Tonight, we are having our very first fire of the season...and the first in our new house! I am sitting with the laptop in my lap right in front of the fireplace as I type this. :)
The air has become crisp, and with the American Thanksgiving just around the corner, the Christmas festivities will be going in full force before we know it! I am starting to be in the mood for hot chocolate and fireplaces on a regular basis now.
Earlier this week I went on a wood hunt. I am looking for a supplier from which to buy wood for the fireplace...and so far I haven't been overly successful. I sent out an email to several people that I have met since moving here.....that email only netted me one lead...and it seems to be an expensive one at that. I then started calling places from the yellow pages. I left about 4 or 5 messages and none of them even called me back! I guess they aren't too hard up for business!
In the meantime I stopped at a garden center and bought a small amount of wood that had been dried and seasoned for 9 months. Apparently, this is less than ideal for a fireplace, but better for a wood burning stove, which can tolerate wood containing a higher moisture content. I was told that for a fireplace, one would want wood that has been seasoned and dried for a year to a year and a half, but that it is harder to find (and more expensive). So here I am typing this and sure enough, the fire is beginning to sizzle. The flames have all but disappeared and I have three unburned logs sitting in there.
Back to the yellow pages......
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