Re: bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas

Thanks Tricia, but selling firewood isn't much of a feat.  It's just called
getting by, which is all I've really done my whole life.  It would be fun
for us all to meet someday.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas


> Kitty,
> I hope someday to meet you... you constantly amaze me at what you can and
> have done in your life.
> Tricia
> zone 6b
> Ok
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas
>
>
> > In 1985 I was out of work for awhile and that's what I did to make
money.
> > My husband wouldn't help me pay any of my bills or my half of the
mortgage
> > or or other shared bills, but he did let me cut wood on his property to
> > sell.  I sold, delivered, stacked it by the pick-up truck load for, I
> > think
> > $45.  It was a big old Ford pickup.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas
> >
> >
> >> Gene,
> >> I too agree that it depends on how it is going locally.  My husband
said
> > he
> >> cut wood while he was in college for money and sold it as a pickup load
> > was
> >> a rick or a 1/2 of a cord.
> >> I just thought that was interesting when I found it online.  Much more
> >> information than I have even see before.
> >> When we lived in Missouri we bought from a saw mill and it was cut
pretty
> >> small sometimes.  I think the price just depends on how much they can
> >> get.
> >> It is hard work and does require a strong back.
> >> Tricia
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:00 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello Tricia,
> >> >    There are exact measurements for all these terms, but then it
comes
> >> > down to what is going on locally. When I stack what is delivered I
get
> >> > a
> > 4
> >> > foot high by 8 foot long stack at about 16 inches or so long. That is
> >> > because I requested 16 inches in length to fit my stove opening.
Before
> > I
> >> > got this stove about a year ago I used up to 2 feet in length. As it
> > just
> >> > so happens a full load in a pick up bed works out to about a face
rick,
> > so
> >> > I get a pickup load from my regular deliver man. Sometimes that is a
> >> > bit
> >> > over when stacked. Wood is split before delivery. Most of the wood
that
> >> > gets delivered is from the tops of trees that were cut for lumber,
left
> >> > laying on the forest floor. Now quite a bit is from hurricane damage
in
> >> > the area, but that wood is still too green for this year to burn.
> >> > There is such a feeling of contentment that goes with having all the
> > wood
> >> > stacked out here ready for winter.
> >> >    Gene E. Bush
> >> > Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> >> > www.munchkinnursery.com
> >> > genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> >> > Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> >> >>I just looked up what is a cord of wood on woodburning.org and it
says
> >> >>a
> >> >> cord of wood is 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet long.
> >> >> A face cord of cordwood, split or unsplit and stacked should measure
4
> >> >> feet
> >> >> high by 8 feet long.
> >> >> It has a neat little example that shows stacks of wood.
> >> >> The first stack is a Full Cord. Logs 12 inches long.
> >> >> 4 x 8 units 4 times.
> >> >> Logs 16 inches long.
> >> >> 4 x 8 units 3 times.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Logs 18 inches long.
> >> >> 4 x 8 units 2.7 times
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Logs 20 inches long.
> >> >> 4 x 8 units 2.4 times.
> >> >> Logs 24 inches long.
> >> >> 4 x 8 units 2 times.
> >> >>      Face Cord.
> >> >>      A face cord measures 4 feet x 8 feet regardless of the length
of
> > the
> >> >> logs.
> >> >> It also talks about what kind of wood burns the best.
> >> >> Probably more than you want to know but I found it interesting.
> >> >> Tricia
> >> >
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