Last fire of the year? Bittersweet

[sundance]

Reckon we're done. Wife cleaned out the stove and sent the rest of the wood back to the shed.

The wife threatened a couple times but never lite another. Neighbors next door were still burning off and on until a couple days ago.

 

[GenXer]

I had a fire on here up till June 20th, still gets cool overnight. It's 9C this morning going up to around 31C today.

 

[U&A]

I usually look forward to the last burn day

indoor wood burner. if it goes as planned the fire only gets "lit" 2 times a year.....kinda sorta. one time in the fall and it never goes out until new years when I shut it down for 24 hours for a good mid burn season cleaning. then she is up and running full time until April/may. there ARE a few times at the end of burn season that we only do over night burns tho. that is more of a PITA than anything because you need to use up one small fire just to get the stove hot enough to burn the second load efficiently for the over night burn.

kinda like a boat owner every fall and spring. love to get it going love to put it away.

(ill never own another real boat, I stick to kayaks and canoes now)

 

[U&A]

This might be our last for the season. Or, maybe tomorrow.View attachment 1084172

omg

what a beautiful stove man! i was always afraid of the effort needed to keep one like that clean. nice job!

 

[sundance]

omg

what a beautiful stove man! i was always afraid of the effort needed to keep one like that clean. nice job!

Thanks. Really not that much effort but the wife does keep after it.

 

[U&A]

Thanks. Really not that much effort but the wife does keep after it.

How do you clean it when its hot? We go months without it ever getting cold enough to clean it.

 

[GenXer]

How do you clean it when its hot? We go months without it ever getting cold enough to clean it.

I usually wear gloves when it's hot for shoveling out ash in the winter.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Using the fire pit in the evenings still. It was down to 45 one day last week…dang global warming…

 

[sundance]

How do you clean it when its hot? We go months without it ever getting cold enough to clean it.

Ours doesn't do well holding a fire so it goes out every night. Cold enough to clan a bit and then we re-start each morning Bit of a pain ( but she starts it almost every morning!). Works for us.

 

[sundance]

I'm not sure if it counts as the last fire for 2022-2023 or the first for 2023-2024 but the neighbors fired up their stove last night. Seemed a bit over the top to me but whatever. I'm weeks away from even thinking about it.

 

[husky455rancher]

I usually start in mid October off and on.