Mundane News

[mybike]

Little bit of both, depending on the draft

Larger chunks will burn more slowly. As @Gravity Aided says, a bit of both, depending on what you need. For my heating, chunks between 3 and 4 inches across are optimal once I've got a good bed of coals. Later in the evening, I'll go to double that once the back boiler is hot and I want a much gentler heat.

OK, so I'll carry on buying hr tiny logs from supermarket & great lumps of wet wood to dry in the garage from the farm. Seems a plan.

 

[Gravity Aided]

The shedoffice isn't particularly warm today. Winter is going to be fun. Might have to rethink the shedoffice or conservatory options ? The fan heater has been running for 45 minutes and it's still cold.

Sounds like you may need a little wood stove.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Rogue onions!

Rapscallions!

 

[fossyant]

Sounds like you may need a little wood stove.

Oohhh

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think I only forgot to buy hummus on my shopping expedition. I consider that a good result. And they had pasta!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Negative Covid-19 test result came back today. What I expected but nice to know.

 

[PeteXXX]

You've hit upon a new product! Digital mirrors which you can edit !

Or just use Tippex to edit the wrinkles

 

[PeteXXX]

My local sweetie emporium has run out of Sherbet Lemons!! 🤯

 

[Reynard]

Still, sunny and warm here chez Casa Reynard. What a change from the weekend.

I swept the path from all the storm debris, and then spent the rest of the morning re-jigging the contents of my "dry staples" cupboard. Out have gone all the oddments of crockery and kitchenalia in there that I rarely use (those will go into a box and onto the loft), I've put in a basket all the ancient "forgotten" stuff that needs to be checked, and I've neatly stacked the packs of flour, sugar, pasta, rice, lentils, bulgur wheat, beans, barley etc, so now I can actually see what I have.

I am very well insulated against panic buying, having taken advantage of various clearance offers over the summer.

 

[Reynard]

I think I only forgot to buy hummus on my shopping expedition. I consider that a good result. And they had pasta!

That's one thing I don't buy any more. I much prefer to make my own.

 

[Reynard]

OK, so I'll carry on buying hr tiny logs from supermarket & great lumps of wet wood to dry in the garage from the farm. Seems a plan.

I suggest you find a good spot to dry the big lumps outside rather than in the garage. I stack mine along a fence - it's sheltered from the rain by the tall hedge, but the (wire link) fence faces the prevailing wind. The wind does a damn good job of drying out green wood.

Also, the supermarket wood is expensive. A good long-handled axe / log maul and block to split the bigger chunks into smaller bits may be more cost-effective in the long run.

 

[PeteXXX]

I went to Santa Pod yesterday..

Turns out that this is a friend of a friends car.

 

[raleighnut]

You've hit upon a new product! Digital mirrors which you can edit !

There's an easier way, I just take my glasses off.

 

[Reynard]

Had lunch (a very nice cheeseboard with vintage cheddar, manchego and cream cheese) and I have picked several baskets of bramley apples from the garden. I see apple butter and apple chutney in my immediate future.

I am about to go have a wee, and then I'm heading off to forage walnuts from the hedgerows. The weekend gales should have brought down a lot of the ones I can't reach.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Oohhh

My tree hugging hippy friends tell me these are a good design:



Although a chimney is probably advisable...