Got home today from work at 2, still light out, so I finished the birch and ash that i grabbed about a week ago, then went down to the field and finished splitting the birch, maple, and red oak i felled a little bit ago. Had to split by grizzly lights for the last 45 minutes.
Nice work Well Seasoned , I had planned on splitting tomorrow but with the snow left on the ground with a possible quarter inch of rain tonight it should be a mess.
Our snow melted today, except for a little in the woods. Luckily the ground wasn't to smushy where i was working.
According to my dog, this correct, except it's those he catches, and those he doesn't. I'm still learning these local trees but your Birch looks like a "Popple", at least that's the local term. Also I think it's an Aspen. "Populus tremuloides is a deciduous tree native to cooler areas of North America, one of several species referred to by the common name aspen. It is commonly called quaking aspen, trembling aspen, American aspen, Quakies, mountain or goldenaspen, trembling poplar, white poplar, popple, as well as others."
They have a strange bark that up high, looks like Birch it's smooth & light colored, down low it looks like an oak with a dark & heavy rough bark. But I'm still learning.
So its more like shoulder season stuff? There is a ton of it, but aspen is poplar, is it different than tulip poplar. I had a bunch of poplar when i lived in pa, but the bark was a little different.
I think your right, I've heard that they make trim & moldings with it. I have some huge (tall) Poppl's and when I first noticed them I thought that they were oaks with at least 3 beautiful clear logs in each one (It was winter & no leaves). I just couldn't understand, (or see very well) why the tops where light colored and smooth. I've also heard them called Poplar, for me that meant Tulip poplar and I knew they were not that. Regional tree vocabulary can be very tricky.
When we had a small twister go through in Pennsylvania, this tulip poplar when down. Same family of tree But searching, i agree its a trembling aspen that i was cutting. I've never burned it before, is it decent stuff?
Honestly, no. It’s middle to low BTU... However, I love the stuff for my OWB. It’s veeeerrrrrrry plentiful around me and people have the same general opinion of poplar as they do any soft wood. So, it’s pretty much free and sometimes people will even drop it off in the yard instead of bringing it to the dump! Win win. Shoulder season wood. If I were you, I’d add it to the stack!
My son texted me yesterday that a huge one came down in the wind storm yesterday. I didn't have much daylight today, so did what i could in a half hour with only the ms 170. Not bad. This weekend I'll drag it out and bust out the 372. Before & after: (there's still 20-30ft of good big rounds I'll need to buck up)
