and speaking of retirement...........

Donald Lehman · Oct 9, 2015

Finished the blasted firewood yesterday. the three of us did 16 face cords in 4 days from standing tree to piled in the shed. Tired and sore today. Jeff had a cow trying to freshen with a calf whose head was twisted under the front feet. Her uterus was torsioned about 180 degrees, too. Bet we didn't make much money today! Vet worked over 4 hours on her. The cow is still alive tonight and acting fairly chipper. Pumped 5 gals. of warm water and 5 gals. of alfalfa powder and water into her stomach. She walked the length of the barn even though she has one rear leg that is a bit gimpy. We led her into the bedding shed where she could lay down on plenty of cushioning for that leg. Time will tell.

Jeff never fed the cows or cleaned the barn until after 2pm.

Me? I'm retired, remember? I came home and sat down to watch the playoff games and haven't moved since!

Bob Harvey · Oct 9, 2015

Just to be an axxewhole. Why would you wait this long and try and burn (efficiently) wet/green wood ? Makes NO sense. Yust 'a' sayin'.

2underage · Oct 9, 2015

MATBE THEY CUT THE WOOD FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S HOW I DO IT.

D beatty · Oct 9, 2015

I cut my fire wood this time of year. Cut down trees that have been dead for some time. I have some I cut and split this spring and is dry enough to burn this winter.

onefarmer · Oct 9, 2015

I cut all my dead ash when all my crops are out for the current year. It's so dry it about starts burning before it in the firebox. Any green wet wood gets put in a wagon for next year or closer to spring if needed.

notjustair · Oct 9, 2015

Yup, this is about when wood cutting starts for me. I fill the grain truck and then dump it behind the sheds to age until it gets stacked next fall.

Donald Lehman · Oct 10, 2015

It will be dry by the time I get to this batch. But to answer your question, because other things got in the way of wood cutting earlier in the year and it just worked out that way.

and speaking of retirement...........

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