… with all of the CHOPIN I’ve been doing!
The wood stack is growing smaller. We’ve been burning it for a couple/few months now, and we’ve less than half left. I’ll tell you what, it chops a lot easier now that it’s drier! That cherry bark is tough, though. I’m finding I have to chop through it to split the wood. It makes great kindling.
Too bad we don’t have another falling-down wild cherry tree. It smells good when it burns, like roasting squash.
When you split cherry, take a knife and score the bark in a few places. It will split much easier.
My grandfather taught me to use a chain saw and to split wood when I turned 13. I haven’t done it in many years, but I do remember that hint.
We’d score the bark while we were taking off the limbs with the saw. We cut the log into fireplace lengths then let it dry for a few months. Much of the bark just fell away by the time we were ready to split.
Good luck.
Think you can HANDEL all that CHOPIN?
You’re going on my LISTZ for that one.
Piffle. You’re just playing CHOPSTICKS.
Johnny, I hope you’re fit enough for all that splitting. You don’t want to have BACH problems.
Don’t be silly. Where are we going to find a classical composer at this time of night?
With enough money, you can get anything any time. Unfortunately, I’m Baroque.
