Got the Sante Fe running on low. 48 and wind is howling.

Baby girl Bixby turned on for the first time in two weeks. Got down to 31, wind chill of 26. Harvested the first spears of asparagus last night before covering the bed with straw in prep for the frost warning.

The old Dovetec still burning ...didn"t let us down yet...i love my stove:kiss:

After a couple of weeks off, I'm burning again. Got to use up about 200# of corn. Never stored corn over the summer before and hope I don't have to. Does it absorb humidity readily. I don't want a mess in the fall.

It won't absorb moisture,but if it gets wet, it will rot. It can get beetles too.

DONE for the year.
Finished burning off about 1/2 a hopper full I was saving for a cool streak. Only used 3 ton of corn and 60 bags of pellets (continuous burn from Nov 28 to April 11).
Kept the 40x96x18 shop at 65°.
About a 1/3 of what I used last year.
Now to clean furnace and spray inside down with diesel fuel. Need to put new bearings in powervent and combustion blower motor. Then I'll be ready for next winter.

Have a great summer!!!

John

Yea, thanks for reminding me, I have to clean and oil the boiler still

Still burning the ol' Harmin to take the chill off some of these cool nights yet, but summer is just around the corner!

Every time I think we're done burning... Time to turn the girl on again, temps are dropping to the low 30s tonight and we've got high winds (sustained of 30 mph with 45 mph gusts). Wind that strong is just miserable...

Stove is still running here too. Almost 80* yesterday. Wind has been terrible most every day.

just lit the stove up again tonight...........36 deg outside
9 bags of pellets left, looks like i'll be done end of next week