Last of the scrap pile

When we had the house built, I asked Mark Berry to save all of the left over pallets and scrap wood. When we arrived in late June, I was somewhat dismayed to see how much scrap a little house like the one at Mariposa creates.

Finally, the pile is almost gone. I have used the pallets for various things such as the compost pile and straw bale storage. I have used the bigger pieces of wood for  projects like the out-house, the solar shower, wood racks and the solar oven table. There were enough pieces of 2x4 to provide the bases for the stacks of 4 cords of firewood.

All of the rest of the wood I have slowly but surely been rendering into kindling for the wood stove or the rocket stove. It is my fall back chore when I have temporarily run out of bigger jobs. At completion it looks like we will have about 8 large totes full of wood ready for the winter.