It's always a good feeling to have the wood ready and waiting for cold weather. This year we traded a piece of unused equipment for this wood. We live in an area where many years ago acres and acres of eucalyptus trees were planted. The plan was to use them for buildings, pilings and railroad ties. It turned out they were not suitable for that as the wood is brittle and twists when drying so now it is used as firewood and chipped into mulch. Now, years later people are still cutting down all these acres of trees. They are really a pretty tree but very messy and shed leaves and bark year around. We cut down almost all of them on our property some time ago. The eucalyptus groves do provide winter shelter for the Monarch butterflies and we visit their favorite site a few miles down the road every year in November and December. When the cold weather comes, we will be cozy and warm!
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