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How do You Stack Your Firewood?

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments · farming, Sustainability

Who knew there was a method to stacking firewood? Actually, there are many methods. Silly me, once I had the wood pallets on the ground, I just started stacking, wondering how I was going to hold my huge pile of firewood together on the ends. But then my wife linked me to a very helpful […]

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Here’s that Wood You Ordered

May 8th, 2013 · 10 Comments · farming, Sustainability

Sarah along with her teen-aged daughter and two cords of firewood arrived from Vermont right on schedule yesterday afternoon, slowly hauling all that wood up our long gravel driveway in a big, blue Dodge Ram dump truck. Sarah is quite something. She operates the business with her boyfriend and there’s no messing around. But think […]

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What to do with Used Wooden Pallets

May 7th, 2013 · 6 Comments · farming, Sustainability

Did I mention that the primary source of heat in our new farmhouse in Upstate New York is a wood stove? The house, just five years old, is extremely well constructed and well insulated. The previous owner was a builder. And apparently he and his family had planned to stay there a long time because […]

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