My brother-in-law runs apple trees through his chipper and sells 5 pound bags of chips for the bbq. That's after he gets paid for clearing the orchard and hauling out the old trees!
Probably half of that will be. I think its got some kind of rot in it so I need to be selective about it. Im actually running into something that i got in some other wood. Didnt make it smell super bad but wasnt the pine that Im used to.
Yeah when its wetter than heck around here for months its hard for it not to grow. Moss is just gonna dry out when i throw it in the fire.
That's a nice haul! All I did today was fill the garbage can with noodles and chips from my tree service freebies, and haul that to the end of the driveway for pickup tomorrow. Rain all day here.
At some point its ignored and the day goes on. I just had my addiction flowing today plus cooking up some stuff with natural wood just sounds bomb.
You're probably more used to dealing with all day rain being from Washington State. . My wife moved to Wisconsin from Portland Oregon as she was sick of the rain.
Some of us carry soap but we're all a bit sick of taking cold showers now. Luckily first week of april showing some warm up.
Good show, sir. Apple is delicious for food and warmth. I used some along with hickory this year on our coldest nights and it ran like a champ. Stashed plenty for the smoker, too! Edit to add that the smell coming out of the boiler with that Apple hickory mix was exactly what food heaven smells like when they're preparing dinner up there.
Yeah going to likely let this season this year then put it in effect next year culling the good (bbq) and not so good(new woodstove to come)!
Really? That stuff makes good compost. I have been filling the divits in my lawn with wood chips from cutting rounds in half.
I need to think about doing the same for the grass. The dogs have put a ridiculous path to the garage all in mud. Ive taken some time getting some sawdust on the ground but looks like a trailerful would be needed. A sawbuck might help me a bit.
Yeah, I suppose I could use it to fill in divots and that low spot where the willow used to be. There's plenty of chips and noodles left. Thanks for the idea.
Put a layer of stove ash under there while you're at it! A drunken idiot ran his jeep into/through my drainage culvert. After finding out how much work it was going to be to get his insurance to take care of it, I filled the ruts with stove ash and covered with my wife's leftover mulch and topsoil from the flower beds. Just about got my grass back by the end of the season here. The stove ash held on pretty good on the grade.
Im going to gather you get quite a bit with the amount you burn in the winter. Might think about getting a garbage can for that reason its a mess and then some!
You know, since I've started using pine judiciously to burn the coals down, I probably only take out 9 gallons or so (in 3 gallon buckets) until the end of the year when I get the ash bed out. The first year I didn't know the pine trick and probably removed 25 gallons plus. Burning the coals down regularly really helps reduce the ash.
