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Rural self employment
Today’s video depicts a hard-working couple managing their firewood business amidst challenging winter conditions.
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Firewood kiln run completed
Today’s video details our firewood drying operation where the kiln run has just concluded during this winter. Jim evaluates energy consumption and costs, noting that drying two cords of wood cost in electricity.
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Mid winter firewood kiln run update
Today’s video from the WoodchuckCanuck YouTube channel offers a status report on a firewood kiln drying project.
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Winter has arrived.
Well we officially joined the rest of Canada yesterday with our first snowfall of the season. Not bad considering it’s the middle of January.
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Random Things
A typical winter here at our end of Nova Scotia consists of cold temperatures, enough to freeze the ground, then rain, then a dusting of snow, and back to cold temps. Every once in a while a storm gets thrown in the mix. That’s about where we stand now. The ground is frozen and then it rained.
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Trekking
Trekking – this is fun “Let’s go for a walk!” Yes, it always starts out as a good idea.
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Winter weight
Winter weight Its not just the animals that have to deal with the concern of winter weight.
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Rolling in the deep… snow
Rolling in the deep snow Well, we were snowshoeing. And good thing, there’s at least 3-4 ft of snowfall on this old road through the property.
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Footprints in the snow
Footprints in the snow On a walk today in the woods and there are plenty of rabbit tracks and such. A few small critters too, like mice. I am not sure what critter these footprints belong too. I know there is an ermine on the property so maybe that’s what it is.
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Leave it to beaver
Leave it to beaver This beaver probably cut down the tree some time this summer. It probably didn’t fell in the spot the beaver wanted, otherwise the tree would not be there now.
