[Jack of all Trades]

Good thing next year’s firewood is virtually free around here. Thanks to Irene and the Halloween snow storm I can cut, split and stack firewood for about $20-30 a cord. a cord of wood displaces about 150 gallons of heating oil for me.

[thackney]

Growing up in Northeast Ohio, my father offset his fuel oil bill with a second in-line furnace, wood fired.

At least he did, when his boys were old enough carry and split. Surprisingly, when I went away to college, they rarely used that wood furnace. I had become the chief splitter using a maul or wedges and sledgehammer.