When I had two trees cut down, one of my neighbors expressed an interest in buying the wood from me. He has a fireplace and I do not, although I always wanted one. He borrowed a splitter and a small trailer from friends. He spent three days splitting the logs and loading them on the trailer for the trip to his house three houses up the street. Now my yard is empty and his is full of wood. He said there is enough wood to last for five years (after aging for one year). I am so glad his family could use the wood. Otherwise the tree cutters would have just shredded it for mulch. And I saved some money too, not having to pay for the taking away of the trees.
He got the wood moved just in time. We have not had rain for ten days and now it is raining. Fall is here. I have caught three mice in three days in my crawl space. I keep the mousetrap companies in business in the fall. I don't mind setting traps, but I throw them away with their little bodies. I don't reuse them. Ick. One of my previous cats was a mouser. My current cat is not.