Residents take pride in their timber piles, debate best techniques News is obsessed with the flashy questions: “Is God Dead?” “Who Killed Kennedy?” “What is a Kardashian?” Yet for years, a quieter ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

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A few weeks ago my neighbor and I were talking firewood. Specifically, we were talking about whether to stack with the bark up or the bark down. He’s a rugged, quiet, mid-western Norwegian type. “Well ...

A neighbour took down a big pine in his backyard last week and rolled the chainsawed rounds out to the curb. He said, “Help yourself.” The rounds were thick-waisted, some of them as big as bass drums.

Stockpiling firewood for the winter has moved up a notch, as participants in the first annual Pioneers of Alaska wood stacking contest can attest. Competitors in the Juneau area showed off their ...

’Tis the season of cooped-up kids. Snow days, lice epidemics, and absurdly long school vacations—there are many different causes of cabin fever. Never find yourself sub-caffeinated and un-showered in ...

In this video, we explore the process of stacking ash slabs, showcasing techniques and tips for woodworking with urban lumber sourced from a sawmill. #woodworking #sawmill #urbanlumber 2 men claiming ...

Ben Bolton has covered athletics for several universities. He has since embarked on a career as a digital editor, creating media campaigns for major brands. There's nothing quite like the relaxing ...