I recently got a load of free wood from a neighbor. He took the tree
down himslef and cut it into short lengths. My wife talked to him
while she was walking the dog and told me he had said we could have as
much of the wood as we wanted.
I didn't do anything about it until I finally met the guy. Super nice
widower that moved down from the northeast to be close to his kids and
grandkids, he's one of those guys that does all that outdoor stuff
well. He told me to take as much as I liked.
I took the truck over there and loaded up the bed with a bunch of
wood. I took a lot of the fire-ready pieces but also took a lot of the
bigger unsplit pieces so I'd have some work to do myself.
It was nice doing some manual work like that. I didn't break anything
on the truck and I didn't hurt myself. It was a good workout, to the
point that I was sore for a couple of days afterwards. And I stacked
the wood in the back corner so it can "season" before I try to split
any.
Every time I hear or think the word "season" in association with
firewood I wonder what they put on it, salt and pepper or what? LOL
Anyways, it's nice to have a nice neighbor. Hopefully I can be nice too...
