Countdown . . . 25 (ish) batches to go!

Alright, so,life gets in the way. Especially farm life. This morning we had some buckling escapism to deal with, and a bit of fence reinforcement to ensure that our girls don't kid in January. Then we spent about an hour scraping and cleaning log ends before we could start mixing mortar.


We had forgotten how much all of the prep work cuts into laying cordwood. Last summer, when we were so fortunate to have so much help, Joe could keep barrels of lime putty mixed and perking, sift sand, clean log ends, etc. while others laid cordwood. With just the two of us working, we have to take time to do all of this prep. So tonight at 8 p.m., while I was preparing a quick dinner and feeding the dogs, Joe was mixing another barrel of lime putty by generator light.

Anyway, we are in serious countdown mode. We are almost out of logs and lime, which means (hopefully) that we calculated well.

We did five batches today: about 25 batches to go!