My Grandpa used to come out and watch me split firewood. He would stand there for a while, and then say; "I need to go sit down for a while. Watching you work hard like that, is really making me tired!" :)

I have spent the whole day watching your videos and after each one I wish I was there with you. I'm 70 years old and would love the life you live. I live in New York City but was born and brought up in upstate NY. Always said I was going back but between wife, kids,and grandkids never left the city. Like you said in one of your videos I used to love the solitude and freedom to do what I wanted to do. Keep these videos coming. Thanks a lot.

When we were teenagers and for whatever reason got hot under the collar, we were sent out to split firewood the old-fashioned way, with a maul and wedges. It was a good life lesson on how to channel anger.

thanks Dale for letting us hang around with you

I USED TO SPLIT LIKE THAT BUT AT 64 YRS OLD IN OCT I HAVE CONVERTED OVER TO GAS>> PROPANE. BOUGHT A 30,000 BTU HEATER FROM HOME DEPOT AND IT WORKS GREAT. MY HOUSE IS 1400 SQ FT AND THE DOWNSTAIRS IS REAL NICE AND COOLER UP STAIRS. MAY SELL THE VERMONT CASTINGS STOVE NEXT YR. I LIVE IN WESTERN NC IN THE WOODS AND I'M ON THE GRID BUT HAVE A 5,000 WATT GENERATOR TO TAKE CARE OF THE POWER WHEN THE ICE TAKES OUT POWER. ITS DEC-4TH TODAY 2018 AND WE HAVE A SNOW STORM COMIN OVER THE WEEKEND. GOT MY KUBOTA TRACTOR READY TO PLOW. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.

Could not agree with you more. Property management makes for healthy forest. Thinning the canopy allowing the sun to hit the forest floor promotes new growth. I own land that is mostly mixed hard wood and I don’t have the time to go out there and do that very much, but some day when I’ll retire I’ll stay in shape doing just that👍

Tree huggers 😂. Excellent lesson. Love the videos.

I love how much you love what you do in the woods! Wish I were thirty years younger and you could teach me! Marie in MA

no better feeling then a full wood shed and being ready for winter , great video keep them coming. thanks for sharing.

Fall is my favorite season at my camp. No bugs, cool weather...

Still getting caught up on ur videos Dale. And enjoying them all ! I know so many people get flack for cutting trees and not replanting but there’s just no need to replant. People that are In the woods know that already but your explanation was a really good one and I’ve seen several explain it the exact same way. Have a great day !

I enjoy your channel & every thing I've ever seen on it..Beleive me I wish I could be there ..I'm almost ready to enjoy the Nature 👍 .its Awsome watching your channel to me I live in a city some trees but as soon as I find property like yours I'll be there .Again thank you for sharing I really do enjoy watching ..from PGH PA .

Thank you! This is a great video that might help a lot of people understand forest management.

Great points about forest management and the cycle of life.

I like the forestry lesson. Regeneration and animal survival, as well as your survival. Nice job!

Good talk about the forest it makes since keep up the good work

I agree, there is something therapeutic about splitting firewood, good video 💯👍

Just came across your channel, as a woodlot owner myself I agree with most of the points you made about forest management. I personally do like to leave plenty of dead standing trees as it makes for good habitat for bugs which in turn feed the birds. I also like to make small clear cuts just to let the native grasses come out with a few trails to connect them all, I have owned my property for nine years now and have noticed a significant increase in wildlife population building different habitats. I have so many Hares and Grouse on my land right now that I have even caught several different Bob cats on my camera. I always enjoy seeing what other people are doing with their piece of Eden.

Also I agree with you bout Forest management .where your located seems to be an alot of grate trees .& your correct your not clearing the land or selling it..come on forget it have a good time in your property .👍

Enjoyed the video, especially you piece on forestry management. A lot of people do not understand that a person doing good forestry management practices on their land does not lead to irreparable damage. Individual woodland owners want to enjoy their land now and in the future for themselves and for their children.

Excellent topic. Well said! I love Fall as well.

God speed Dale. Enjoyed the video.

A great memory I have of growing up was always spending time with my dad splitting wood getting ready for the winter

love your videos. I also spend a lot of time in my woods gathering wood. I love it.

Love The fall also Love the video

Im getting for firewood season also,you have a wonder place there thanks for sharing!

Enjoyable Great video

Thanks for sharing. I like to work in the woods getting fire wood as well

Enjoy the Fall also here, good video. You have enough forest to last forever. Keep them coming!

