Morning Light Reflection
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Warren, Connecticut. The past few mornings it’s been cold enough so that we’ve had to make fires in the wood stove. This transition from early to late fall comes with cooler weather and a different kind of light and color. Greens have turned to reds and then to yellows and most soft maples are bare. Only the pond grass on our pond and a few apple trees hold out green. Winter is on the way.
Another view of the same image.
Lovely pic Richard. We have just had the heating on a little more than usual - thr first frost will be upon us soon, so that means buying some logs for the fie in the lounge. I bet you can chop your own logs near the house?!
Best,
Jon
Jon, we take down some wood on our property but only when the tree is ready to come down; we don’t have enough property to do a proper woodlot. I have a deal with a local arborist: I built and run their web site and when I ask, they come to the house with a log truck with a wonderful assortment of hardwood lots, pile them up for me and leave. No cost to me. I then cut them into rounds and use my hydraulic splitter to split them, then stack them. If you poke around in this weblog there are many shots of this whole process, might up up on flickr too.
The key to firewood is keeping it dry and insect free and knowing when to burn it. The hardwoods need to season at least a year, some more. Softer woods can be burnt in the same year if cut and dried properly. Ash can be burnt the day it’s cut down, although few who know what they’re doing do this. I’ve been cutting and managing wood for heat for a long time so I’m pretty comfortable with the process and know how to keep it going without killing myself. We love burning wood; we can make our house toasty warm and all it costs us is a bit of work and my labor, which I enjoy. Cheers and welcome to fall and winter.