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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
11/3/2022 4:59 pm
aaaaw Fiddlestix ! ~~~~ Edited ~~~



Just when I think I may "retire" from my lawn work... Mutha Nature decides to send some gusty breezes for a couple days taking the top out of an old Boxelder Tree in the East end of our lawn.



I went out with the old JD225, drug the offensive branches up to the brush pile, and then cut several nice chunks from the offending bough for the fireplace.



Oooooops !!! The third picture of the wood for the fireplace didn't load....


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 5:03 pm

The guys got Spaghetti & meatballs with my home made sweet Sicilian Marinara and garlic bread with melted Mozzi cheese... I am almost too bloated to even set at the desk and type this.... Pleasant day for cloudy & breezy it got up to 70 F ~~~ 22 C here and I worked up a bit of a sweat cleaning up the mess from the lawn.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
11/3/2022 6:53 pm

The broken tree branch gave you a break from the garage door opener that was giving you trouble. Good work, and now some nice wood for the fireplace.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
11/3/2022 6:55 pm

Spaghetti and meatballs with cheesed garlic bread is an all time favorite with a whole lotta folks. I'm sure it was enjoyed and gobbled by the crew.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 7:09 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    The broken tree branch gave you a break from the garage door opener that was giving you trouble. Good work, and now some nice wood for the fireplace.
Nice little pile of wood Roger. Enough for an afternoon's warmth. I took the twigs over to a stump I'd been wanting to burn out of the fencerow. It is very dry so quite a bit should burn out before we get the rain tomorrow.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 7:19 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Spaghetti and meatballs with cheesed garlic bread is an all time favorite with a whole lotta folks. I'm sure it was enjoyed and gobbled by the crew.
LOL I stuffed myself pretty dang good on it... I even had a salads with mine.... No leafy green stuff for the guys. We are to get a mixed bag of weather over the next few days. with 2" -4" of rain over the Friday / Saturday forecast with a Major drop in our temp with that "S" word showing up for the first time this year. ... Our clocks flip back on Saturday night too as if it wasn't getting dark early enough anyways.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 8:16 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    The broken tree branch gave you a break from the garage door opener that was giving you trouble. Good work, and now some nice wood for the fireplace.
Roger you want to chat we'll do it in here... I AM NOT going back to entertain FF when they can't be bothered to help me out in here. We'll find a room in SFF to converse in.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
11/3/2022 8:48 pm

That looks like great wood....dry and dense.....Living off-grid for a couple of decades, so I appreciate good fire-wood. We built our house with the chimney going through the middle and had this high-tech wood-fired stove that was accessible from both the kitchen and living room. On the kitchen side it was a cook-stove with an oven above and on the side and a top-loading stove top.....On the living room side it had a large window so we could see the fire...it had flues to concentrate and direct the heat.......I loved that stove.....it was the beating heart of our home.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 8:58 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    That looks like great wood....dry and dense.....Living off-grid for a couple of decades, so I appreciate good fire-wood. We built our house with the chimney going through the middle and had this high-tech wood-fired stove that was accessible from both the kitchen and living room. On the kitchen side it was a cook-stove with an oven above and on the side and a top-loading stove top.....On the living room side it had a large window so we could see the fire...it had flues to concentrate and direct the heat.......I loved that stove.....it was the beating heart of our home.
Seen similar stove/ ovens in Poland and Russia ... I wish we had one here... just have to see what happens in the new addition.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/3/2022 9:15 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    The broken tree branch gave you a break from the garage door opener that was giving you trouble. Good work, and now some nice wood for the fireplace.
Ok Roger Quarter after 11 here and I am going to bed... No more chatting in FF if they can't be bothered to help me out when I need it.


maudie1957 74F
1262 posts
11/4/2022 12:30 am

A beautiful pile of wood there, Darter. Nothing like a real good open fire, so relaxing to sit at. I don't have one anymore


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
11/4/2022 8:04 am

    Quoting Darter50516:
    Ok Roger Quarter after 11 here and I am going to bed... No more chatting in FF if they can't be bothered to help me out when I need it.
Sorry Bret. I was stuck in front of the TV until 11 and then went in F chat for 45 minutes. I'll look for you in the lobby of this site tonight after 9 pm MDT.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/4/2022 10:02 am

    Quoting maudie1957:
    A beautiful pile of wood there, Darter. Nothing like a real good open fire, so relaxing to sit at. I don't have one anymore
There's is a whole different degree of warmth from an open fire.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/4/2022 10:04 am

    Quoting Archer62:
    LOTS OF FOLKS GOING TO USE WOOD OR WOOD CHIPS FOR HEATING THIS WINTER. I DO NOT HAVE A FIREPLACE AND WILL HAVE TO DEPEND ON ELECTRICITY AS ALWAYS BUT AM EXPOSED DUE SOUTH AND VERY OFTEN CAN TURN THE HEAT OFF DURING THE DAY. HOW ABOUT YOU GET SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE GARDEN WORK FOR AWHILE?
Right now with harvesting going on and rain on the way..... I am drafted.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
11/4/2022 10:07 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Sorry Bret. I was stuck in front of the TV until 11 and then went in F chat for 45 minutes. I'll look for you in the lobby of this site tonight after 9 pm MDT.
I am sick of excuses.......... I am NO computer scientist and I figured out how to get back into FF after getting dumped.... I needed help in here and nobody came