After several years away I moved back to my old house in the country last Summer. Because of the renos I didn't have time to cut any firewood, heat with wood here, so we had to buy our Winters supply. We have 300 acres so access to firewood is not a problem and that is what I was doing over the Winter months, I used my old Ski Doo and a double bunk sleigh. Most of what I cut was Red Maple with some White Birch, Black Ash and a bit of Poplar. Here's some pictures of what I cut.
The rows in the second pic are 2 deep while the ones in the last pic are 3 deep. All are about 6' high. We should have at least 2 years supply.
Then there was the shop firewood. Don't need as much for the shop but still need about 1 1/2 bush cords. Much of what I cut for the shop came from the tops of the trees.
Of course I had to take advantage of the trials and get some bow wood
The 2 logs on the left are Rock Maple and the 2 on the right are Elm. Both trees were about 8" in diameter and the logs are at least 6' long.
The Deer really appreciated the buds from the Maple and Birch, they were not fussy about the Ash, and cleaned up the branches. I made sure to cut the hanging branches down so they would have access to them.
