Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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I've been a bad scrounger and haven't cleaned the chimney in two years. This is what came out of it. A small coffee cup of powdery soot. Season well, burn properly!
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2 loads this weekend, first is all highly valuable black walnut, second is mystery wood, white oak, cherry, ash, black locust, and sasafras. Would have had more white oak in the mix but I got stung on the butt so I'll wait until it's cold and the wasps become pedestrians before I collect the rest of it that is sitting on their nest.

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Here's the yield from the 2 oak branches yesterday. Tried splitting with the axe which was ok. If everything I cut was as straight grained as this I'd do it more often. Left a lot of em whole that I woulda broke in half normally just to dry faster. This all went on next year's stack so it wasn't an issue.
 
Electrolytes are important. I often mix a concoction of OJ, Cranberry (or Cran/Grape) and water. Taste good and works for me.

Potassium and Zinc are very important, just make sure you also include plenty of water or you will have other problems.
Someone told me this past week (who works construction) that magnesium is also important and will keep from getting leg cramps. She got an OTC calcium supplement with magnesium for that reason...

I always thought it was just potassium?

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Big Sky here today sooooo ,,,
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Off to get some more not spruce !
Jerry brought a saw or two
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We only dropped 1 new tree today , that little not spruce , I think it had dingle balls in top .
Had to pull him over with the tractor because of the wind .
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One of the dingle ball trees was in a hard spot to pull up the hill at 16' so I cut it in half
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That **** stank , just rooster tail of black goo and slugs Lol
 
Someone told me this past week (who works construction) that magnesium is also important and will keep from getting leg cramps. She got an OTC calcium supplement with magnesium for that reason...

I always thought it was just potassium?

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Gotta get some as my legs can cramp up bad after a long day. Try to stay hydrated but still get em at night.
 
Big Sky here today sooooo ,,,
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Off to get some more not spruce !
Jerry brought a saw or two
TlTXYpS.jpg

hPVyty6.jpg

We only dropped 1 new tree today , that little not spruce , I think it had dingle balls in top .
Had to pull him over with the tractor because of the wind .
WGugtmf.jpg

One of the dingle ball trees was in a hard spot to pull up the hill at 16' so I cut it in half
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That **** stank , just rooster tail of black goo and slugs Lol
How did Jerry's stihls stack up against the Ryobi?

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Well , it was a whole day of haul up , up and down the hill , saw logs to one side and farwood to the other .
But , it was a great day !
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We got a load in the trailer and a truck
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I guess we cheated loadin the last rounds Lol
We even scrounged up some parking curbs :)

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