Wooding

Wooding...something they do down here in Cali. Never hear of it? Me either!
It is a lot of fun though. Chainsaws, hatchets, outdoors, wood...fun stuff!

When we got here in Nov. we found that we had a wood stove in our home. We used it all winter for our heat and we loved it! One of the members of our church supplied us with almost 3 cords of wood last winter to get us started, so this year he took us wooding to repay him the 3 cords he gave us and also to get our own wood for this next winter. We have 4 cords that Samuel went and got and at least another cord and a half from a tree that we had taken down at the parsonage.

I was able to go once so far.

Dr. Gilliland and I marking to wood for cutting

Once I stopped being scared of the chainsaw it was exciting. It is hard work, but well worth it. A cord only costs $14. The member figured that he spends about $30 a month to heat his house in the winter...you can't beat that (esp. down here!).

Here is a picture of the 4 cords that Samuel got. It took them 7 hours to "wood" it all:). And it took Samuel and I about 4 hours to unload and stack it all.

As my Mom says, "Wood is great, it heats you twice!"