We currently have roughly 4 cords of firewood cut and billeted. 3 cords of it is split and seasoned roughly one full year and the remaining cord is billeted waiting to be split. We generally use 3 to 3.5 cords of wood per winter and 1 cord of brush wood (scraps) throughout the rest of the year. This years wood is mostly Ash, Maple, and Oak. We still have about 5-7 cords of wood left to cut over on our neighbors property from a storm we had earlier this year. These trees have been blown down and left as dead falls etc… in his woods and he has given us permission to collect them at no cost.
Our own property produces on average roughly 5 cords of end life trees per year. Our woods are primarily hardwood trees. We only use 3.5-4 cords of wood per year to heat our cabin and cook our food as well as make hot water. So this leaves us with about 1 extra cord of wood per year to spare that we can either harvest or let sit.
Here is a collage of our current firewood collection…
First, look forward to the videos on your life off the grid, best wishes for continued good fortune on your homestead. Looks like enough wood to enjoy some mighty hot showers and plenty to cook & adequately heat all through the winter on that sturdy wood stove. Cleaning a wood stove is one dusty & dirty job but a safe flue and chimney is worth the work. When you get it installed, how will you heat the new sleeping cabin?
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We intend to install a second wood stove in the bedroom cabin strictly for heating the room and hot water.
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Hi Doc,
Have you identified all the Ash trees that might be sick from the Emerald Ash Borer? Have you tagged any trees you will bring down over this winter, those that might be sickly or that would open up the canopy to younger healthier trees? Cheers,
Bill
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Yes all the ash trees are infected in PA. We have tagged with a red ribbon all the trees that we will be taking down this year along with the ash trees. I believe you can see the ribbons in some of our videos.
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