Friends have been helping me cut wood for this winter – and maybe winters to come! When Ken died there were several piles of wood split and cut to 40″ for the side stoke holes on the wood pottery kiln. I had never used a chainsaw. Ken had bought a small one for me, but I couldn’t start it; Ken would start it and then use it… Since 40′ does …
Years (decades?) ago, Ken put wires in the concrete basement floor for in floor heat. It was wonderful, but like all the wire in floor heat we have heard about, it died mysteriously. And no one wants to hammer up the concrete. So last winter after Ken’s death I was completely dependent on wood heat – no back up. But I started planning and asking around. I decided off peak electrical heat storage was my …
Today I had a great surprise. A young friend, Ryan was in the area and was ready to help buzz up some of the kiln wood. There is a pile of mixed length Ken and I had stacked for the side stoke holes in the pottery kiln. Ryan jumped up and cut. I pitched into a trailer. Once that one was full, Ryan moved it close to where I …
