A neighbour took down a big pine in his backyard last week and rolled the chainsawed rounds out to the curb. He said, “Help yourself.” The rounds were thick-waisted, some of them as big as bass drums.

Gary Tallman sees beauty where others only see work. The hues and shading of rough-cut firewood are the paints of his artist’s palette. He creates detailed mosaics using the natural colors of pine, ...

A stack of firewood is so much more than just a pile of logs. It’s a rustic manifestation of hard work completed, a symbol of coziness to come. Changing shape with the seasons, it embodies both the ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...