Plans for Spring

One of the two stacks that we brought close to the house last Fall

We use lots of firewood during these awfully cold days. We have been using the fireplace during the days for quite a while. When the evening comes, we let the fire die out, and the propane heating is used throughout the night. This method has helped us a lot in saving money.

Blurred picture of our fireplace. Sorry.

We either buy the wood already cut, or when one of our trees dies, we cut it ourselves. And split, and stack, and hurt our backs.

A few years ago, we had a tremendous freezing rain that caused a mess in the backyard. Too many tree limbs were broken and we had to cut them, which produced lots of firewood.

We have two stacks like the one on the picture above by the back door of the garage. And there are about four, or five, (or more!) of the same sitting against the fence, between two of our sheds. It looks ugly over there.

I saw some pictures on the net the other day. And my two marbles started bouncing around in my head. Maybe Hubby and I could build one of these for our firewood.

I like the looks of the first one better, but Hubby and I agree that having walls all around (not necessarily this type of walls), instead of leaving it open, would be better. Just plain walls. Off the ground, away from the year long weed season. I am excited, just thinking of having one of these. We would have to be carefull with the snake nest that we would probably be creating ... """shiver"""...

Talking about snakes, last year, we were looking for something inside one of the sheds. I can't remember anymore what it was, but I do remember what we found in there.

A snake skin! Yuk!!

Anyway, I do think that one of those wood sheds would look quite neat in our backyard.