Each time I come across a new wood to me, I can't wait to try it! I recently found some logs at the dump and I have no clue what it is. It reminds me a fruit tree, and it's dense, and the wood is very yellow and brown. It's unusual looking wood, and I look forward to burning some down the way! Do you find yourself doing this? Problem is... I tend to sell just oak because that is what most people want. But if I don't start selling some mixed hardwoods, there's no way I can burn all of this stuff! I do enjoy seeking, handling, admiring and burning different species. Another problem is stacking partial stacks. I might just have a few smallish logs like this new wood, and it won't fill a whole face cord 4x8 rack. Might have to start labeling, lol. Someone else on here takes pics of stacks, that's a good idea and might be a good solution but I'm not exactly Mr. Organized with photos.
Since ive joined FHC yes im addicted to new firewoods and scrounging them. Some might say i have a black locust addiction. Id love to score more mulberry and black locust...well i cant get enough of that!
Sounds like mulberry which can be a bit orange too but it could also be elm or persimmon. A picture of the bark would tell. I have recently started sorting my wood by species so I can pick and choose the best burners for the season. Have been burning a lot of ash recently but just started oak as the temps have dropped. For the overnights I put in the locust. Cherry and apple I don't put in the stove but save it for cooking. Now hickory, that is a puzzlement - to heat or to cook.
I try to keep mine somewhat separated and will burn my trashy low quality wood in the daytime and load up at night right before bed with the good stuff. It's cold and the wind is blowing today, really cuts you to be out in it, without proper clothes, so I have burnt up some real old and dry wood, which doesn't last that long but burns hot, that and the big old ugly's that are normally hard to get in the stove. I stick one of those in there, and a few real dry small ugly's and let her rip.
I have a firewood bucket list. I always cut, examine, smell etc a new species. I sort and stack by lower btu and softwoods or dense hardwoods.
I too love trying different species, this year I’ve been burning cherry, apple, ash, yew, oak, sycamore and various conifers. I keep the more dense and uniform sized pieces for colder nights but as winters are relatively mild here, I can get away with burning a cocktail of odd sized chunks most of the time. It certainly makes for an interesting fire.
I hope I've got pics from when it was split and the most colorful. I did not recognize it as mulberry.
Same. It's not often I get something outside of our normal handful of native trees. Someone gave me a small amount of walnut that will probably be ready next season.
