steveb leatherworks: the blather

Round these parts – getting your winter wood can be a hit or miss proposition. It can go wrong in a few places: the wood can be green and burn “hissy”, not good for the chimney, the wood can be cut to the wrong size for your application, ever try and get a manly man log into a small condo kinda fireplace? It can be crap wood, like pine – again covering your chimney insides in tar and flammable pitch…see where I am going with this….it is kinda tough to get the good wood..and when you do get it, it can be a one shot deal…cause the good wood guys are like gypsies…they dry up and blow away just when ya need them (about Thanksgiving time).

I got a good wood guy, my pal John. John’s bro in law is a tree surgeon – so he is the direct connection for good wood. Only problem is, all the wood he gets is green and needs a year to season..thats where John comes in…he stacks this stuff in monster piles in his yard (glad your not his neighbor, eh?) and lets it season to the “just right” condition..and then he brings it over to my house…coolio!

Freddy hooked up with an older wood dude near his secret location who dropped off a pretty green pile of suspect wood while I was there…right in the driveway…didnt stack it… and charged him a pittance..ha! Now Fredddy needs to relocate the wood for a years worth of seasoning…..  I want no part of that miserable chore…

Wanna bet this shit lays here until summer when the “landscaper” has to deal with it?