daydreaming of spring
While I have been dreaming about gardens, and seeds and sprouts and daydreaming of spring, we have had the coldest weather in years! Temps blow zero and the windchill well below zero. That is not normal for middle Tennessee. We have survived without the water freezing and have been reasonably warm. Of course we had to faithfully feed the woodstove every two hours and keep it wide open, as opposed to shutting it down. Shutting it down means to close all of the air vents so it burn slower. Keeping it “wide open” means having the doors closed but all of the air vents open, more oxygen means a much hotter fire. We have gone through probably 3 times the normal amount of wood this year but have kept warmer. I will post some pictures of our neighbors wood splitting invention.