken this time but it did blow and 1/2 cord of wood over, and down the hill. At least I don't have to cut it before I haul it this time.

 

[Turbo89]

I split and stacked about 1/2 cord that black birch and maple. As @MRD1985 pointed out my wood stack smelled like a barrel of root beer… pretty nice aroma to stack to. Haha

 

[MRD1985]

I split and stacked about 1/2 cord that black birch and maple. As @MRD1985 pointed out my wood stack smelled like a barrel of root beer… pretty nice aroma to stack to. Haha

Told you!! First time I cut it I couldn’t believe it. That is the tell tale for black birch that is a nice score 👍

 

[Gearhead660]

Spent some time this weekend cleaning up from the strong winds we had Friday. So many sticks in the yard, had to rake them. Got a trailer full. Also had the top of a white pine break off and land on a woodshed. Damage would have been worst if it wasnt full!

 

[Gearhead660]

Burning up all the branches we cleaned up from the weekend wind storm.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since we have some good hardwood inside for overnight burns (when I have them) today we put in a small load of ash and cherry. We'll keep on putting in small loads so we don't get caught with a lot of wood inside when the temps change.

I did take ashes out that went in a garbage can, one or two more times taking out ash and that will be full.