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When we moved to this house in 2002, the woodshed was half filled with logs. Since we have a fireplace, we burn a few now and then for ambience… but since we don’t use it as a heat source we never really put a dent in the huge stack.
Over the years (Decades. Damn, I’m getting old!) my husband has cut and split trees on our property and dutifully stacked them in the already full shed.
It’s only recently that he decided enough is enough. We’ll never burn a fraction of the stockpile and there’s literally no room for anything else so…
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He’s letting go of the birch, apple, poplar, maple and pear.
And with the current cost of firewood? He let it go at a very reasonable price.
In no time at all, a couple showed up with their truck and started loading.
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It was an 8 foot bed and they were sure they could fit it all.
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But a second trip was required.
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And when the wife saw we had a tree full of crabapples behind the shed? She asked if she could harvest some for jelly.
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Everyone was happy.
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The local couple could fill their wood stove cheaply.
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And we could finally see the interior walls of our shed.
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Which after 23 unseen and untouched years, are going to need some serious work.
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River's world..... 
I’ll bet if Mark hadn’t just recently accidentally bought too much firewood, he’d have been in his car speeding to Maine to buy it off you.
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Heck, if I had a way to burn this, I’d have been speeding to Maine to buy it! Good deed done here, several times over.
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They were quite happy with it…
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But we would all have retired to the man cave bar for cocktails and who would have stacked it…?
😉
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Good point.
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So awesome. I wonder if she’ll bring you some jelly.
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That would be nice.
😊
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Letting go can be a slow, painful process. Glad you started.
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I’d gladly let go of half of what we own. My husband on the other hand, keeps accumulating more.
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Funny how the one thing he’s willing to part with is the one with value. Or maybe lucky, since parting becomes possible.
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I’ve been after him for 10 years to empty that shed. It’s only now, when he needs the room for other things, that’s he was willing.
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Yay! So much rejoicing. I mean, except for upcoming shed work.
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It’s getting cold. That will have to wait until next year…
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What a great story with a happy ending for all!
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Believe it or not, we have a beautiful fireplace in our Florida home, and yes, a couple of times a year we use it for both ambiance and a heat source. We use it so seldom, we cheat with CSR logs. Keeps it clean and requires no stoking.
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And there was much rejoicing through the land!!
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At least my little part of it.
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I haven’t gone out shopping for firewood and crabapples in ages, but it looks like your customers left very satisfied customers. Make sure they give you five stars on Yelp!
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A cord of wood is going for $300-$350 here.
They definitely got a bargain.
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Having just paid $300 for nowhere-near-that-much wood, I can vouch that they got a killer deal!
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They did.
👍
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Awww…I love it. This is a Win-Win!
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