Great video with very acceptable explanation about wood management. Thanks and looking forward to see more autumn videos 👍

Love your simple life...no bells or whistles just down to earth good living...thank you for sharing I hope to have something like your woods and cabin someday... Best to you Phil

I love your attitude

Enjoy your videos. I too love to cut firewood. Only problem is my back doesn't. I started splitting the wood where it feel in the woods. Figured why lift it twice hahaha. Keep up the great content.

Lovely part of the country. I love to see the way things are done. It’s very different to living in the city . I’m a country girl at heart. Great to see your videos.

Enjoyable video , Autumn is definitely my favorite season. Hard to beat a real fire.

I have a cabin in North Central Pennsylvania & love cutting & splitting wood, thanks for your video. I find it relaxing & exercise with a purpose.!

Enjoy your videos. Thanks

Keep up the good work!

I really enjoy your videos. You seem to be at total peace with your off grid lifestyle. I think that is awesome, so please keep sharing with us!

Certainly a great way to spend the day up at da cabin. I'm hoping to have all my wood cut for the cabin this weekend. CHEERS!

Enjoyed the video

Luv your vids 👍

Thanks foe sharing.

That's cool how the maples put out new growth from the old stumps...don't have to start over from seed.

Nice!!!

Good property management enjoy your fires.

Somehow work on your own property and being outdoors doesn't seem like work! Great video and looking forward for more Fall and winter videos from your cabin!

Great video ! Did the same this weekend at the cabin! Fall is a great time of the year!!

The entire creation has been created and subjected to serve human in order for human to live this earthly lives. what you said is perfectly fit. at the same time we have to be smart to use it as needed because trees also supplies us something that we need in order to breath... love watching your clips and thanks for sharing... makes me feel to live in a cabin in the woods like you... its my dream and hopping one day it will come true... thx again and enjoy your fall days before it covers with snow... :)

Just call me jealous. What a way to live. I think I could watch you split wood for an hour...LOL I get the meditative part. You are doing nothing but loving the forest and it's creatures. Many people could learn a lesson especially government and their fumbling around when it comes to nature. Keep on sharing. I'm stuck in the city so I live vicariously through you. Thank you and keep the videos coming.

Wow! Autumn has arrived and soon Winter will be on our doorsteps. A hot, humid and rainy summer here at the Groton/New London, CT shore. Life is Good!

I enjoy your videos! Your power splitter is working well! :-) Blessings!

Newer subscriber here -- this video you seemed more relaxed/comfortable. Well done👊🏼

Heading up to do the same. Need to get me a maul. MAN, it works well. (and a little grouse hunting as well. ) Love the cabin life.

Thanks Dale for the latest video! WOW, great workout splitting green wood outside of winter! When I was burning and harvesting firewood I would cut the tree down and into measured rounds from spring til the following winter when the freeze sets in I would then split into cord wood, the frozen wood was more brittle and seemed to split a little easier. Then I would stack it for drying and burn it the following winter. We are on the 'grid' so with age and the scarcity of hard wood in in my area (also the expense ) I have opted to burn wood pellets. I burned wood for heating my homes for over forty years even though I always had a central heating. Heating with wood is a great workout and very therapeutic for the sole in it's comfort and accomplishment. I really enjoy your channel because there is a very different culture that is ours here in Northern New England and you exemplify a fading culture of independence and 'grit'!

Another great video you’re property looks really great you’ve done a excellent job of keeping it up I bet it’s great hunting also I saw a few trees changing there colors already Dam I’m home sick!!! Lol you’re videos always do that to me well take care my friend and stay safe 👍🌲🦌

Thanks for making these videos. Enjoy them very much. I'm from the Midwest but I'm actually in Maine this week renting a cabin on Bear Pond. Absolutely love it here. Come here every fall because this is the way life should be. Could not agree with you more.

I thought everyone on Utube land used Sthil's. Nice video. I run a couple of Husky XP 357's. I love them. Have a great day. Kent

thanks ! ! !

Good video bro, looks like a nice Maine property.

Enjoyed the video as usual! You should do a fireside chat type video for like 30-45 minutes. Have a couple beers next to the campfire or wood stove and maybe tell us your background or plans for the future or anything really.

The simplest explanation is that a forest is just a big garden but the crop takes years to develop before harvest. I've just had our property logged and already the undergrowth is filling in. We cut pine and spruce, looks like they'll be replaced with beech and maple ( I'm planting cedar in spots). I'm hoping to turn most of the property to hardwoods and put in a tiny sugarbush. My heirs will thank me.

