Rural Gardening: 2013 the start - January, 1 by darius

darius wrote:
Sue, I just paid $75 for a pick-up truck load of seasoned white oak. Apparently no one around here has any clue how much a "cord" of wood is, they just sell it by however much their truck bed holds.

After this load was stacked I measured it, and it's around 60% of a full cord, so in my mind it was pretty expensive. I don't burn firewood much anymore unless the power is out, but I'm glad to have it just in case, for heat and cooking on my wood stove.

I got tired of having flat tires on my wheelbarrow (dragging out the compressor to inflate it was a PITA) so I bought a solid rubber tire. One of my friends has a wheelbarrow that has 2 tires. He says it's very stable to use, and he loves it. Kinda like this one: