Even though they have been there for awhile the hearts of the trees are still solid and almost all are red oak which makes good firewood so we have decided to harvest what we can.
This has proven to be a job that could just keep going. I think I counted about 41 big trees down and several smaller ones. After cutting about 5 of the logs into firewood lengths we realized there was much more wood than we had thought and now it had to be split. I rented a splitter for the next days work.
Since we are in the middle of the woods, there are no roads, we had to cut a path to get the splitter in before we could split. This is another full days work and not half of what we have cut it split! And it is in the middle of the woods to be hauled out and stacked.
Red Oak is such a pretty fire wood. It burns hot and turns into a solid bed of coals. Altho the outside of the wood is beginning to get pethy (we really don't know how long it has been down) the center is beautiful.
Next step will be building a rack to hold the wood and hauling it our of the woods and stacking it.
To be continued.......
2 comments:
What an enormous job, Pollye. But you'll definitely keep in shape doing that, plus you'll have nice cozy fires that are perfect for s'mores for years to come...for much less than it would cost to buy the wood. Maybe you should look for your own splitter? Or sell some to buy one?
Hi! How have you been? I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas & New Year. That tree cleanup was a HUGE job! But at least you'll feel like your warmth this winter is well earned! Oh, by the way, I loved the fall pics!
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