I am I am thinking this is cedar? Asking because it is a close by score, and it looks cut almost perfect. What is the verdict from you guys on burning seasoned cedar in my quadrafire? Is it worth getting, even just for shoulder seasons?
Yes that’s cedar. It burns HOT, but extremely fast. Makes great kindling. I burned some this past winter and usually mixed it in with longer burning wood. If I came across more I’d take it in limited amounts but I wouldn’t go out of my way looking for it. Might as well try it since it’s close to you.
I loved getting hold of some Cedar when I lived in Wyoming and about all I had was Ponderosa Pine. The Cedar held a fire longer, made good heat and smells AMAZING.
Makes great kindling, never tried burning any big pieces. Also for future reference if its free, close, and easy the answer is always YES.
So it is OK to burn ? I thought it contained a lot of natural oils and wasn't a good wood to burn ; inside anyway. Great to know , scraps from the mill will now make their way into the burn pile.
I’ve burned it inside with no problems although as others have said it burns hot and fast. Because of the great smell I prefer to burn it in the fire pit.
Could be juniper or even arborvitae. Doesn't look like the atlantic white cedar that grows here ( which is actually cypress). Most cypress and juniper are aromatic even when burning so should makee good firepit fuel. Low BTU, like eastern white pine, or even poplar, which can be an advantage sometimes. Most of the "oil" in "cedar" is in the heartwood of rather large trees and seasoned really shouldn't be an issue. Like white pine, well seasoned, it's great for throwing on morning coals to get a fire going again as it ignites quite readily and dependably.
I think it is. Ive scrounged bucked logs at the dump once and made "gourmet" kindling out of it. M2theB likes it! Bigger knotty chunks went to the fire pit. Grab some Pricey to try it out. Smells great...like grandma's cedar chest.
To complicate identification further ~ What you have is Eastern Red Cedar. Technically the ERC is not a true cedar, but belongs to the juniper family. Between arborvitae/juniper/cedar it’s easy to get confused on what grows where, and to complicate things worse people have planted one or the other profusely all over. Naming nuances aside, our “cedar” here in the east does make decent firewood.
Sadly I messaged the person who had it posted. they never responded, and now the posting is gone. Oh well.
With a little deducing (and maybe some googlies), one would be able to yes w/out much more to go on...
Can’t stop the machine that is marketing. Heck, there may be a wax candle version of “Swedish Torch” out there.........