I've lived in upstate NY all my life and harvested firewood for at least 2/3 of it. I've never had the pleasure to burn osage orange or persimmon, although I would love to have the opportunity. Osage is rare around here and I may be just out of range of persimmon. I haven't burned hop hornbeam in a decade or more but just acquired some a few weeks ago that will be ready for next season. What are some species that are around you that you've never had for firewood, but want to?
Id like to try osage myself. I think there are some in CT, but havent seen in person. Kentucky coffee tree would be another only because i drink coffee.
Osage and mulberry. I got some osage a year ago after some tree work and have some mulberry on the property just need something large enough Sent from my LE2127 using Tapatalk
Thanks to a fellow member in the Midwest who sent me some, I got to burn Osage this year and was impressed. I ended up planting some along a sunny edge of my property, to have a living fence for privacy. As Brad said, Osage is almost nonexistent in Connecticut. One tree I really want to try out (that we do have here sporadically) is American Holly. Not the landscaping bush, but the full sized trees. I wouldn’t turn down northern pecan if I had the chance either.
Sassafras its around here I've seen it in the woods but never had opportunity to harvest or burn it. I just want it to smell if it is actually like root beer
If you're going to the gtg at Dennis' place I can bring you a couple cubic feet. I just got into a part of my stacks that is a lot of sassafras. I always set it aside for starting fires.
Osage, I'm practically surrounded by it, but haven't had access to any, until recently. I'll be able to gather a small amount before long and set it aside for next season. Other than that, Douglas Fir. buZZsaw BRAD, I can relate to your reasoning for wanting to try Kentucky coffee tree!
Thanks for the offer but work has me in Alabama that weekend and every other gtg for last 3yrs. Since I joined this site
Ash is one wood I have never burned. I don't have any in my woods and I don't scrounge. It has been a popular yard tree in towns around here but they are slowly dying.
I'd love to try some-beech, Osage and mulberry. If anyone is coming to Scotty's Central Pa Hawgfest, i can give you some sassafras.
I've never burned black locust or osage and would like to try someday. I have burned honey locust and its nice firewood.
Holly is a great wood, I've burnt plenty. It's bark lights quick like birch but burns a lot longer. Splitting is pretty easy too.
I’m burning some KC nuggets tonight for the first time and thought about your post. If any of your New England comrades are going to be at the June gtg I’ll hook you up with a bundle to enjoy with your morning coffee.
I would like to try some Osage Orange, don’t have any, and never burned species from the west coast… I have most of the eastern hardwoods. I would like to try everything, but we deal with what we have I suspect… Also have a bunch of Persimmon, but never cut one down yet since they are healthy. Would be interesting though…
My two are iron wood and Osage. I guess since I just got the new insert with the combustor and reburn tubes, I have only burnt fir, a little black locust and birch in it. So there are still a lot of woods I would like to burn.
I've never gave much thought about burning wood that just isn't round these parts. I guess if I could, I'd like to try some Chestnut Oak. It doesn't grow up here in northern New England.
With my limited available species my list could get pretty long but mulberry and hickory are near the top
