wild a** guess is closer than weather assisted guess! and s i think is a stupid one.

my immediate next door neighbors heat their entire house with franklin stoves, vents and wood. i have traded huge pieces of well dried white oak, over 2 feet in diameter for half as much split wood. and i use some of there wood ashes for my compost heap, and to discourage slugs.

i have natural gas piped into the house, and its rare for NY to have a big winter storm that knock out power for days on end. more often is summer thunderstorms, that knock down trees, and take down power lines.


my other obsession