Over the past year my hubby has been piling up a lot of things in the back yard, into what he likes to call “the burn pile.” The pile was very close to the woods, and I was very nervous that when he did actually burn it that it would spread to the woods and engulf the entire neighborhood. My hubby always “pooh-poohed” my concerns, telling me that he has been managing burn piles for many years over his lifetime and that there was nothing to worry about.
Well, it rained all day yesterday, and most of the day today, and I was quite surprised when I heard the tractor running in the back yard. I looked out of the kitchen window and saw that the burn pile was burning and my hubby was using his tractor to keep a fire line of fresh dirt between it and anything that wasn’t supposed to burn. I have to admit that I was rather impressed that he did manage to keep the fire in control, but I’ll never tell HIM that!
