Thistleblooms Rambles

[thistlebloom]

Clearly DH needs to do more research before he signs on to a job.

I'm not going to pass that on. I think he may have forgiven me for the Anna Mae incident, but I hate to reopen the wound.

Nice price per cord!

I neglected to add that there was a $600 delivery fee, which brings up the price per cord, but $1400 for 12 cords of birch is a pretty hot deal. It has been going for $350/cord here lately. We're willing to do the extra work to cut and split, having more time than money generally.
And you're right about how time and energy consuming taking down your own trees is. We use some of ours for firewood, but all we have is pine and it just doesn't have the BTU's to keep up when the weather gets really cold. I imagine you must have hardwoods?

 

[Bruce]

I know they exist, I've just never looked into it. After all there is about 17 acres of woods in the "backyard".

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, pine sure isn't a burnin' wood...it spits and spues....most nut tree have a pleasent aroma and burns much better....

 

[CntryBoy777]

I know they exist, I've just never looked into it. After all there is about 17 acres of woods in the "backyard".

Maybe ya need some beaver to give ya a hand....

 

[thistlebloom]

The pine is fine for early fall and late spring when we just want to take the chill off the house. The most attractive thing is the price. Just a little sweat

 

[farmerjan]

Pine is great for a quick fire, and hot for a very short period of time. Gotta watch the chimneys though, alot of pitch to make creosote on the liner and cause chimney fires. We always used it to get the fire started quick.....

 

[Baymule]

Now that's the way to buy firewood! Great deal on that!

 

[thistlebloom]

Took Syringa over to the park for our first "trail" ride. Did a few little exercises in the arena, then headed out across some fields and down wide trails. She did super! She did want to follow a group of 6 horses, and got a little testy when I said no, and she found a few large boulders a little too suspicious to walk past easily, but I can literally feel her confidence building. I could see that she was enjoying this new aspect of getting out immensely. Me too! I think we'll go again tomorrow morning.

 

[CntryBoy777]

She may have a reason to be cautious going past big rocks....could be obscurring a sizeable predator or rattler....ya just never know....
Glad things went well and ya had a Good day!!.........the last time I was up your way....I was sitting at Black Canyon waiting for chain law to be lifted across the Snake River, Ladd Canyon, and Cabbage....headed to Portland....I didn't have a Good day....
When I went down Cabbage I couldn't feel pavement under the tires...I held my breath and had white knuckles on the steering wheel.....

 

[thistlebloom]

Good point about her being cautious. It's a different kind of confidence she has to have in me when I'm up on her, than when I'm on the ground walking her. She's crazy smart, and the most observant horse I've ever had. She notices if a wheelbarrow is left in a different place in the yard.
I've never been to Black Canyon. Good fishing there apparently.