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[Nomadicus]

Good Morning Old Folks. A pleasant 43° here this morning. Below normal temps for a couple more days then back into the 70's we go.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Have a great Friday.

 

[ronott1]

Happy Friday!

 

[Nomadicus]

It did warm to 56° today and was quite blustery with the wind gusts we had. The Guessers are calling for 38° in the morning.

 

[Nomadicus]

Well not we just got our first freeze warning telling people to protect tender plants. No way I'm tired of picking peppers.

 

[Sally PB]

Hubby and I split and stacked most of a cord of wood. Or more. I'm guessing at the amount, and I didn't take pictures.

Hubby does the splitting, I do the stacking. So he does the heavy lifting, and I do the walking. He's feeling it now, I'll probably feel it in the morning.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hubby and I split and stacked most of a cord of wood. Or more. I'm guessing at the amount, and I didn't take pictures.

Hubby does the splitting, I do the stacking. So he does the heavy lifting, and I do the walking. He's feeling it now, I'll probably feel it in the morning.

I know that was a lot of work. 30 years or so ago one winter I and my two young sons that loaded the pickup as I cut the trees up sold about 58 cords of mostly white ash. We were cutting huge trees ahead of the bulldozer that was clearing river bottom land in NW MO. At least it split easy with it mostly straight grain. With the sap down in the trees it would burn well within a week of being cut.

 

[Sally PB]

Ash is such good firewood! We have mostly oak, some maple, some elm, and some walnut. The last two fight you all the way down when you split them; they're "stringy" is the best way I can describe it.

We have a few hickory, and that is NICE wood too. Very heavy and dense.

 

[pertnear09]

Well not we just got our first freeze warning telling people to protect tender plants. No way I'm tired of picking peppers.

Have to start calling you Peter Piper with as many peppers as you've picked.

 

[pertnear09]

Ash is such good firewood! We have mostly oak, some maple, some elm, and some walnut. The last two fight you all the way down when you split them; they're "stringy" is the best way I can describe it.

We have a few hickory, and that is NICE wood too. Very heavy and dense.

Hickory makes good smoke for barbecue. Imo