Anything by Jules Verne...but I'm particularly partial to The Mysterious Island...
I thoroughly enjoyed the visual from your rant about winter approaching - who among us hasn't raised a fist at the heavens when the first snow threatens the immediate landscape?
And finally...I like the kitchen vibe - there's something so perfect in seeing an axe lying on your kitchen floor!
It’s for firewood. I’d love to make things out of some lovely oak, but my time is taken up building the studio, which is boring old construction timber.
I find oak burns very long, but not very hot. It works best (for me) in my very big stove when I can load it up. The smaller cooking stove doesn't do so well on it. And, of course, the ash is perfect for potash for the tomatoes :)
I’m relatively new to the countryside life (3 years), so I’m always learning. We tend to have a mixture of wood, but it so happens that the oaks have suffered the most in the storms. My neighbour has a huge tree blocking his path, so I’m going to clear that for him, when I get a new saw chain. Currently, everywhere is sold out of chains, as everyone is doing a lot of clearing after the storm.
Anything by Jules Verne...but I'm particularly partial to The Mysterious Island...
I thoroughly enjoyed the visual from your rant about winter approaching - who among us hasn't raised a fist at the heavens when the first snow threatens the immediate landscape?
And finally...I like the kitchen vibe - there's something so perfect in seeing an axe lying on your kitchen floor!
Be well...and peaceful!
Ahhh... you know! Always gotta have a hatchet close to hand!
Jules Verne is an excellent idea. He was a doomer by nature :)
He was also quite racist...but I chalk that up to the period - people were stupid...even back then!
Great post. I’m processing a bunch of oak at the minute from the damage done by Storm Ciaran over here in Brittany. I actually find it quite fun.
What are you doing with it? Is it going to be for firewood, or making things?
Also, thank you :D
It’s for firewood. I’d love to make things out of some lovely oak, but my time is taken up building the studio, which is boring old construction timber.
Horse for courses!
I find oak burns very long, but not very hot. It works best (for me) in my very big stove when I can load it up. The smaller cooking stove doesn't do so well on it. And, of course, the ash is perfect for potash for the tomatoes :)
I’m relatively new to the countryside life (3 years), so I’m always learning. We tend to have a mixture of wood, but it so happens that the oaks have suffered the most in the storms. My neighbour has a huge tree blocking his path, so I’m going to clear that for him, when I get a new saw chain. Currently, everywhere is sold out of chains, as everyone is doing a lot of clearing after the storm.