Terry and I are still working on the five cords of rounds and ends we had delivered to our place. We would have gone and got our own but this year it just wasn’t going to work out.
Gradually we have everything sorted and hauled.
We just have a few more piles to cut then we are completely set for the winter. (We hope). If a killing frost comes early and Indian Summer/Fall is short we just might need more come next spring. Only time will tell.
Every day we work on this giant ends dwindling the size to a manageable firebox length.
As for now it looks pretty good.
Rain played along the top of the Uncompahgre (Un-come-pah-gray — with the accent on the ‘pah’, which means (take your pick) ‘rock made red by water’, ‘rocks that make red water’, or just plain ‘dirty water’.) Plateau all last evening.
Since time is flying by I thought I would start the daily Four O’Clock view. I don’t know why I let it slip but I did.
Your friend in western Colorado, Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Linda
We have about that much to split and need about four times that to make it through the winter. We have some left over from last year but not much. We have one more batch of hay to put up and the first batch of calves to send to market maybe tomorrow then we’ll get busy bringing in the wood. We use hardwoods that are dead and your’s looks like cedar or some sort of pine. Am I wrong?
Your flowers are beautful!
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Sigh. Now that I’ve trapped the kittens that were in the woodshed, I have to get in there and clean it out, restack some of the wood, and start adding more for this winter. I had a pellet stove installed last year, too, though. So when I get to old to stack wood I won’t freeze. Too old could happen any day. I love your late summer garden. Mine already needs to be cut back and replanted for fall.
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We need to order our firewood. We usually get 4 cords per winter (and stay a year ahead so that the wood will dry out during the year). BUT–we may have to go to 5 cords since we used so much last year (keeping the fire going most all day long). AND–it wasn’t even a very cold winter last year….????? Who knows???? Glad you have yours almost done and ready!
Hugs,
Betsy
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i don’t comment often but i’m here daily – thank you for sharing your life with us – your words and
and photography are wonderful – stay well
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I love your garden! All those colors spilling into each other, just the way a garden should be.
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We are in Germany now and the people here have so much fire wood it is hard to imagine they will ever use it all.the houses are mostly three floors and very little insulation. Some of the houses are attached to there barns and almost all cattle are kept in barns year around. We are in a farming village and it is so interesting to see the way things are done here.
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I sure hope you have a log splitter to help you with some of those bigger pieces. I split our wood by hand, but we don’t get anything as big as you’ve shown. Your garden and sunsets are beautiful.
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busy days, but thanks for sharing your beauty.
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Your garden is lovely. Mine is beginning to take on that neglected look of too many hot summer days with no rain.
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I love the sunset photo especially. That’s very nice!
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Love the daily 4 photo ….it is beautiful there at every time of the day; but it is a great way to let your readers experience the changing seasons. It takes a lot of dedication to do that when you’re so busy!! Glad you had the wood delivered, but there’s still a lot to do there . We did used to burn wood when we owned our Oregon home …it sure does warm you up better than anything on a damp cold day.
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We heated with wood many years ago. I almost think it would be easier, now that I am retired, but it sure would take a lot more fuel. Cutting and stacking that is certain hard work! You guys are as busy as all of the animals hiding their food for the winter!
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I love wood heat. We have a fake wood stove. I miss the old one. Summer has FLOWN by! I hope we have an indian summer. That last pic is absolutely gorgeous! So is your flower garden.
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I’ve only ever stacked firewood—never split it. It made my body hurt and I was in my teens. How on earth do you and Terry keep up such a ferocious pace of body pounding work?
Lovely pictures of your garden and “4 o’clock”!!
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I hope you have a very efficient mechanical splitter for this pile. These are big chunks of wood.
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A stack of firewood has to bring peace of mind with it. Looks like a lot of work, yet. Nice sky shots. Thanks for including pronunciations. I feel smarter after reading your posts. 🙂
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Wow. That is some wood! Looks like some good stuff. Not seen any like that around here.
Don’t envy you the chopping, but I can imagine the warmth you’ll have. 🙂
Thanks for sharing the lovely country (and your lovely flowers!) with us again. ♥
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We finally got internet at the new house. Delayed it while we were not home anyway. But being I am home after having surgery we had it installed.
You sure have been busy in my absence…as usual! As have we with farming in two locations. Craziness.
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Our wood pile is also ready for winter Linda – best to be prepared. That is a wonderful sky in your last photograph.
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Our next place will probably have a fireplace that we can actually use or will need to use. We won’t have enough time to process our own wood so we will probably buy a couple of cords. Not the cheapest way to go but for this year it will work. Pretty picture!
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Looks like pine..and lots of work! I am sure you will make quick work of it! Your flower gardens are lovely:)
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