How much wood...

So we have decided to try heating our house during the cold seasons by installing a wood burning fireplace insert.  Josh has been working so hard this summer to clear a bunch of trees and dead wood from around our property.  (Just another excuse to play with the tractor!)  Last week he filled 11 pallets with firewood and moved them into one of our sheds.  The remaining branches were placed into piles that have been growing bigger and bigger as the days go by- until this last weekend when Josh rented this fun toy.

  












This wood chipper was fun and powerful!  We spent several hours Friday night and Saturday morning whipping through piles of wood.  Mom was here visiting for a week, and she got put to work too!  Josh spent several more hours working without us on Sunday.

We started with this...

Added this...

And ended with this!

That was just one of our piles!  It really was amazing to watch huge piles of branches get turned into small piles of mulch.  I think I had a little bit too much fun helping because I am actually looking forward to when we get to do this again (we still have lots of wood to get rid of).  I think next time we'll wait until it's below 100 degrees though!