Thanks!

Just when I thought my firewood pile was dwindling and we'd be able to see the grass again, Bill claimed a couple of trees from two sources around town. They were placed right next to the firewood pile, and it seems like the never-ending pile. Thanks! ;)

Anyway, the bigger of the two trees is a sugar maple which is rated amongst the top of types of wood that burn the hottest and are best used as firewood. It was a smart call on Bill's part. We bought a maul to split it, but first we need a chainsaw to get these logs into more manageable sizes. This could be an on-going project for some time. This wood will need to be seasoned, and just our luck---someone in town has given away two pallets that we will use to stack the wood on. It just might be a long time before that happens, though.

Shrunk firewood pile to the right, two new trees to the left.