Black birch
I like to call my wife over to smell certain woods. She thinks I am crazy and she us probably right.
The black birch will also give off a distinct wintergreen smell
The black birch turns a slight orangey red on the end grain
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] was out for hike with wife and dog today and came across a yellow and black birch near each other. Very similar in size trees...
Glad you are alive. Go slow with your recovery
Thanks for sharing that!
If you top cover with metal roofing or similar, find a way that you can block the sharp edges so to avoid getting cut by them.
+1
Mostly pine in a medium load for overnight. Was 73 in the house when going to bed and low of 44 predicted overnight. Shoulder season
I will guess that your wood is red maple, which would be decent firewood. Middle of the road in btu's, but it strength lies in the speed it can...
Along with my last thought, the town bucked up the wood with the poison ivy on it. Any realistic concern with burning the wood related to any...
Let me know if you all think that I am overthinking this one. Here goes- So, I will be removing the bark from all the wood I scored recently. I...
Northern CT....brrrr. Can be almost a whole different climate than from the coast down here. That said, for the next month or so, while will you...
Beer and logs. What's better?
Thanks for the input everyone. Fortunately I have not split much of it yet, so I will go the route of debarking as I split. I think the OCD will...
Well, went back to talk with the property owner and all the remaining wood was gone. My guess is that whoever took had some major capabilities...
with a recent score of a bit more than a cord of wood, I now realize that there are poison Ivy vines on some of it. Don't want to burn poison ivy...
I burned some sassafras this winter. I found really good to cut up thin for use as kindling as well.
All the recommendation you all have made are great and if I get the green light to cut the big wood up, I will be using many of them.
