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Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

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  1. thewoodlands

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    I hate burning the better stuff until the real cold moves in.

    We haven't used the pellet stove yet but come December that should change.
     
  2. Horkn

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    I'm right there with you. I won't burn the gooder stuff until it gets colder.
     
  3. Well Seasoned

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    One of my favorite fruits to eat is cherry. Harder to get this time of year...... :D
     
  4. thewoodlands

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    How's the basswood working out? I've only used it for kindling.
     
  5. NH mountain man

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    34 here now and I'm burning small Oak rounds, 1" to 2" branches really. But one day back in April last year I was cutting and cut smaller than I usually do. And that's what we're burning tonight. Actually a pretty good amount of heat from them. But I don't have a lot.
     
  6. Gasifier

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    32 degrees with Ash splits and Pine cut-offs from the barn project burning. Looks like it won't get really cold for a while yet. Going to warm up some next week.
     
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    Wind seems to be calm and temps right around freezing.
    Willow/maple in OWB.
     
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    30°F & Just put in a small load of birch and hard maple, highs today around 35 with mixed precipitation expected. Gasifier, it looks like that warm-up will be Wednesday on, with highs in the low 40's. :yes:
     
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  9. thewoodlands

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    It's 32 this morning so we have another load of cherry going.
     
  10. Horkn

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    It works pretty well. I've noticed that the stove doesn't make any ghost flames on basswood alone, but add elm to it, even 1 piece and it ghost flames all over the place.

    I have an entire tall and pretty big basswood that toppled over in the wind last spring that I'll be processing soon. If say it's probably 20-24" in diameter. It's nice and straight and clean too, no bug holes like the one I've been burning.

    I'm down to just a few splits of that first basswood so it's probably on to straight elm or elm and beech soon.
     
  11. Well Seasoned

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    Just had a good batch of sleet and freezing rain come through. Temps hovering the freezing mark. Won't split any wood until this passes, but rather reload the stove and eat some leftovers.
     
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  12. Viking80

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    Mmmm. Leftovers.


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  13. Canadian border VT

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    34 degrees about 1c mix of rain snow sleet ground is still white.. relit IS soft maple birch and of course Cherry!
     
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  14. thewoodlands

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    I was burning pine in the outside fireplace but got tired of getting plunked by snow bombs coming off the pines, can you say wet.
     
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    "Plop plop-fizz fizz!"
     
  16. BigPapi

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    Feeding the owb pine to get some coals burned down. Foggy and damp here. 37F
     
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    Oak and Ash, all I have is the gooder stuff.

    bob
     
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    Trying to have small fires in warmer weather.
    One split of maple and one split of pine, no more.
    48º out, 75º in.

    might have to open a window to sleep.
     
  19. basod

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    Been burning off the white oak stack in "front" of my house that is shaded and hasn't been covered to cull through the uglies - last time I stack wood in a shaded area
    there are so many pieces of punk or beetle dust. It's all bone dry thanks to this drought
     
  20. Well Seasoned

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    33 out, but 73 inside. Cracked the window about 4" in the bedroom cause its to warm from the fire earlier.
     
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