I like ash in that it seasons quick, and burns decent, but doesn't really get warmth to my bedrooms upstairs. I dont have any oak put up for this year, but a tree I'm processing has some limbs that were dead, and only the heartwood was left, and very dry. I forgot how much I like oak. I split those limbs and put em in the stove last night it was 3-4 degrees warmer in the bedroom, and still chugging along this morning.
I can understand that. its becoming extinct around here, now a days most farmers just want to get rid of them as they are more work to maintain. so I drive down the road and see a where a dozer pushes them down and into a huge pile to burn, almost brings a tear to my eye. all that btu going to waste.
Yup. Just yesterday, I was at my local mower /saw shop and got on the subject of wood burning and the owner, who is also a large farm owner, asked if I need wood?.... after pondering how to politely reply without scolding for even hinting at not needing more wood(I digress...) he said he’s taking out a whole section row of hedge and has a guy who’s pushing them over but he’s let me know ahead of time and I can have all I want. He was just gonna puke and burn... ‘tis a shame but glad I heard in time. Will be great heat for seasons to come after a few years of drying. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I would get as much as I could!! Never burned it, never seen it in my area, but from what I have read on this site that is great firewood! Hopefully you can get it before its all pushed up on big pile as it makes it 100 times easier!!! Hard on chains and hard on the body in a pile!!
hedge is the only wood you can cut and burn the same day, and still get all the heat out of it. don't let that dozer guy push them into a pile though. cutting hedge out of a pile could kill you. hedge doesn't snap like most wood. its gets pulled and tweaked and if you go cutting it and it has the right pressure on it, it can pop out and hit you with a few thousand pounds of force. its properties are the reason they use it for making bows. (bow and arrow)
I find that doubtful. All wood benefits from proper seasoning. E even ash, which legitimately will burn okay the day you cut it down.
I've been cutting down a Dead avocado grove here in San Diego. Previously I have been chipping the wood for mulch, but just recently starting splitting it and using it in the fireplace. It splits easy and burns hot but fast. Free is always good. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
Welcome, freewood, I'm glad you found us here on FHC! The avocado wood is dead, so it's dry enough to burn right away? You get chilly enough there so a fire in the fireplace is nice?
Have to agree about the spiders! Naturally I don't want bunches of them in the house but a few wandering the baseboards at night are fine. Out of sight, out of mind while they are cleaning up any buggies in the house!
you are the first person I've ever met that disagrees with that about hedge. although, hedge will light a lil quicker if its seasoned a year. but still it doesn't smoke or sizzle when its cut and burned the same day. at least in my experience.
Try pounding a nail in Hedge! Or drilling a hole in it. Argh. Never burned any but its got to be good. Odd stuff to say the least.
yea!! lol. the nail goes in about a quarter of an inch then bends over every time!!! lol. I've put up many miles of fence using hedge for posts. also pulled out 75 year old hedge posts they are half rotted and still burn super hot.
It's not like I see a lot of it. The thing is though, if it's alive and you cut it down then it should have moisture in the wood. Ash is well known for its its lower moisture content, and will burn green. But, it still benefits from a seasoning, and I would expect Osage to be the same. Indeed the characteristic that most people have experienced with it is sparking... The sparking is caused by pockets of moisture expanding when boiled.
