At above 9000 feet anyways. That said, the pair of aspens out back in Crestonia, just below 8000, have but two leaves between them that are in flux. Yes I’ve even worn a shirt during daylight, and yes we need to be even more crafty with what doors and windows are open and when.

All that nicely pivots to what a good thing the new stove, fueled by firewood in case anyone forgot, is set to come soon. October 1 per the call to the shipper this morning. One not nice thing about having the chimney exiting the high point of the roof is the cost of the pipe; the upstairs is 20 feet alone, about the entire amount of pipe needed for the existing’s less than killer chimney location.

Yes it is a full on stove, meaning it has an oven along with a giant top for cooking. What constitutes a giant stove? Well it is 4 feet wide and 750 lbs.

Why wood? To start it is super attractive to be zero carbon: thus far the wood is all laying on the ground in the local forest, cut by hand and then brought back in a wheelbarrow. Plus electricity is costly, though it would be some time before the stove’s cost and installation expenses were covered. At $200+/winter month for electric heat x 4 to 5 months plus the guessed upon consumption reduction from less use of the electric stove it won’t be terribly long. Also wow all that dead wood is a fire hazard plus it is satisfyingly physical getting my lumberjack on.

One of the install details is managing the steps; it’s true: we have a couple of steps. Thankfully there are but a grand total of 3 and also thankfully they are split into two areas.

The model is Heco 420 if you’d like more details.