Wet,windy weary weather greeted the New Year this morning and only inspires me to chuck a big seasoned log on the fire, turn on the tunes and reflect over the previous year. There really isn't much to do anyway at this time of year as it's after the winter when it's possible to return to a few jobs but now it's just a matter of monitoring the coal and keeping the log basket topped up. The fire is a great little Tor Gem multi fuel stove and once lit will stay in all the time throughout the winter. During the day a constant supply of hardwood logs are burnt and then a scuttle of excel coal will keep the Eco-fan spinning all through the night keeping the inside an average constant cosy temperature of about 20 degrees C, with that it can do what it wants out there.....
Beech wood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say
If for long 'tis laid away;
Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold;
Poplar makes a bitter smoke
Fills your eyes and makes you choke;
Apple wood will scent your room
With an incense like perfume;
Oak and maple if dry and old
Keep away the winters cold:
But Ash wood wet or Ash wood dry
A king shall warm his slippers by!
Beech wood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say
If for long 'tis laid away;
Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold;
Poplar makes a bitter smoke
Fills your eyes and makes you choke;
Apple wood will scent your room
With an incense like perfume;
Oak and maple if dry and old
Keep away the winters cold:
But Ash wood wet or Ash wood dry
A king shall warm his slippers by!
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