Jump to content
  • Member Statistics

    17,586
    Total Members
    7,904
    Most Online
    LopezElliana
    Newest Member
    LopezElliana
    Joined

Spring


Mr Torchey

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 2.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

 

its cottonwood that nasty oily kind and it absolutely sucks to hand split, last one that fell we left for three years cut up before I split it.

 

Oily? I'll admit to ignorance now.

I like to split as soon as possible after cutting to stove length. Even at this time of year, a week or two allows the cut face to dry out enough to make splitting a little harder, as I found out the day before last week's snowstorm. When it comes to "nasty", elm is the worst I know; that's one I prefer to wait a couple years until decay fungi have weakened the grain somewhat but before the heat value (such as it is - nothing coals worse than elm) is lost. Yellow birch can be a bear, too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

What a sick late season pattern. Definitely some serious potential if it were to come to fruition. -EPO and -NAO.

 

 

Spring Fling.

 

 

This is kind of the opposite of when in the middle of a torch pattern, LL will troll the obs thread laughing how people say it feels cold when we have one or two days back to near normal...only this time its some of us saying how funny it is when 46F is all of the sudden "warm" even though we are almost in April.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Spring Fling.

 

 

This is kind of the opposite of when in the middle of a torch pattern, LL will troll the obs thread laughing how people say it feels cold when we have one or two days back to near normal...only this time its some of us saying how funny it is when 46F is all of the sudden "warm" even though we are almost in April.

Are we locking up that epic cold shot at the end of the run? I think it might be smart to consider climo, but if its 46 and sunny here in ten days I will give you all the props in the world.  I don't care whats going on in ORH or the fact that you have ice on the yard, just like you could care LESS what the weather is like where I live.

I don't see the point.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Balmy... 43F for the high

Easy to see how we have different views on whats transpiring this time of year, not sure why its always so combative lol!!  Besides the crocuses and daffs, I noticed the first sprouts of Hemerocallis and Nepeta Cataria!!! Very excited, that's what I love about the spring, noticing the little things that change on a daily basis, I guess if a person is not into that sort of thing then they could take it or leave it.

 

Enjoy the snow Hunchy hope it holds on for a long time!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Easy to see how we have different views on whats transpiring this time of year, not sure why its always so combative lol!!  Besides the crocuses and daffs, I noticed the first sprouts of Hemerocallis and Nepeta Cataria!!! Very excited, that's what I love about the spring, noticing the little things that change on a daily basis, I guess if a person is not into that sort of thing then they could take it or leave it.

 

Enjoy the snow Hunchy hope it holds on for a long time!

I figure I am about 1 month behind you...

I will go into Sping mode after 4/15 or so...

 

Well, off to WaWa

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not to mention cottonwood smells like a combo of mud, B.O., and cat pizz when splitting it green.  Plus it absorbs water like a sponge, but I'll take it if its free.  Your def. right on about elm, that twisted grain is impossible to split by hand.  Surprised even 1 cottonwood was growing in Maine, its a rarity here.

  
Oily? I'll admit to ignorance now.
I like to split as soon as possible after cutting to stove length. Even at this time of year, a week or two allows the cut face to dry out enough to make splitting a little harder, as I found out the day before last week's snowstorm. When it comes to "nasty", elm is the worst I know; that's one I prefer to wait a couple years until decay fungi have weakened the grain somewhat but before the heat value (such as it is - nothing coals worse than elm) is lost. Yellow birch can be a bear, too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

not bad really here

Yeah no mud down here either, these last couple misses really helped out.............good luck with the softball team this year and hope you get to play, according to Kevin sounds like practice will be held inside for the next month, season cancel?:)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah on Mt. Mansfield, not the CP of MA, lol.

 

Haha no its only like 28F up there... I'm just joking around.  I just feel like this weather is pretty nice and it actually affects my mood...as much as I love cold and snow, there's a reason why its called spring fever.  Long days of sunshine are certainly nice after a winter with stretches of like 2 weeks at a time without any vitamin D.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah no mud down here either, these last couple misses really helped out.............good luck with the softball team this year and hope you get to play, according to Kevin sounds like practice will be held inside for the next month, season cancel?:)

going to be lousy next week, we flip to summer April 20th
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Its funny all the winter talk going on in the spring thread, I guess there must be a lot of doubt's about the upcoming stretch if no one wants to start a snow threat thread to discuss it in.............. :)

Can you imagine talk of warmth and spring in a winter thread? NOW that would be grounds for instant Banishment!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...