Sawdust ocean

We added to the sawdust ocean that is Hardwood Hermitage.  Large pieces of red oak and red maple from recent sessions were cut to stove-sized lengths, and then stacked.  The first pic shows some of the new sawdust the big saw created today.

After the cutting, the pieces were added to a pile near our wood shed.  None of this will burn for more than a year!

This is a close up of red oak, prized for its many uses and cool grain.  The wood does a great job in the stove -- the species is perhaps the best firewood that is common to New England.

Some of tomorrow's victims, branch pieces and some thinned trees, will also burn.  The small saw will do this work.