This was ridiculous. Freshly cut, Poor quality wood, huge pieces even after I bucked it. Heavy as you can imagine. What am I doing? And don't let other people borrow you stuff, I glad my saw returned to me in good condition
That's what I was thinking...you are out of wood (no?) and found wood that will be ready to use this winter! (it does dry fast)
No this is all my stacks for this winter. I didn't need the crappy wood, but I hope to season and sell it......"As cottonwood ". But it may be lying.....and that's not right, I may remedy the situation and add in something else to compensate
Its what I call "cottonwood"...I have 10 HP trees out back and they drop "cotton" in the spring...plus the wood is light when dry (cotton like...well, not that bad, but I see what people call it that once it looses all that water weight)
I have 10 of them across the back of the property that are just over 20 YO and starting to drop dead lower branches...might be the nature of the tree, dunno...or might be beginning of the end...but I knew they were short lived when I planted them there, I just wanted something quick to screen us from the neighbors junk until the other trees grew in (white pine and red oaks)...mission accomplished.
If it is some sort of hybrid poplar, it will dry really fast and weigh next to nothing. It really is crappy wood but still burns hotter than a snowball.
This would make great shoulder season wood. I have over 20 cords of oak /locust and I'd take it for that reason.
Exactly...I've done it both ways, and it is much easier to regulate house temp with SS wood in the SS then smoldering away on "January wood"...and also if you don't have much "January wood" then SS wood will help maximize what you do have...either way SS wood is
I have a separate stack for just Poplar. I use it for kindling and shoulder season. Dries fast but the trick is to keep it off the ground and if you have the time or energy debark it. It is best out of the rain too.
