AMEN to that.For us older guys here.
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AMEN to that.For us older guys here.
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ThanksNice set up!
We call Our FUNGIS up here (That looks similar to SS396 Driver) Elephant Ears. We grab it before it dries and most of the time saute them in butter.I am not an expert but that looks more like a bracket mushroom than a chaga. Our chaga is always black on the outside. May want to check on that before ingesting.
If you know something that I don't, I apologize for posting.
Now that the 338-06 has you playing with rifles again. I think it’s time to get the G A D fired up again!!!Did it for decades, this is the first year I have not sold firewood in quite some time. This year I focused on some milling projects to build the hunting stands.
Having a white-collar job, I mostly did it to get some fresh air and stay in shape. Always all hardwood, and rarely got over $200/cord.
Before I got my hydro splitter (about 10 years ago), I split it all by hand!
When I used to heat my house with wood (before I established sources for wood) I used to buy a load of logs, cut them up with my 044 (my only saw for 18 years) and split 6 cord / year by hand to heat my house. Was good exercise and helped keep me in shape!
When I was doing firewood for others, I would remove trees for free if they let me take it for firewood. It was a lot of work, but everyone was happy, I covered my costs and earned "saw money", so house money was not used for my saw obsession! I currently have 14 runners and several incomplete projects.
As I've slowed down the last few years, the desire to build more saws has diminished ... I've got a pretty good collection and sometimes don't even use all of them in a given year.
Third grade my dad decided I was old enough to become his splitterI understand. I didn't have hydraulics until 2013. I was 37 then. Which is STIHL pretty young for sure. Went in partners with two other neighbors on a 27ton for sale at Walmart. I think we each paid $430. Up until then I split wood with hand tools from the time my dad determined I had enough lead in my ass to swing a sledge. It was all for our own use though. I stihl grab the hand splitting tools and swing'em around a bit to keep'em from getting too rusty. Lol, and as you say. It's good exercise, or as my RDC in boot camp would say. "It's good for the mind body and soul!"
We do that with these ,chicken of the woodsWe call Our FUNGIS up here (That looks similar to SS396 Driver) Elephant Ears. We grab it before it dries and most of the time saute them in butter.
Yeah, that part is definitely Chaga!I had a friend who forages year round look at . He said it was Chaga I’ll have them looked at again but my main reason for harvesting it is it makes great firestarter . This is the other side of the mushroom definitely black on the outside View attachment 1132142
Lol, 1/2” in Cali during the Coof was over $50. weeks before…$9 at HD.At least frame one. I'm gonna have the butt logs milled into 3/4× material for sheathing. The price of plywood is outrageous on Kodiak. I bought two sheets of 5/8 CDX last month. $46 a sheet! I was like "Holly Sheet!!!"
Looks like a load of crap to me.@MechanicMatt
Thick here too Matt. Good luck!! Get Uncle Mike a big one. I'm gonna try a new stand this morning.
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Only if you qualify for that statement. LOLSo I finally got around to reading more of the owner's manual that came with my Ferris FW15 walk behind mower. I noticed the third paragraph on page 6. Should I be offended?
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They can destroy a lot of crops quickly. One year they hit my farmer friend's pumpkin patch taking a nibble out of each pumpkin. Another year they did in his green bean crop. That year I counted 3 bucks and 9 does out in one of his fields on Thanksgiving night. They were having a deer orgy.Now that the 338-06 has you playing with rifles again. I think it’s time to get the G A D fired up again!!!
Lord knows I have it BAD!!
Guys, Uncle Mustang and I are hitting my pals Farm tomorrow. I have 6 other family members that have taken a deer from there, but somehow they elude him. He’s seen them, but either out of range or no good backstop.
Give us a little prayer tonight that he connects tomorrow. We have a few bucks running around and a ton of doe
Come on, let the big buck walk out tomorrow!!!
Pic is one of the better days there, but there have been multiple three deer days there
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Most work gloves will work but insulated fireplace gloves are a staple for me. Awkward for detailed manipulation but excellent for most of what is needed for when working near the flame or hot coals - especially when loading ash bucket when hot coals get shoveled into the ash.So, since my wife likes to make coal all day while I’m at work….
What gloves do you guys all wear when loading your stoves??
When I was a kid, my pop has these NASA looking fireproof gloves
I’ve been a cheap @$& all these years, but I’m thinking it’s finally time to invest in some good wood stove gloves
What do all of you guys use?
Ove-gloveSo, since my wife likes to make coal all day while I’m at work….
What gloves do you guys all wear when loading your stoves??
When I was a kid, my pop has these NASA looking fireproof gloves
I’ve been a cheap @$& all these years, but I’m thinking it’s finally time to invest in some good wood stove gloves
What do all of you guys use?
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