Seeing a tree within the forest
One question that's been on
the back of our minds lately is if we have
enough fire wood to get us through the rest of the cold season.
This walnut tree we cut down
not far from the trailer a couple of years ago seemed to be calling out
to me today saying "ahem......you're forgetting about me!"
I guess it's a case of not
seeing the tree for the forest. I've walked past it almost everyday
without giving it a second thought.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I have the same worries about our wood supply- down to less than a cord already, but still 80 days left in the heating season.... But I will pick up a few trucks of dried larch from the tree breeding science station on Saturday. That should help balance the equation.
But the other day as I was worrying about the firewood, I looked around where I was walking- cedar branches as big as my forearm lay literally in a carpet on the plantation floor. I felt a lot better after that. If all else fails, I can gather enough branches for a day's heating in about 15 minutes.