As far as I am concerned, there’s 2 types of elm trees. And they each have to be dealt with differently. Alive and dead
I have a big Elm round on the porch from last year, for a chopping block for spitting wood down smaller when I need to, and I like Elm for that. The ax hardly dents the top of the block, when splitting wood on it.
Yes. At least that has been my experience when I get green elm and it looks like your picture. After it’s seasoned it turns a tan or light brown tone.
This thread motivated me. This old feller been dying for a while. Finally started giving out last few weeks. Got it cleaned up and split today. not too bad. A few stubborn ones but should season up nice. Can definitely tell the ones that had been dead longer. Another 6-8 months in rounds would have made for an easier task.
I'm new to hoarding wood, only 3 years now. When I started I scrounged all the already dead wood I could find, and a lot of it was elm with no bark, but it had the dutch elm disease signs. It all cut and split great, it wasn't till last year I got a hold of some green stuff and found out what all the anguish was about. I still have a lot of long dead elm, and it burns great. I'm enjoying it during this mild weather. On the down side, I can't say I'm very fond of the way it smells when burning. Now I leave all the live elm I can, hoping it recovers.
