"This" being a five-foot high stack of firewood. I knew something was up when I pulled into the driveway and saw large tire marks in the gravel. So our weekend project will be stacking up wood piles only to keep unstacking them throughout the cold season.
This is the fourth (and final) load of wood we will get for our wood boiler for the winter. Last winter was very mild, and being newbies to rural living, we had to kind of scrounge for wood all season. Luckily, we have really great neighbors who kept us supplied. But, this winter we wanted to be prepared, so we ordered all of our firewood in advance. I managed to stack a fraction of it with about 30 minutes of work early this morning. I stack all the pieces that I can comfortably pick up, and Will chops the rest into manageable logs.
I wasn't sure how I would like heating our house with wood-- even though last winter was mild, I hated going out to stoke the fire. Mostly because many of the logs we had were HEAVY, and really hard for me to toss into the chamber. But, this season has been much better because we have smaller pieces of wood.
It's nice getting a functional fitness workout stacking the logs. It also is a great reminder that energy doesn't just happen-- there's hot, sweaty worked involved, whether your house is heated by coal, natural gas, electricity, or wood.The only difference between these is who is doing the work-- you or someone else.
My favorite benefit to wood heat is the unlimited hot water we have all winter long :-).
No comments:
Post a Comment