yea I understand your line of thinking. it really doesn't make sense to have all the btu's. all i know is fresh cut hedge burns hotter than 2 year seasoned black locust, or any other kind of wood for that matter. you ever make it down this way I'll hook you up with a log. You'll like the btu's. Then you'll hate me for not having more growing around you.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUOTE] Wish I knew the purpose for a mosquito or gnat, besides being a pain in the
Wish I knew the purpose for a mosquito or gnat, besides being a pain in the [/QUOTE] Food for bats? That's my best guess.
During Thanksgiving, we cut and split a bunch of Hedge. We had water squishing out of the rounds as we split, and these had been down since June. I got back tonight with another truck/trailerload of Hedge. I wouldn't think of burning it right away. It's heavy in good oil, but also in water content. I know it would burn, but it will burn much better after a year or two of exposure. After I off-load, I figure more than 2 cord on hand. I plan on using it for 8 weeks out of the season and only a few splits at a time. That stuff burns great.
I haven't irrigated the grove for a couple years now, so most of it has been standing dead for at least a year. It splits nice, and is very dry. Cut, split, burn on the same day. It's been in the 40's at night, so the fire has been nice. I'll get some pictures of the wood. Didn't know that would be interesting. Wood porn. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
Anything in rounds that I can split is my favorite. The sound of the wood splitting when hit with the axe/maul is so satisfying.
Looks pretty dry all right! Good thing it splits easy, those trees look pretty gnarly. Nice hearth, I don't imagine fireplaces are a standard feature in San Diego homes. Good job salvaging that firewood!
I believe we can thank the native Indiana for hedge growing in so many places. From what I understand it only grew in one part of our country. Indiana planted it so they could make their bows out of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Newer homes have sealed gas fireplaces. They try to discourage burning wood. Air pollution. But fireplaces are very common in SoCal. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
My favorite is Alder and Big Leaf Maple. I love Alder the most, puts out the perfect amount of heat for my house in these PNW temps without cooking me out of the livingroom
I'm not too big of a snob. Mulberry and locust are tops, but I have a hard time turning down silver maple. It I was short of wood with little seasoning time the maple would move to the front of the line. Stacks at this time are full of mulberry, ash, white oak, some locust and elm. Not as much maple as normal. My firewood partner Lefty has some hedge trees that can come down, but already have so much other wood we just let them grow. Several cords of black locust are on deck for maybe next winter and beyond. I have been very very blessed with incredible wood.
I ran into some punky maple yesterday that looked like that. I had to toss it aside, probably to burn in our own fireplace, because that would be rejected by a customer.
We have every species of eastern hardwoods you can think of here including some you can't...wild plum, paw paw, etc . I always stay nice and toasty with black locust, honey locust and hackberry routinely in my stacks every season. Anything else is just extra.
