I scored a good amount of Blackbirch early this spring and cut split stacked and covered it quickly.I’ve always loved this wood and it dries relatively quick compared OK with the same BTUs. Usually takes a little more than a year to be good and dry. Here and there, I like to take out the moisture meter and see where different parts of my wood pile are as far as moisture content. Totally unnecessary because I’m pretty far ahead, which is something I like to do from a curiosity point of view. A few samples of this Blackbirch processed six months ago shows one section is 16% and see in the other section 21% MC! Would’ve never imagined this stuff would be technically ready to burn this year. Because I split it slightly larger Then normal, I may use it for some overnight burns later in the winter. Blackbirch is only a witch found in the north east for the most part, so if you are fortunate enough to have it around you, never pass it up
Good looking stuff! I was fortunate enough this year to scrounge about 1.5 cords of it and was pretty impressed with the drying time too. I suppose it helped a lot having an incredibly hot and dry summer. I'll be trying some of the smaller pieces towards the end of this winter; I haven't burned any in the stove yet.
Black Birch is a lot higher in BTU’s than most would probably guess. It’s up around the 24 million mark, neck and neck with White Oak!!! It’s pretty heavy stuff, splits great, seasons fairly fast. Thankfully, I have a ton of it on my property.
Hey! Yous gots so much o' dat wood ah growin' at yo place, hows bout yous send ah truck load o' dat stuff down here to Kentucky fer me! I's sho wood likes ta trys hit!
Missed this thread Steve. Yeah ive found the same true for BB. Id scrounge more but just not available to me. I CSS some back in the end of July and am curious as to what the MM would read. It was from logs felled months earlier and stack gets a lot of sun too.
