Daily Winter Chore So We Don't FREEZE. 

Thank you! It was an old horse barn that I added a deck to last year for the wood. I appreciate the comment!

Ha. Yeah it definitely can be a little tedious! Thanks for watching this!

Hey alright!! I'm glad to have you along on this channel as well! Our area is one in a million. I appreciate the support!! Cheers!

Thanks Tom! I'm not going to lie, I getting pretty itchy for Spring to arrive. I have so many projects I want to work on. This is my lazy time of the year, and I know come Summer I'll be wishing for January to be back 😂 Haha yeah I wish the burning wood could clean the house too! The cart definitely has come in handy! I seem to use it for a lot of things all year 'round. Last year I was hauling wood with the Kubota to the house, and this is much much easier and less tedious. On these cold winter days I go through probably double the amount of wood than if it were say 30 degrees out. Though we are going through a similar cold snap, this video was actually filmed right after I filmed the snow rake video! So I think it was back in late December.. I've been slacking 😬 I have A LOT less wood now, and I'm wondering if I'm going to make it through the year with what I have on hand. I have some reserve western larch that 'was' under the carport but it's pretty wet now.. but I may start bringing that up to the house so I can split it and let it dry indoors by wood stove. I was hoping to have that wood around for next season! I also have my eye on a medium sized small dead pine tree that I may cut down and burn. The pine would be a lot better for the end of the season since it's a lower quality burning wood.. And then I can save my premium stuff for next year. Yeah I like to strategically stack smaller pieces in the shed.. whether it's for starting fires or 're-starting' fires after a long overnight burn they are useful in the moment. I've been letting my fires burn out at night lately due to potentially not having enough. The floor in the woodshed has held up nicely!! I'm very very glad that I did that. The days of unloading the wood shed just to re-stack it are ideally behind me. Now I can hopefully get wood in there sooner as well. Oddly enough the walls already had insulation in them, but rodents have gotten to it and it's not in the best shape. I'd love to figure out a way to get better airflow in there however. I've considered removing the back wall to add horizontal slats on it or something like that. The shed was there when we moved in. It was an old horse barn with lots of hay and old droppings. I just added the floor over all of that so I wouldn't have to remove it all :) Wow that sounds like quite the 'dream' wood shed! Yeah that maul is a pretty basic one! But they don't need to be fancy. I think that's a six pound maul and then I have a 12 pound one that is for bigger splits. Swinging that one feels like I'm working in slow motion. We have a furnace in the house as well. We try not to use it as much, but we do. That things takes $$$ right out of our pockets so I definitely prefer the wood heat. Plus we have vaulted ceilings.. So we lose A LOT of heat to them. The furnace isn't as efficient at heating as the stove. A cook stove would be awesome!! I don't know much about those, but what a way to really save electricity! I'll have to look up the one you mentioned. I will definitely try to get some more daily chore videos up! I'm gunning for 1,000 subs on this channel and have a fire lit under the arse to do so :) The snowblower has been an awesome awesome tool for snow removal! Thanks for the comment and for the support!! Hope you guys are well. Danny

@@theidahopanhandlers Oh, interesting to know! So, the extreme temps really cause you to burn through your firewood supply, pun intended!!! 😊 Sorry to hear your supply is low, but completely understandable. Oh wow, if you have the time and opportunity, it would be awesome to watch you take down that dead pine!!! Your last video when you cut down the tree in the Fall is my new favorite Danny S. video! If you could walk the noobies through your process for felling (not sure that is the correct word) a tree, that would be super awesome!!! Glad to hear the floor is working out well!!! Air flow is key for sure!!! Please pass on any tips you come up with. Ahhh, glad to hear you have a furnace as a backup. It must be so rewarding to be able to process a dead tree and heat your home with that!!! It takes time and hard work, but you pay for that with sweat and not your bank account 😊. I am just getting started with my research on wood cook stoves. There are a few brands I ran across in addition to the Pioneer Princess. I found a web site called antiquestoves.us and I ran across the Kitchen Queen. There are some made in Europe that are also highly rated. They can heat your home, hot water, and cook your food. It might be tough to run that stove in the summer. I think I would need a conventional stove with an oven, but what a nice backup / winter option. Which means I will need a big kitchen! Just another thing I need to add to the list. Let me know if you have perfected growing a money tree yet!!! I will be in desperate need of one once I get out there!!! We learn so much from your channel, you have no idea!!! Looking forward to more of your videos!!! Be well and stay safe!!!

Yeah I’m sure we’ve had pretty similar weather! I’m definitely feeling ready for Spring.

Ha! I bet you do. I've been blowing through the firewood this year. Thanks for watching!

Yeah it's definitely a nice asset here at the house. The power goes out here enough to justify it over heating with electric or pellet. Thanks for watching, Jerry!