Ram 1500 with an axe...
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The first time I burned the leaves it opened my eyes real quick about safely having a tree in the the house for the Holidays.....
O' Christmas Tree?
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Ram 1500 with an axe...
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firefighterjake
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firefighterjake
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You guys all lost me here. I've only ever had balsam fir as Christmas trees in my house, and it would be easier to light a concrete block on fire than a tree fresh out of the stand after the holiday.
Mine is sitting in my front yard, bereft of branches, and will be tossed behind the woodshed for about a year. Branches too. That's about how long it will take for that green critter to dry and be burnable. When the time comes, it all gets stuffed in the wood boiler and lit. If I were to put some of those wet green branches in there now, they would still be there in an hour, black, crispy and hissing steam.
Mine is sitting in my front yard, bereft of branches, and will be tossed behind the woodshed for about a year. Branches too. That's about how long it will take for that green critter to dry and be burnable. When the time comes, it all gets stuffed in the wood boiler and lit. If I were to put some of those wet green branches in there now, they would still be there in an hour, black, crispy and hissing steam.
Ok, I'll admit... I'm still burning branches of our Christmas tree, against much of the advice...
It is a balsam fir, and it has been we'll watered, and does NOT burn easily. I put in well cut up pieces on top of coals, and wait vigilantly until it dries up and ignites It does take off like a rocket when it begins to burn, but I am right there to turn the air off when it does. It's quite a show!
I do agree.. Everything in moderation.
It is a balsam fir, and it has been we'll watered, and does NOT burn easily. I put in well cut up pieces on top of coals, and wait vigilantly until it dries up and ignites It does take off like a rocket when it begins to burn, but I am right there to turn the air off when it does. It's quite a show!
I do agree.. Everything in moderation.
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CenterTree
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Don't forget to ask about burning peed on cat wood pellets . . .
I got some old dried out firewood i have been saving for a few years. (stacked out back in the sun)Bowling pins, books, now green Christmas trees......I can hardly wait to see what is next!
Call me crazy but, I have been thinking about burning some of it.
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jdp1152
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Bowling pins, books, now green Christmas trees......I can hardly wait to see what is next!
I bought a retired wine barrel from a vineyard and made it into a TV component cabinet. The scrap oak staves that were cut out were mixed with ash in the insert.
Christmas trees end up on the back deck until I get around to dragging it into the woods.
firefighterjake
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I got some old dried out firewood i have been saving for a few years. (stacked out back in the sun)
Call me crazy but, I have been thinking about burning some of it.
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Hmmm . . . burning well seasoned wood in a woodstove . . . that is crazy talk!
Mine goes under the bird feeder.
Some of the seed ends up there and the birds seem to like it.
Sometime in Spring I drag it in the woods, cut all the branches off, spread them around rather than in a pile and they become 100% natural forest mulch.
Some of the seed ends up there and the birds seem to like it.
Sometime in Spring I drag it in the woods, cut all the branches off, spread them around rather than in a pile and they become 100% natural forest mulch.
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