Not near as many " uglies " from this wood Much better , straighter trees Less rotten / hollow centers Good wood for the fire-pit in a year or so
I put lots of marginal stuff in the big stack , can screen it out when it goes to the shed next Aug Or Use it if needed
Seems kind of easy though, you know what you're going to burn. I have so many decisions to make before I load the stove Inside temperature, outside temperature, wind speed, barometric pressure, how hot a fire do I want, how long do I want it to last, what time do I want to reload, then have to remember where the heck the wood is that I decided to burn
I did a search " Red alder BTU" Alaska Birch BTU is higher than Red Alder for what I could find. Red alder ranges from 14.8 Mil BTU/cord to 19.5 Mil BTU/cord Alaska birch has 23.6 Mil BTU/cord Areas & climate effect the growth & density of various trees. Not sure why such a wide range on Alder Paper birch in the lower 48 rates lower BTU than Alaska birch. ?
Looks like a win-win on the new harvesting spot, Dave! Speaking of uglies, you should've seen the two 4' oak stumps I split up yesterday......enough uglies to heap up an 8' truck bed........
The red alder here grows like a weed and its life span is only about 30 years. Once dry, it burns fairly clean but quickly. It can be horrible to split by hand because of the knots from all the branches. In some places, it is used for furniture making. I just asked because your stacks have a similar look to stacks of alder.
That's interesting cause your birch looks like my white paper birch.. which is listed in the resources as 20 mbtu per cord.. I wonder if your birch is more dense due to growing cycles.. as to your uglies I am laughing.. they would have been stacked by me but my stack are ugly compared to your Dave trust me!
I wish my uglies looked that good. I'm my own worst enemy, I just can't throw away BTU's. Besides the OWB isn't picky on what goes in it.