Wood Stock

One thing we have been busy with in the last few weeks is sorting through the wood 'stock' for this winter.  This involved testing the wood that was seasoning outside for its moisture content, and moving the dry stuff into the bays inside the wood shed.

We also stocked up on pine off-cuts from the local timber yard - got a trailerful for a tenner - so not bad.  This filled one of the outside bays and should season pretty quickly, so it could be used this winter if need be.



Today we took delivery of a small truckload of wood from land being cleared for building work in town.  The workmen are being quite entrepreneurial and are flogging the wood at a fairly bargain price - got this little lot (and more) for £50.


It needs seasoning and splitting of course, but this should give us a good head start on the wood 'stock' for winter 2011/12 - although cutting some of it down to stove-sized bits could be interesting (the house brick gives you some idea of the 'scale' of the problem!):