Douglas fir down!

Replaced with a black walnut

I had a pic of the walnut but it didn't save

I think I can get a thousandth of a BTU after it's css

 

Nice kindling! Well done

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This is what's left of your x mas tree?....

 

I'd have a heck of a time trying to split that with an axe. But at least it would be easy to stack after that thousand or so swings it took me to hit it.

 

Ha, no. It is a sapling that didn't make it. A year or two old.

 

Poor bastard!

 

Might have to noodle it, before moving it.

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Break out the 35 ton.

 

Yeah, might need the cant hook too.

 

Here's a Douglas fir I acquired with my forest service wood cutting permit last spring. Looking forward to burning it once seasoned. I think DF is my second favorite firewood. Nice coals, love the smell. Not very much hardwood around where I live so DF is considered cream of the crop if you can't get oak.

 

Lots of Doug fir here in northern NM. It's good stuff. :stacke:

 

Ive never looked into the range of doug fir so its cool to learn it is a tree that grows in your area as well. Thats why I like coming here... Im always learning something new. I wonder if it is less dense then the doug fir I get in the Canadian Rockies due to the milder climate?

 

I would think that one summer of drying in AZ would have fir ready for the following burn season.

 

It just might be ready. Went to check with mm and Batteries dead. Got to get new batteries on next trip to store...

 

The Douglas Fir tree grows all over here. Probably one of the main staples that folks in WA burn. Along with Alder, Maple, Cottonwood and Cedar. Pine as well. I like it better than Pine when I split it. Smells like oranges and strong citrus freshly cut. I had some split in February and its already reading at 13-16% on the MM. again this is only a guide for me as I'll often stack woods together of the same species but different load. Mainly since I had checked beforehand and tidied up the pile so it would fill up the rack.

 

We burn mostly Douglas Fir but campinspecter likes to get Western Hemlock for Mom's unit. She has room to dry it two years. It burns cleaner under the conditions she has.