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Cat's do wonders on mice. 
How do you keep your firewood indoors?
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haveawoody
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For me it's a small greenhouse attached to the house with the door connected to the house near the woodstove.
Have a big door on the outside of the greenhouse so I can fork over 1/2 full cord on a pallet holder in one go.
Built the mini greenhouse for around 100$ in one afternoon.
Bugs stay out, wood has a nice finish drying and on sunny days even mid winter it can get quite hot inside so any moisture that found it's way into any wood is gone very fast.
Have a big door on the outside of the greenhouse so I can fork over 1/2 full cord on a pallet holder in one go.
Built the mini greenhouse for around 100$ in one afternoon.
Bugs stay out, wood has a nice finish drying and on sunny days even mid winter it can get quite hot inside so any moisture that found it's way into any wood is gone very fast.
Just so there's no misunderstanding...
Dryer sheets won't rid your place of mice (livin' in the sticks, is that possible?), I still use rat bait (D-Con), but the mice will 100% avoid areas with dryer sheets. I put the dryer sheets where I don't want the vermin to crawl up in and die. Dad used D-con in his '29 Model A, but every spring there'd be dead mice in it, he'd still have some chewing damage and that smell of mouse urine. Now he puts dryer sheets in the passenger cabin, under the hood, and whatnot... and places the D-Con along the walls and such of the shed. Every spring the D-Con is gone and he'll find a dead mouse or two in the shed... but the "A" is untouched.
I use bait in the shop, but every now-'n'-then I'd find evidence of the vermin in my toolbox drawers... even the beginnings of a nest and such. I shoved a crumpled dryer sheet in the back of a couple drawers (bottom drawers) and I seen mouse crap since... that was like almost two years ago. I know they still get in the shop from time-to-time 'cause the bait disappears, and occasionally I find a dead one on the floor... but they don't bother the toolbox. Same thing in the well house where I keep the portable emergency generator all summer... I use bait in the well house and it disappears, but I use a couple dryer sheets under the generator cover and ain't never even found a turd.
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ETpilot
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Why did you put the wheels on the top???
Pilot vertigo. You get disoriented fast and wind up doing things upside down.
I did notice thumbnail posted upside down. Not sure why. Working with an iPad since my laptop died. First time this has happened.
ETpilot
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Interesting. I will have to give it a try. My tractor has been hit twice. Rodents ate up my wiring to instrument panel. A real pain to repair.
On a side note, you could have been a millionaire. Search for this story in Huffington Post " Run-in with rodent turned this mother of two into a millionaire".
I would post a link but I don't know how to do it with an iPad. Not sure if it is doable.
blacklocst
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If you guys put your wood near the stove to dry make sure to take off the turkey tail shoorms, 
they light off real easy. Don't ask me how I know this.
they light off real easy. Don't ask me how I know this.NHMike
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I have a 16 x 24 screened in porch on the other side of the fireplace. I have about 2 - 2 1/2 cord stacked there. Another 2 cord palletized and covered next to the porch steps. I only bring in what goes on the fire since the wood is so close, plus it keeps the dirt and bark bits from making a mess.
My last house I was always filling the wood box with 2 days worth of wood. I like my current system much better!
My last house I was always filling the wood box with 2 days worth of wood. I like my current system much better!
Cat's do wonders on mice.
One of these traps took out 17 mice from my barn in less than a week.
This fall another one took out 9 mice from a tool shed.
Not one got to the peanut butter smeared on the plastic bottle, and you just dump out the mice and put some fresh water in. You do need to center the spindle and put a board up to the rim of the bucket to act like a ramp.
leftyz
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The woodshed holds all the wood, every other day I use the 4 wheeler with dump trailer to go out and get a load. I park it in the attached garage right next to the stairs. The garage is open, no doors on it. In fact I cut one of the side doors open a bit more so I can fit the 4-wheeler through the side and keep the cars inside, out of the snow.
Each day I tote in 5 or 6 arm loads from the garage. Once the trailer is empty, I go out for more. So far, so good, beats using the wheelbarrow.
Each day I tote in 5 or 6 arm loads from the garage. Once the trailer is empty, I go out for more. So far, so good, beats using the wheelbarrow.
This is my Dads solution and works very well. A wood chute.
We dug it out by hand outside along the foundation of the house. It goes about 2 ft below the door and is about 60 inches wide and goes back a ways. Put it this way, it holds about 3/4 cord of wood. Poured floor has a slope and we ran a small drain to the tile around the footer. The sidewalls were laid up with the sheet limestone we dug out. Door on the outside hinges up to fill and has a slight pitch to divert the water and such off of it. Get the dry wood out of the barn and drive the truck around the back of the house to fill. Normally enough lead time so you can pick a good day to refill. Bugs and such stay sleeping till they get a warm awakening
Mom like it as there is very little mess with it.
Simple wood frame, plywood door and homemade tapered latch.
I do like my set up better though ;}
On the dryer sheets. They do seem to work but after they lose the strong scent they fail. I had a mouse make a nest out of some dryer sheets that were a year old so I'd HIGHLY suggest changing them out every so often. It is the best option I have found. I still use traps though to get the incoming but sheets in the vehicles and equipment in the barns.
We dug it out by hand outside along the foundation of the house. It goes about 2 ft below the door and is about 60 inches wide and goes back a ways. Put it this way, it holds about 3/4 cord of wood. Poured floor has a slope and we ran a small drain to the tile around the footer. The sidewalls were laid up with the sheet limestone we dug out. Door on the outside hinges up to fill and has a slight pitch to divert the water and such off of it. Get the dry wood out of the barn and drive the truck around the back of the house to fill. Normally enough lead time so you can pick a good day to refill. Bugs and such stay sleeping till they get a warm awakening
Mom like it as there is very little mess with it.
Simple wood frame, plywood door and homemade tapered latch.
I do like my set up better though ;}
On the dryer sheets. They do seem to work but after they lose the strong scent they fail. I had a mouse make a nest out of some dryer sheets that were a year old so I'd HIGHLY suggest changing them out every so often. It is the best option I have found. I still use traps though to get the incoming but sheets in the vehicles and equipment in the barns.
i bring in a bunch of wood for when theres more snow then i care to move in the dead of winter. i prolly have 2 cord or more in the cellar right now. i wont touch that till later on in the winter. right now i bring wood in and store them in totes a week or more worth at a time and just use that. only thing ive noticed is on occasion ive seen mosquitos in the house.
Higs2013
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Small wood shed attached to my house it's 6x4 and 7 feet tall. Fully loaded it lasts a little over a month depending on the temp
naturelover
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NICE! Sounds like something I'd do.
I usually get the Downy brand and they are really strongly scented.
mainewoods
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Keeps the wood at room temperature - looks nice - easy to keep floor clean - makes the wife happy.
naturelover
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Well, at least I'll be all static free!
Anyway, will try again after New Years. Reminds me, I need to go set my live trap....
If you use antifreeze in the bottom it works year round and the dead ones don't smell. Not feasible if dog/cat is going to be in the area.
Dalmatian90
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Bachelor geek living at it's finest...the view from my recliner as I'm reading Arboristsite and watching Doctor Who.
Husky came in tonight as I want to do some bucking in the morning and its supposed to be low teens overnight. Nicer to change the chain inside come morning then in the unheated garage
Husky came in tonight as I want to do some bucking in the morning and its supposed to be low teens overnight. Nicer to change the chain inside come morning then in the unheated garage
Brian B.
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I stack mine up around the stove.
JT
Hey JT, what are your thoughts on the stove in the pic? I think it's the same one I'm considering from Amazon. Trying to remember what brand the darned thing was.
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