The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[cutterboy]

Jim, that's a beautiful location your house is sitting on. It must be nice to look over the lake while sipping your morning coffee or in the evening with a beer or glass of wine. But then, if you sell firewood you have no time for that.
GET BACK TO WORK!!! :D

[mudfarmer]

Working on next year's wood for someone else, their wood/equipment/site, my labor. got snowed on most of yesterday. Slimy mess, thankful for pulp hook

[HemlockKing]

That balsams growing up pretty good in front of your house Jim, looks like I could use a little thinning !

Balsam cut out 2 winters ago. Just hardwood standing now.

Don't worry, it'll be back like dog hair  ;D . Stuff is everywhere down here. 

[cutterboy]

Cutting some small stuff on the edge of a field...cherry, maple and ash.


 

 
I took half of it home...

 
and left the other half for tomorrow.


 
The ground has been wet in the woods but we have had four days of sun and no rain. Maybe I'll try to get in there tomorrow or Sunday.

[SwampDonkey]

Up here, white ash seems to be quite tolerant of shade when it begins to grow from seed. I get thousands after I thin a patch of woods for firewood as well. Most of the firewood has very little ash in the mix. When I start thinning a patch, next to no undergrowth except a few ash around. No bushes much.

[jimbarry]

Up here, white ash seems to be quite tolerant of shade when it begins to grow from seed. I get thousands after I thin a patch of woods for firewood as well. Most of the firewood has very little ash in the mix. When I start thinning a patch, next to no undergrowth except a few ash around. No bushes much.

Do you get much cedar growth?

[SwampDonkey]

I do get cedar where there is a seed source.














Where I am cutting firewood right now there is no seed source, it's old grown up field with spruce plantation. The land has been in the family probably 150 years because grandmother's (dad's mom) had uncles and a cousin who lived up there. There were 3 abandoned houses around there. But those uncles in the time of the Klondike gold rush had a bunch of wood cut and couldn't move it, so they went out on the gold rush for a stint. That gave the place it's name 'The Klondike' ever since then. It's part of Royalton. You won't see 'Klondike' on the maps, that is a local name that everyone around these parts knows.

[HemlockKing]

Love the look of cedar, never see any around shelburne county or all of south shore for that matter. 

[SwampDonkey]

What I've been up to. ;)

https://youtu.be/3wK25h-fGCs

[HemlockKing]

What I've been up to. ;)

https://youtu.be/3wK25h-fGCs

Nice to see what you got going on. You have done a lot of work there and look forward to seeing how it fills in within a few years time

[Magicman]

Due to a vehicle/power pole accident last night we had no power this morning sooooo.....


 
Some of my firewood went up in smoke this morning.  Of course there was no electricity for the fan so I just left the doors open and we enjoyed the flicker.    This was our coldest morning so far @ 41°.

[SwampDonkey]

Yep, 41F is a little cold to sit around in unless you wear lots of furs. Fire is a nice alternative, with the benefit of light. ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Well, I better start hauling in the rest of the firewood for next year. She's all cut, bucked and waiting. ;D

[woodroe]

So thats what a NB woodlot looks like. That acre or two got quite the haircut.
Had a lot of poplar growing up in what was once field
here 30 yrs back. Kept us warm many a winter, splits easy too. 
Like you we burn anything, lots of pasture Pine culls in recent years.
Great job on the video !

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah, it's hard to see all the hardwoods in it because they are small diameter, but as tall as the spruce. So I figured it is running ~ 800 to the acre (2000/hectare). I spaced it to 1000 to the acre in 2005. A lot of the hardwood grew in after, too tall now for deer/moose food.

Got another day to get the wood all in. I worked from 7:30 until almost 5:00 tonight. The wood pile groweth. ;D

[woodroe]

You splitting that poplar with a mall ? 
Have always enjoyed watching what a little woodlot management can produce .
Way better than leaving it to its own devices.

[SwampDonkey]

Well, there's 7-1/2 cord in the loose pile now for next winter. 8)





Let the burning begin. ;D

https://youtu.be/YiV7XpYNkps

[taylorsmissbeehaven]

So this is my little operation. In our area we dont need a ton of wood but Mary is always cold so the fire keeps her away from the thermostat and out of my wallet!!  :D We also enjoy the heat and I dont mind the workout. Cleans up around the mill with slabs and culled logs. Its a win win for us both. Brian

[sublime68charger]

running the old school buzz saw for the day.

buzz sawing - YouTube

[sublime68charger]

 

 couple of pics that go along with my sawing video from above


 

 

[cutterboy]

Cutting some field edge hickory.


 

 

 

 

 
First time I used my new firewood carrier to take the wood back to the barn.

[sublime68charger]

Cutterboy that's a nice looking firewood carrier!  I need to get something like that made up.

[cutterboy]

Thanks sublime68charger. I put that together a few days ago when it was raining. That's the advantage of having a sawmill... lots of lumber available. It's made of red oak. Very heavy.

[mike_belben]

hey that came out mint CB

[Bruno of NH]

That firewood carrier is very nice CB