mixed bag!!

Scotty Overkill said:

RORY12553 said:

You guys are a bunch of addicts! LOL i have mostly oak and some maple...found a guy that rents a house that wants all the split wood off his property which will add about 4 cords already split of oak and ash..almost feel bad taking it being it isn't so much work!

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what the heck are ya waitin for? Get yer butt over there and get that stuff! :cheese:

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In no rush the wood isn't going to get up and walk away and the guy is in no rush to have it moved. Need to get set up with pallets and posts so i can just stack it when i get it to the house.

Woody Stover said:

firefighterjake said:

clemsonfor said:

Cherry smell good? You must have something other than black cherry, that stuff stinks!! Not paid attention to the smoke but cutting it and or smelling it its just nasty!

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That's odd . . . I cut black cherry and it smells great . . . a hint of sweet-ness to it. In fact when I process cherry I usually go a bit slower since inevitably I will be splitting up some and will stop once in a while to sniff it. Are you sure your black cherry is in fact black cherry?

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Have you got a pic of this "Black Cherry?" Either that's not BC or you need to have your nose checked. :lol:

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No . . . it's black cherry . . . I even looked up prunus serotina to be sure . . . I guess what it comes down to is that with different people we all have different ideas of what tastes, smells, hears, feels or looks good.

I like blonds, Dennis likes redheads.

I like Woodchuck cider and hate the taste of beer, my buddy Aaron calls cider poison and loves a tall glass of Guiness.

I like alternative rock, other people like country.

I guess it's the same here . . . I love the smell of cherry and find it aromatic, others do not.

clemsonfor said:

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scroungerjeff said:

Scotty Overkill said:

scroungerjeff" date="1328433290 said:

First post but been lurking around for a while.
I had an old zc removed and put the northstar in back in November. Love it and it heats the whole house with ease. Not saying much this winter though.
Have been scrounging and stacking wood for years and have the following in order of quantity:

Black Locust
White Oak
N Red Oak
Silver Maple
S Red Oak
Norway Maple
Black Cherry
Red Maple
Sassafras
Mockernut Hickory
Sweet Gum
Pitch Pine

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Scrounger welcome to your newest addiction, Hearth.com! You are now on yer way to becoming a master of the flame, this is a great place to get ideas, put in yer ideas, and do a little ball-bustin once in a while. you got a great selection, you should have no problem working some different burns with that cache of wood.....

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Thanks Scotty, the addiction is well under way, just ask my wife and daughter. They love the 75 degree living room and I like keeping the propane man at bay. With this extended mild streak I have been burning pine for start-up and maple and cherry for the long burns. Cherry leaves really nice coals and smells pretty good as well. Saving the loc and oak for cold spells. I am very impressed with all the great advice dispensed here.

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Cherry smell good? You must have something other than black cherry, that stuff stinks!! Not paid attention to the smoke but cutting it and or smelling it its just nasty!

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That's odd . . . I cut black cherry and it smells great . . . a hint of sweet-ness to it. In fact when I process cherry I usually go a bit slower since inevitably I will be splitting up some and will stop once in a while to sniff it. Are you sure your black cherry is in fact black cherry?

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YEs, are you sure your talking about "Prunus serotina" commen name black cherry? There can be many local or common names for a particular tree many are not actually correct but are accepted locally? "serotina" Which is the species means basically fragrant or sented, but does not necisarily mean good.

And i know i am talking about black cherry, i am a forester by profession.

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Well as a forester you certainly would know your trees . . . and it seems as though there are a few folks here who agree with you . . . although it seems to me over the years there have been many folks here who tend to love the smell.

I actually looked up prunus serotina to be sure we were on the same page . . . and yeah . . . same tree . . . you and I are both talking about the same tree.

As I posted before . . . I guess it comes down to the fact that we all have different ideas of what smells, tastes and looks good and what is bad. I hate the taste of onions . . . my wife loves them. I think black cherry smells quite nice, you do not.

So what do you think of eastern white cedar? Maybe we can find commonground here.

I have====
a pile of tree length
a pile of 16'' bucked length
a pile of split's
a pile of twigs
a pile in the shed
a pile in the basement........................
ALL WOOD.............

Wow didn't mean to start a row about cherry. I am certain that I have mostly black cherry (P. serotina). I am a biologist and have had an affinity for trees all my life. I agree that people have umteen viewpoints about how things smell and taste. I actually meant that i like the smell of the seasoned cherry while burning. It did have a sweet musty odor when i opened the doors to feed it more. The green cambium of a twig smells awful due to, I believe it was stated before, a cyanide compound (been a while since dendro class).

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The green cambium of a twig smells awful due to, I believe, a cyanide compound (been a while since dendro class).

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That's true. Cattle & deer can browse the green leaves with no ill effects,but when a branch is broken or something else causes the leaves to turn brown that contains cyanic acid.Can be deadly in large enough doses.