Grammys Corgi Country

The weatherman said that the snow level is supposed to come down almost low enough to tip the hills behind us tonight, so we are going to have to start chopping wood for the stove soon. We have electricity out here, but not gas. We used to have propane for our water heater, but when the old one died, we got an electric one, so got rid of our propane tank. We use an old cast iron wood stove to heat the main house during the winter, and electric space heaters for the bedrooms at night, so we have to cut a lot of wood during the winter each year.

Last year, it only got real cold a couple of times, so it wasn’t too bad. We have quite a bit of wood in piles out back, because anytime any of our friends trim their trees or take a tree out, we bring out the big branches and put them in the big piles out back to dry and age enough to burn well. When late fall comes, my hubby, son, and I go out and work together to get the wood ready to burn. I break up the small stuff and get it put into empty horse pellet bags to take in for starting the fires, while my husband and son get out the chainsaw and axe, if needed, and cut up the larger pieces. We usually stack a lot of it in the small garage that is just outside of the side of the house in case it rains, so that it will stay dry and burn well. We also have a wood rack that my son made for us in his High School woodshop, in the den by the wood stove that we keep full.

I loved going camping with my parents when I was young, and the smell of the wood smoke takes me back. I really love it, and it is amazing how warm the house can get with that little old wood stove burning. We’ve even been able to cook on top of it when the electricity has been out during a storm. We have a homemade fire screen that we used to keep the kids away when they were younger, and we put that up now to keep the dogs back… particularly Sadie with that flag tail of hers. At least tails aren’t problems with Corgis!

Stay snug, warm and happy…

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