First fire

[Wlmedley]

I got my reward for burning wood in the mail today.My house is all electric with two electric furnaces (one upstairs and one downstairs).Both are grid furnaces,no heat pumps.Electric bill was $125.Don't know what bill would have been without wood stove as I have always had it but I'm pretty sure it would have been $300 or more.Maybe not a big payday versus work involved but I stay warm and a penny saved is a penny earned  :laugh:

[SwampDonkey]

Have burnt two pallets of wood stacked about 7 feet. But been a few weeks to. ;D  I have an electric furnace back up, use it some overnight, never a high bill. 80 degree wood heat is too hot for sleeping. ;) Just built up a wood fire here, last time I added wood was 8:30 this morning. And then it was one big slab of aspen and a round stick of fir, laid in on a bed of coals. ;D

[cutterboy]

First Fire this morning, November 28th, over two months since Cutter built his first fire.  

And your last fire will probably be two months before my last fire.
22° here now with predicted highs of 35° and winds 10-12mph. Both wood stoves are burning nicely.

[Magicman]

Yup, probably so.  ;D

32° here this morning and yes, another flicker.  

[NE Woodburner]

I've burned almost a full cord so far this season. The wood I'm burning now is not the best species and is several years old so very dry. Clean burning and good heat but not long burning. I will be into mostly red oak and ash soon. 

[Magicman]

We have been a week without a fire, but I have the insert loaded with a few sticks and have the fat lightered kindling ready for in the morning.  The forecast is for 32°.  .  Looks like we will have a fire for about the next 10 days or so.   

[SwampDonkey]

Have had fire here, but only early morning and evening 'smudges', too hot during the day. ;D

Been steady at 36F outside temps now for 2 days and nights. Will be in the 40's today, suppose to be more sun.

[Magicman]

I have my little flicker going this morning.  Feels good.   ;D

[doc henderson]

26° here MM, how bout you? 

[Woodcutter_Mo]

 I've been using the indoor wood stove for a couple months now but officially fired up the outside furnace for the first time this season yesterday.

[Magicman]

Our forecast says that I will have a flicker for the next 10 days.   

[SwampDonkey]

I've burnt 3 cords since September. She's a long slow burn in the north. 6 months left to go. Of course a couple months on each end that it's more intermittent burning and a window or two raised.

[sconn2000]

The weather up here in MN hasn't been able to make up it's mind the past couple months. We've finally got some standing snow after flipping between the seasons several times. Outdoor boiler has just been idling since october to keep things from freezing up, but the indoor stoves been doing a great job keeping the place warm on the colder days. Looks like it's finally going to get cold and stay cold so put time to put the outdoor in drive. 8)









Here's a couple random pics from the backyard today
Sam

[thecfarm]

scoon2000, welcome to the forum.

[ihookem]

I have burned wood for heat as late as mid June at home. The earliest I had a fire up at camp was August 18th.. I have never had to heat my home or cabin in July.. 

[SwampDonkey]

I've seen lots of folks burn morning smudges in July. Not uncommon at all. Not all day. We often get a cold snap almost down to frost. Some places will get frost in July, never seen it here. But when fishing one time and camping on an old mill site near a small river, it was white frost every morning and by afternoon in the 90's in mid July.