With trees cut down, firewood takes center stage - Farm and Dairy

Farm and Dairy

With trees cut down, firewood takes center stage - Farm and Dairy

Like every other job the settlers faced, the accumulation of firewood was a laborious, backbreaking job, but one that had to be undertaken well before winter so that the wood would have an opportunity to dry out before it was needed. The massive clearing of trees, which had been the focus of activity around the fledgling farmstead in the waning weeks of summer, inevitably gave rise to a new and equally important objective, which was collecting a…