We have been experiencing wind; lots of wind…picking things up and flinging them here, there, and everywhere…even trapping a weed on the guy wire of the electric pole. 🙂
The winter birds and the spring birds are swarming the feeders…we have gone from late fall weather all winter…to suddenly January weather complete with very cold temperatures. 
With all that in mind, Terry decided we would purchase wood for our fires next winter.
So as the air throbs and breathes cold and frost through the last week of February we will cut, stack and store next year’s fire wood.
Spring work starts in 8 days!
Some farmers have already started!
No matter what happens…spring work begins next week! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
You guys are amazing! And yes, the weather has turned cold, but little snow here in the forest.
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Little snow here, but brrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Cutting and stacking that firewood will keep you warm this week! There’s very little ‘down’ time on a farm.
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Very little…that’s why the trip to Florida was so nice 🙂
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Whew — Spring work already? Glad you got a nice vacation first …. Your blog looks great — I read the posts about your new computer (eek, I know the feeling too well).
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I’m still struggling along. Everyday something new to figure out.
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You’re right about the industry… you never cease to awe me with your unremitting labours on the land…I wonder how many city folk have any idea of your day in day out labours, every day of the week… with tasks that cannot wait, and everything dependent on the weather..
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Probably not many people. I sometimes wonder if my blog is a bore —it’s all about work. But I guess that is what our lives are…and we do enjoy it. 🙂
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Stay warm; at least that firewood is doing its job already!
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So very true!
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your blog is never boring, not even close.
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Oh! Thank you, Jan! I hope it isn’t, but one never really knows!
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merciful heaven – that is loads of wood – and a great time to cut and stack it while it is not too hot. Good thinking.. c
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We’ve done it in August before and it not only breaks our backs, vapor locks the chain saws, but the heat over-whelms us…we decided this was much the way to go! 🙂
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Why purchase it when it can be delivered? With all that wind, some of it just might land right on your woodpile!
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The cost of delivery is outrages…and they bring you the junk. This way we get the good the bad and the ugly and we get to do it our way.
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Well, if the wind just happens to blow in the right direction towards you wood yard, delivery is free. If it blows the wrong way, it takes out the barn or the neighbors Pontiac. Oh well.
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Hi there, I’m glad meet another rural Colorado blogger! The wind the past few weeks has been absolutely atrocious! Hopefully it’s gonna blow in some decent winter weather though. I thought we got an early start on wood cutting (we usually start as soon as they open the forest service roads) but you have us beat by a long shot! Nice pile of logs!
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Hi, Jessie! It is really nice to have you comment. I’m heading over to your blog!
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That’s a lovely lot of wood to keep you warm next winter 🙂
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It is…and lots of work. We hope to get done this week…whew!
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That is a bunch of wood to cut up and stack, you will be busy all week. The wind is cold here too so you must have sent it this way:)
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Isn’t it nasty. I’m so ready for warmth!
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J > Thank heavens I’ve got a wood shed and much much smaller logs to saw and chop! It’s icy cold here, too – but ours is coming from the NE – from Siberia.
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We don’t have a wood shed but we do have a huge area to store it. Wood heat is the best, don’t you think?
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J & D >Wood is best. We get 4 times the heat from wood. Felling. Sawing/chopping, Burning, Oh, and cleaning out the stove! Seriously, though, coal etc is too hot ; peat too lazy. Wood is just right! We get a lot of recycled wood – lumber from demolition, offcuts from building etc. That’s about 2/3 of what we burn. The rest is as nature made it!
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I so agree…although, we don’t have peat here. 🙂
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Best of luck with that firewood .. looks like a big job!
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We are just about done. Will finish today!
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