are you burning alot of bark with the wood? that will produce alot of ash. also you could try throwing in a scoop of ashtrol or some crushed...
I'm thinking its in the birch family. sycamore splits like cottonwood, or elm. it more tears apart than splits. those splits are way to clean to...
thats a neat idea. I usually cut the stump really low to the ground. and angle the tip slightly downward that way I can keep the handle up out of...
oh. good info! :) the oak rounds I had were all 14-18" dia. I'm sure that also makes a difference.
time will tell. hedge turns dark orange, mulbery turns brown.
the only thing I can think of is that the guy either had no idea what he was doing, and butchered the chain. OR it was a specific chain. for a...
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its either siberian elm or american elm. break off a piece of the bark and look for alternating layers of creamy white and redish brown. if it has...
[IMG]from left to right, black locust, mulberry, hedge seasoned about 1 year.
Hmmm. well the oak that I had that began to rot after one year but it was buried in the pile so that must be the difference.
the color of the split is way too light to be hedge. the bark actually kinda looks like hedge. I'm gonna say the top piece is mulberry and the...
that is not hedge, mulberry, or black locust.
in my experience mulberry turns a dark, very dark, reddish brown.
oak will rot before it ever seasons in round form. getting the bark off will help but it won't solve the problem.
I don't have a problem but I'm on a laptop.
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