Hello everyone! First I want to thank everyone on this site for their valuable information they have provided me. Even though I have been lurking for a while and learning, this is my first post.
Last December I installed a Hearthstone Clydesdale insert in my fireplace and have been heating my house with less than stellar wood. My wife just loves the heat it produces compared to just keeping the house “warm enough”.
Most of the wood I have been burning is pine because I have 2.25 acres of 85 to 100 foot standing white pine. (Giant Q-Tips!) I have a lot of standing dead so I just c/s/s them and they are ready to burn. Once I take down all the standing dead, I will start thinning out the live ones. I have plenty of pine for the shoulder seasons for quite a few years. I purchased 2 cord last winter that was supposed to be 18 month seasoned...ya right, but we made it work. After reading on this site, I am convinced seasoning my own is the only way to go!
I have about 1 ½ cord of hard wood ready for this season and 2 cord for 13/14 and 1 cord for 14/15 (oak). I also have 2 cord of hemlock for 13/14, but that will probably be used for the shoulder months, like the pine. I am still not sure how much we will burn each season, but I am going to plan for 3 cord of hardwood until I get ahead.
So, looking at the “will I ever get ahead” syndrome, I bought a grapple load. After it was unloaded today, I was at a loss for tree type on a few of these logs. Do you mind if I call on you folks for tree identification when I am at a loss. I am hoping to c/s/s all this by species. Thanks in advance.
Bruce
Last December I installed a Hearthstone Clydesdale insert in my fireplace and have been heating my house with less than stellar wood. My wife just loves the heat it produces compared to just keeping the house “warm enough”.
Most of the wood I have been burning is pine because I have 2.25 acres of 85 to 100 foot standing white pine. (Giant Q-Tips!) I have a lot of standing dead so I just c/s/s them and they are ready to burn. Once I take down all the standing dead, I will start thinning out the live ones. I have plenty of pine for the shoulder seasons for quite a few years. I purchased 2 cord last winter that was supposed to be 18 month seasoned...ya right, but we made it work. After reading on this site, I am convinced seasoning my own is the only way to go!
I have about 1 ½ cord of hard wood ready for this season and 2 cord for 13/14 and 1 cord for 14/15 (oak). I also have 2 cord of hemlock for 13/14, but that will probably be used for the shoulder months, like the pine. I am still not sure how much we will burn each season, but I am going to plan for 3 cord of hardwood until I get ahead.
So, looking at the “will I ever get ahead” syndrome, I bought a grapple load. After it was unloaded today, I was at a loss for tree type on a few of these logs. Do you mind if I call on you folks for tree identification when I am at a loss. I am hoping to c/s/s all this by species. Thanks in advance.
Bruce