It was mid 60's today, still 51 out. But it was also very windy, the end of our warm spell for a couple days at least. The good news is that highs in the 40s= fires in the fireplace again. It's been like a week since we've burned a fire inside. Yes, Badger likes the fires. It gives him opportunities to retrieve, which is his passion.
What do you get on a stud or piece of trim in your house? You shouldn't expect an accurate read on green wood to begin with as the change in resistance becomes neglible at about 35%. Moisture content varies by species but oak and maple easily run 80% green. However that doesn't explain how you got 14%, did they ship it with weak batteries maybe?
I cant imagine burning Ash right off the stump, maybe after you get some coals it would work but I start a lot of fires in the winter and 35% wood is going to take some coaxing to get going.
no doubt live fresh ash is not going to burn too great but, because of the bug there is a lot of dead standing ash available to be burned
I ment live trees, well aware that dead standing might be of lower moisture content and much easier to burn. It sounded like some people in this thread were talking about live Ash.
I've read on other sites of people burning live ash fresh cut. Not this guy I'll turn up the thermostat first. I want mine nice and dry
The fresh cut live ash I was burning in the fire pit pic was literally cut last week, burned hot yesterday. Granted it was branches, but it was wet. Tons of water boiling from the bigger pieces. It wasn't that hard to light either. A little paper, and leftover balsam boughs from winter planter covering, and it lit right up.
Well what the heck. When I worked in the sawmill we always had a fire going, burning up the slabs. So you can imagine, everything was green; we cut no dry lumber. But we were still able to burn all those green slabs. Of course there was also a goodly amount of smoke which at times could be a problem. It was always a bear if a strong gust of wind came and you got hit in the face with both smoke and sawdust. Yes, it would make the eyes water a bit.
Well I am cutting some live White Ash now and I can try some branches in my fire pit just to see if you guys are pulling my leg.
First winter at the farm, we burned white ash I'd dropped in the field 4 months before. It burned... wasn't great... but it burned.
Go nuts. I actually have a few more ash branches that I just cut, and will probably burn next week in the pit. To be honest, I was pretty impressed with how well it burned. So I burned more a couple days later.
