Many Austrian homes in the country are heated with wood, which means a lot of hard work cutting, splitting and piling firewood. But Austrians are not content to simply have a pile of wood ready for winter. The stacks must be neatly built and every piece a specified length. They don't like much airspace between pieces where birds or mice could build nests.
Properly used, firewood can add both insulation and beauty to a home.
Some also show artististic talent in stacking their firewood.
Then there are practical minds that build multi-purpose stacks of firewood.
Rounded stacks are a favorite on farms
Who copied?
Some people prefer towers
If you look carefully at the photo below, you can see a neatly squared manure pile in the background.
A tourist asked me how they do this and I replied, "Austrian farmers have well-trained cows!"
