What have done towards your prep?

[Mortblanc]

All that chopping, splitting and hauling about is the reason I have abandoned wood as my primary heat source. I have reached the age when it is sometimes impossible to do those chores and there is no one else to do them when I can not.

It was also nice to be able to flip a switch this morning when the inside of the house had gone to 15c overnight with the outside temps at -20c. I had the place back to comfort level a half hour and a cup of coffee latter.

I think back to all the times when I walked into a cold house and fought the wood stove all evening to get the temperature comfortable just in time to go to bed.