Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I had to pull the tarp off my deep freeze stash tonight. I've been working from o-dark-thirty to the other o-dark-thirty this week, so instead of loading up off one of the other piles by taillight, I pulled the tarp off the one behind the house.
I started in on the back side, first-in-first out ya know. The first armful was...BIRCH!!!???? How did that stuff get in this stack? Anyway, it's wood, it'll burn, and I'm here, so started hauling it in anyway. I soon got into the good oak that was I thought the whole pile, but I'm still confused how that birch wound up mixed in. After about 4 armloads it dawned on me. I was starting this stack off the remains of last year's "spring wood", and I just happened to catch the last corner of it tonight.
Goes to show that "strange" stuff sometimes isn't all that strange.
BTW, I have about a day's worth of wood left from the cord and a half I brought in on Dec 13th, yep, it's been cold! If Jan and Feb are as bad, by the end of April I'll be through the 10 cords I have ready for this year.
Side note 2: DO NOT LEAVE THE BACK DOOR AND THE BACK PORCH DOOR OPEN AT THE SAME TIME WHILE CARRYING IN WOOD AT -10°! Very bad things happen! I heard the "whoof" of the propane furnace kicking on...yikes!
I started in on the back side, first-in-first out ya know. The first armful was...BIRCH!!!???? How did that stuff get in this stack? Anyway, it's wood, it'll burn, and I'm here, so started hauling it in anyway. I soon got into the good oak that was I thought the whole pile, but I'm still confused how that birch wound up mixed in. After about 4 armloads it dawned on me. I was starting this stack off the remains of last year's "spring wood", and I just happened to catch the last corner of it tonight.
Goes to show that "strange" stuff sometimes isn't all that strange.
BTW, I have about a day's worth of wood left from the cord and a half I brought in on Dec 13th, yep, it's been cold! If Jan and Feb are as bad, by the end of April I'll be through the 10 cords I have ready for this year.
Side note 2: DO NOT LEAVE THE BACK DOOR AND THE BACK PORCH DOOR OPEN AT THE SAME TIME WHILE CARRYING IN WOOD AT -10°! Very bad things happen! I heard the "whoof" of the propane furnace kicking on...yikes!