I have no neighbors for one square mile around me in any God given direction mind you as I tell this and I own and live on a small timber farm in Southern Ohio, USA. I also heat my farm house with a wood stove.
So on 3-6-2026 at 7 AM in the morning I was awaken by the sound of a chain saw running and thought who the Heck is cutting down my trees. I jumped out of bed and hit the light switch to get dressed and to go out die to see who had the balls to cut trees on my farm. Well after three different light switch flips with no lights coming on in the farmhouse I realized two things at once, That I was out of power and that trees must have fallen over off of the hillside into the state route knocking the power out. I went outside and sure enough saw a line of cars and the Ohio Department of Transportation trucks and the power company trucks on the road with a back hoe trying to clear the roadway of two massive White Oak Trees that fell over taking out the power pole and blocking the road. So, I knew why I heard chainsaws.
Once the road was cleared and the power pole reset getting the power re-established. I went out and started processing the down White Oak trees for firewood saving the state from coming back to clean up the debree on both sides of the state route. I am still working on the logs given all the rain and hillside I am awaiting drier ground before moving in n chain sawing for safety reasons.
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@cherokeepatti Yes, more wood and more heat, and not poking around the forest seeking out dead or dying trees. I still do that for my management plan but this eases the need for wood for heat right away.
@WillaKissing Do you cook on a wood stove too? Some people put their wood stoves outside on a covered porch in the summer to cook on them so the house doesn’t heat up.
@cherokeepatti No I do not but I am planning on one of those wood cook oven/stoves the Amish use to put in the new house once I have the plumbing done and I can move into it.
@WillaKissing I would love to have one and bake in it during the winter. Would warm the house at the same time and not have to think about the electric bill going up.
@cherokeepatti Exactly Luv! I heat 100% with a stove and I leave the electric company out of my pocket that way. I will have propane gas back up heat in the new home. But I love the woodstove with iron kettles of water sitting on the stove to add moisture to the heat.
