On only our second day in our house we met a friendly bloke called Ivan (nearly all the men are called Ivan, apparently. They have nicknames so people can tell them apart!), who offered to organise our wood for us. It duly arrived the next day and was dropped off in our driveway. The price was very good, and it all came ready-chopped and ready to burn on the pechka. It took us all that day to shift it into our barns!
yep that is how the wood arrived in CANADA took ages to stack it
Took us ages too, Marilyn. I couldn’t walk straight for days after, my legs were knackered. I couldn’t imagine having to chop it all up too, which most Bulgarians do. Mind you, we’ve probably gone a bit overboard with 6 tonnes!
I bet it was cheaper than the wood we get delivered!! Is a pechka like a woodburner then? Bet you will need it in the Winter? If it’s softwood, it will burn through fast!
A pechka is the Bulgarian wood-burning stove. Yes, it’s soft wood but it burns hot and fast for cooking, then you damp it down for night time. We’ve not fired ours up yet, that’s going to be another art to learn!