Free firewood and a battery powered chainsaw.

When we moved out here, one of my goals was to use fossil fuels as little as possible. One of the things I wanted to try was a battery powered chainsaw. The use of Li-Ion batteries these days has made battery powered tools a much more reasonable proposition, but I had my doubts whether a chainsaw would pass muster.

After reading reviews, I decided to try a Greenworks 40v saw with a 16" blade. I bought one extra battery to go with the saw, for a total of 2.

I have been very pleased with the rig. In general I will head out onto the property with the saw and a wheel barrow. I get about 2 hours of work from a battery, which is pretty much all I want to do anyway. I put up about a cord of wood before winter started getting serious, and I figure I will put up a couple more before next winter. I have focused on the juniper, which seems to burn much cleaner than the pinon.

Christmas 2014

Better late than never. Our Christmas was quiet and wonderful. Jill put out our few remaining decorations, and I fried up some chicken on the woodstove using the same simple recipe my grandmother used to use. Life is good.