So what's on the menu this season for your wood burner?

The bulk this year is 3 year old douglas fir. Then some 2-3 year pine (lodgepole and other varieties), some aspen, tamarack (western larch), and a tiny bit of sugar maple. So far I have moved 5 cords into storage for this winter, will get another 2 in before the weekend, in anticipation of rain. That will carry me fine for this winter, especially with some insulation upgrades I have done and the new 30-NC going in.

Next year looks to be pine heavy, rather than douglas fir. That's OK, I like pine.

 

This 3 yr old post. Back then I figured it would last into '18 and it looks like it will.

 

Pine, spruce, poplar, and willow (yup. Price I paid for a monster 3-stem sugar maple) for the shoulders and starters. Red oak, sugar maple, hickory, and lots of ash for Real Winter®. Probably a smattering of beech and black birch in the leftover pile, too. Gun to my head, black birch would have to be my favorite wood. Wicked hot, easy splitting, and smells SO GOOD.

 

My most favoritest of all farwood is PINE! Yep, there, I said it, I love pine!

Of my 4 year seasoned wood that I'll be burning this season, the only reason there is pine in the mix is because I swiped some from my now 14 month old stash. I'm a pine addict and not afraid to admit it!

 

Mix of well seasoned Doug Fir and Big Leaf maple, and about a face cord of 4 year seasoned elm for this winter.

 

White Ash. White Pine. Maple. Elm. And some Oak I may burn in the late winter/cold spring.

 

1/2 cord of pine leftover from last year
1/2 cord of red maple left over from last year
1 cord of 4 year seasoned white oak
2.5 cord 3+ year seasoned red oak

I've got about 3 cords or so of red maple logs that need some attention.

 

This year will be the same as last year. I burn about 3 cord a year and 1 1/2 cord will be the beetle kill lodge pole pine. Then the rest will be cottonwood, elm, Russian olive and some aspen.
Free BTU's. Don't knock it.

 

I take what I can get....Red oak, white oak, bur oak, elm, walnut, ash, locust, hedge, birch. Should burn 10-12 cord this winter, depending on when I have to start up the monster.

I'm really looking forward to burning the hedge that I cut and split 4 years ago.

 

Maple, poplar, sweet gum, and some sycamore (cleared from my food plot), for the shoulder seasons. Chestnut oak, red oak, and white oak, for the real weather. Haven't burned sycamore before, so it might be interesting....or not.

 

Based on my 2014-15 consumption, I put 3 cords on my porch last winter for 2015-16. Turned out to be a mild year and I ended up burning about a cord. So I've got 2 cords of pine and tree of heaven with just a bit of gum mixed in. Really high-end stuff! I'll be plenty warm whatever winter brings.

 

The Russian olive does not split to bad, the cotton wood is worse. It does not smell good until you get it good and dry and then no issues when burning it. A lot of the Russian Olive I got came from a golf course that they removed and I do not recall there being any thorns. As far as the way it burns it is just ok and nothing to brag about. It does not leave all the ash that cotton wood does and does not spark a lot like pine.