Still snowing lightly this morning and it is supposed to snow off and on all day. The overnight portion was a little less than predicted, a nice refresh on our snow cover. The big news though is the temperature. Not over freezing but 27 which is close and well over the highs for the last few weeks. It almost feels like summer!
So how cold has it been you might ask? I could give you the degree days and real data, where is the fun in that? I will give you the woodpile measurement since firewood consumes a fair amount of my days during the winter. I put in a little over 4 cords each winter. For those who do not know a cord is a pile 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet. At any rate a pretty decent pile.
I stack it in the garage in tiers each about ¾ of a cord. Normally one tier takes about a month to go through. Less spring and fall and a little more in the middle of winter. I started a tier on the first of February, and it is nearly gone before we made the middle of the month!
No worries we still have plenty under cover and another cord in the yard under a tarp (normally for next fall). Hopefully we can return to normal temperatures and I can spend less of my time lugging firewood, filling woodstoves and carrying out ashes. After all we have gained 1 hour and 28 minutes of daylight since the solstice; 10 hours 13 minutes daylight! The ice will be gone sometime in March and I’ll have fish to chase!
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