We dont get much snow here but we do have 4 or 5 months a year that can have freezing temperatures..
I am going to put a wood stove in this place and we are working on building a house on our property next door and that will have a nice fireplace in it.
Have never wanted to mess with firewood, still dont but I want wood for the mill and that means sorting through the chaff so an outlet for that as firewood helps to reduce the overall cost.
I bought 5 Semi loads in February, logs 30 to 40 feet long and 12 to 48" diameter. At the bottom of that pile now and have two loads coming this weekend and arrangements to get some millable logs both Fir and Cedar over the next month or two.
If it works out I will be building some Cedar Smoke Houses, Sheds from both woods and more benches and other wood projects. This is a bench I sell for $350, the legs of this bench are cut from a 6" thick slab.
Its all good though, keeps me pumped and runnin tossin logs around and my youngest Daughter has been helping me split this year and next week we are going to start milling and working on other wood projects together. These Outhouse garden tool sheds have been selling for $400, of course I take a 25% hit because I consign them out to places but its worth it to not have to deal with people
And the biggest part has been having all this wood to work on stuff for the property, this is the livestock pen I built for the steer we raised this year.
The steer was 1550lbs the day before slaughter. The pen has a scale built in and he was weighed every day so I could learn what was going on with the feeding.
He was like a big puppy, a very big dangerous puppy. We also got our first harvest from the bees this year, over 50lbs of honey from the one hive we took from. I am going to check the supers and see if we cant take them off. That will likely mean another 50lbs or more. So much honey... its crazy. I am gonna be making loads of Mead for the rest of my life.
Also built a well puller this year and fixed my neighbors well. Always wanted one and his situation helped push me to put it together. His well was 320' and this rig had no problems at all with it.
And to wrap this up, Fuggle... thats Bob in the background. Our Goats are Willow, Lily, Rosemary, Fuggle and Bob. All plants other than Bob. Fuggle is a hop for Brown Ales and yes I have some growing here:-)
