Skip to main content

Sawdust up my nose. . .

The Hubs and I split more wood, and have a pile we still need to stack today.


We used a wedge and sledge on about three of these huge pieces, then split them up.  We got our work out for a day.   They look small in the photo, but they are about 3-4 feet wide and larger.   And guess what we found under the  stumps?


 
Ha!  Guess the ladies were hiding out under the stump pile lately. 


The sledge I broke got a new handle, but it had to sit 24 hours before I can use it again.

Today it's another day of splitting wood.  I'm up before the sunrise, so I can enjoy a cup of java on the porch.



Comments

Kim said…
It was a cold and damp 43* on my porch this morning. It feels good to get that wood split doesn't it?
Mama Pea said…
How many women can say they broke a sledgehammer? You go, girl!
Connie said…
Looks like a lot of hard work . . . I enjoy any kind of work outside. How about you? I have no idea what you found; when we cut a couple trees down last year we found a hornet nests inside one that was hollow. Looking at your split wood makes me dream of cozy winter fires and hot chocolate :)
Have a lovely week.
Connie :)
Connie, if you click on "read more" at the end of the post it will show you the rest of the post. We found that the chickens were laying eggs under the pile, ha ha!
Kim, it sure feels good to see it getting stacked too. I think Hubby is finally realizing we need it done ASAP.
Ha ha! Mama Pea, you made me laugh. When I went to the store to buy the original one, a man asked me what I was doing. When I told him I was splitting wood with a wedge, his eyes got big. He was shocked that folks still did that, ha ha! That was the year my son and I split a cord by hand.
RB said…
Have never run a chainsaw myself, and with my record of accidents, that's probably a very good thing too.
Our Dad use to call cutting wood, "the job that warms twice". LOL I remember helping move and stack it as an older child and then again as a teen. We'd start up a type of fire-brigade-bucket-line and toss the cut wood from one person to another all the way to the place it was going to be stacked. Worked well, especially if you had a lot of people.
God bless.
RB
<><
RB, it is a family event here most weekends, but the girls wanted to go to the zoo the last weekend. We did it ourselves, but still got a good amount cut.

Popular posts from this blog

Apples and Tomatoes Oh My!

  The early morning weather here has been downright chilly.  One morning it was 42 degrees.  Flower beds have been weeded.  The herb garden is next in line, but I do need to figure out what to do with all the rosemary plants I planted in the actual vegetable garden.  I have not mastered keeping them alive all winter indoors.  They will not survive the winter if left outside. Did any of my blog writing followers locate a better "blog" platform online?  Just curious if anyone is moving from blogger. 

Under the Weather ~ What's Growing?

  I have not been around in blogland much, due to being under the weather after I pushed myself way to far one day.  I have to remember we cannot do it all in one day.  Thank goodness for teas and tinctures, and healing foods (and rest).  We are feeling better. As for our blogs being used for advertising on many websites, and so forth (I can't see any other reason for the source of views: howstuffworks, dominospizza, mayoclinic {not the blog readers interested in my actual blog}) the numbers continue to climb.  I have not found a way to "opt" out either.  If any of you find a new way to avoid this, blog elsewhere, find a new platform etc, please be sure to share.   If your blog has ads, you are are not going to complain, ha ha!  You are probably making a bucko-bucks with all these visitors to your blog. Okay, back to the update post . . .

16 Weeks Until Christmas

  It's not hard to believe that we are traveling closer to the winter holidays.  I'm trying to focus on enjoying every single day until then, but I am fitting in a few snippets of holiday preparing.  Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year.  It's hard to believe it's the last day of August. I have not yet gotten rid of the links to all the advertisers using my blog posts, but again, still working on it. However, my profile has gone from my blog, and while I am in settings, it is not able to add as a "gadget" to the blog.  Weird things are happening.   Google had a data breach recently as well, so gmail users were advised to change passwords.  Not sure what else is going on, but just in case you are wondering why my "profile" is not on my blog any longer.   Okay, back to the Christmas countdown post . . .