And the birch you harvested will likely sprout up from its stump also, providing more birch trees for the future. Would I be correct in assuming that, by the looks of your forest, you may soon be harvesting trees to thin them for the health of the forest? Great fun taking care of ones own forest, and watching it regenerate for the future. Done correctly, as you are, it promotes more wildlife too.

Congrats! I find your videos well-edited and the content well thought out. Plus, you explained an often controversial topic in simple terms that anyone can understand. What with global warming and stuff, I think people can help a lot in terms of making the importance of conserving our forests understood just by talking about it. God bless!

Great video 👍 wouldn’t it be a better place if more people were on your wavelength. Way down here in Tasmania Australia all we get is people dumping their rubbish out in the bush,which makes it difficult for a person to get fire wood. Keep up the good videos

Me too ,this weekend one traktor load of dried spruse ( pre cut 1 m and split in spring )Saturday was the deerseason start in here but i was cutting trees instead. Moose season starts 13th.In here we have allready frosty nights ,so there is lot of things to do outside.Thanks for all and keep up....

Wow that was a nice cut .sure your not a Butcher 😀 that's better then they do after cutting a stake 👍

Huskvarna 359 👍from Sweden

yes i have a 359 husky to had it for at least 10 years its been cutting 30 plus cords of hardwood every year since bought and still going as goog as the first day i bought it wouldn’t buy another kind

Fall is definitely the best time of year to be in the woods. Don’t forget to leave some standing dead trees for the birds and cavity nest builders.

AGREE! Wood is life. Need me some wood, ahem Love your conscious approach.....(sigh) You said to comment, lol. Low impact harvesting? I heard me some heavy breathing, That's what started it......giggles

Great video on forest management, the bark of that tree is great fire starter. Do you let the wood season to dry ?

I have the same saw but I have to learn not to put it in the dirt. Had about 15 trees Down but had to have my neighbor cut it up and he got half. Great job Dale

Another great video ! I see some of your trees have already started changing colors. How did your garden do ?

Birch is good burning wood. If you harvest wisely you can get moore bigger trees and you cant cut trees as much as it is growing more year after year.

Nice pictures of the woods! Which state or forest is this in?

Hello, great videos....do you live at the cabin full time or go back and forth with another residence too?

You are exactly right about clear-cuts. Here in North Central Alabama, we are lucky to have beautiful hardwood forests. But sadly not just private landowners, but Alabama Power which is the states power company are clear-cutting everything around. It’s sad how nowadays it’s like nobody at all cares about God’s creation or the wildlife that lives in it. In the rural neighborhood that I live in, literally everywhere around us but the Talledega National Forest is completely full with genetically modified Pine trees that aren’t even native to the area. There is two private landowners here with about 500 acres put together of the most beautiful land around. There is wildlife just in that section of true forest that isn’t anywhere else around here. So much of it, that the compression of livable woods has pushed them onto the roadways. Therefore, them being hit by cars. Only about 120 years ago, the Cherokee, Creek, and many other tribes of natives would come from hundreds of miles to hunt deer, bear, elk, moose, beaver, turkey, mountain goats, and many more things. Now, nearly half of everything that used to be here is gone. Same with many types of fish and trees. I am only fourteen, but I hope that within my lifetime I will make a change in all of that. You’ve got a beautiful place up there and I admire the work you put into it.

Great job. how many cords of wood do you go thru on a average winter?

you'd warm that saw up some

When will you burn this wood? Now or is the next year’s supply. That is fine clear looking wood (not rotten in the core). I love a wood fire, but in the city I have to content myself with propane.

I really know nothing about cutting wood, but I was wondering about the tree you cut being alive. Will it dry before winter or will it burn green?

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The term you use for this practice is "coppicing"

what kind of splitting axe do you have.i use a wood splitter but thinking about getting an axe. i hear the fiskers is nice

what was the purpose of the face cut if you’re back cut is that high?

Wood heat is the only way to go. I heat my house and get my hot water off a wood boiler. I spent many an hour as a youngster with a maul in my hand. How many cords do you think you’ll go through this winter?

kind of firewood do you burn

What part of Maine is your cabin in ? I live in Western Maine

Can you tell me a bit about your atv trailer? I am looking for one that suits my Kodiak 450 a bit better than my 5x10. Thanks

Good size axe u have, what is the weight?

Do you need a live tree your not there all winter..

u have that nice tractor y don't u pull them out and cut them , liem up out their then bring your hole log out, pick it with your bucket, works great, not so hard on your back, just say'en!!!

Hey long range neighbor are there rattle snakes and copper head snakes in your area

No dead standings there ? It was a green tree .

I owned a Husqvarna snowblower and that thing was a piece of shit!