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Gather and Store Firewood

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Farm Vlog #11: The Pig Trap..firewood talk and my new fuzzy mic

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What happens here

The farmer stands next to a large stack of cut firewood and his John Deere Gator. He explains the sense of pride and family bonding that comes from gathering firewood, especially on a homestead. He demonstrates his preferred method of stacking wood with the bark side facing upwards to shed rain, keeping the split side exposed to the air for optimal drying. He then loads the firewood into a yellow garden cart, which he stores inside his shop. This strategy ensures the wood remains dry and easily accessible for heating his shop, where he is working on a 'hot rod truck' with faulty brakes.

Goal: The farmer loads firewood into a cart and moves it to his shop, discussing the value of gathering firewood as a family activity and proper stacking techniques for drying.

Tools and materials

  • Firewood (cut logs)
  • Yellow garden cart

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friends next order of business for today is to go ahead and get up some firewood and take it to the shop we're going to get the shop all warmed up I've got my hot rod truck in there anyway the brakes are really bad on it so I took the rotors off had them turned got new calipers new lines and we're trying to put that back together so we can utilize our entire garage that thing's been sitting in there for about 4 months now but my motivation level to get that done has been fairly low so let's get up some firewood if you haven't ever gotten up firewood there's just a sense of Pride that you have after getting up a big stack of firewood and um warming your house or warming your shop or whatever it's just a sense of satisfaction gathering firewood has traditionally been what the family does together on the weekends when you Homestead and it really bonds a family together it teaches you it teaches you how to stack it how to think ahead you know if I lean it too far this way it's going to fall over if I don't stack it this way kids learn that way they learn responsibility parents learn that way they learn how to teach their kids which is important learning how to teach your kids so I encourage you to take your family on a weekend trip if you don't live on a farm or if you don't live on a place like this and get yourself a load of firewood there's no bigger smile on a seven-year-old boy or girl's face then riding back in on a big old stack of firewood riding on the back of the truck bouncing it's awesome okay here's a little tip on firewood stacking when I get done uh getting my wood off the top of the pile here I I turn up the Bark Side so that my split side stays open to the air and if it were to rain it sheds off of the Bark Side I don't know if it really helps but I think it does it helps keep it drier all I use in the building here is this little cart right here a little garden cart and it helps to keep the firewood dry and store firewood inside here so when I want it I can have it now you see it empty done baby so I looked down in the

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