Saturday, December 12, 2009

Wood Spiltting One Afternoon

With a small wood cook stove, we have been cutting and splitting a lot of wood this fall!
Our wood pile of split wood was starting to shrink this week, so I went out Thursday afternoon and spilt a lot of the cherry wood that my husband brought home the other day.

(Above) This was the wood pile before I started! Looks pitiful, I know!

And this was the wood pile, 6 wagon loads of splitting later!

Did I mention that I had to haul the 6 loads of wood up our rock/gravel walkway? Nothing like I use to have to do, but still worthy of mentioning!


And there is still this much of the cherry wood left to split! Yippee!
I hope to work on it more over the coming week! Anyone want to help? I will make hot chocolate or herbal tea!

6 comments:

  1. Do you have a splitter or do it by hand? I got to use a splitter for the first time this year, and although it was really loud it was so much easier than an axe.

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  2. I use a spiltting mall! I think for now I am a lot cheaper then buying a spiltter! =)

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  3. Hard work Hannah, but so worth it! We never had a splitter growing up, we had a splitting maul and most times my older brother and the power behind it lol. I have done my share though. How do you get it done with the little ones...do they just play nearby while you do it?

    Much love and prayers!

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  4. Wow my dear you must have arms of steel!!! Maybe I need to start to do this! Well then I would need a wood stove ... LOL the neighbors would think I was even crazier if I started to stack wood ... LOL

    I sure do miss the one I grew up. Hope this keeps you warm for a long time!

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  5. Great work. I like the smell of it when it is burning.

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  6. I see someone already asked. I was hoping that you used a splitter, but I see you did it by 'arm.' What a woman! This officially classifies me as whimpy!

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