The sun's a light bulb and the moon is a mirror-- Gord Downie
Jeff Marchand wrote:It is my belief that there are 2 types of woodburners out there. Those that light their fires with broken up branches and those that split blocks of wood into small pieces. Which one are you and why? Do you have a third option?
Im in the twig/branch group. Cutting firewood produces so much branchwood that to me breaking up a big piece into little pieces when I have ready made kindling is counter productive.
Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.
Henri Alain
Experimenting and growing on my small acre in SW USA; Fruit & Nut trees w/ annuals, hoping to get Chickens, rabbits, and in-laws onto property soon.
Long term goal - Furniture & Luthier Stay-at-home farm dad.
"Hundreds of years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the type of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that it becomes a tourist destination"
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