July is about the only month where the stove is completely idle. Currently, there's a nice fire of loose bark and split log offings and weird chunks blzing and chasing off the rawness. This, after a week of no fire. Hauled some 2013-14 wood home today and tidied up the area, tossing in some drought-dried crap into peach baskets for the next few. I'm in St. Loius on business for the next week, so having some easy heat corraled in the barn will help the wify back here where temps will hover ca. 50*.
Having a cookstove, the recent heat was a bummer. Came home to raw food one day - an apologetic wife noting she didn't know how to cook porkchops in a gas oven, being so accustomed to the cookoven. That was worth a good hug, assuming as i did that a hug from me was worth a tinkers damn.