More Ebay firewood

Never considered Ebay as a place to buy firewood:

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This time in the Bergen Passaic Essex County NJ area.

Sounds like a proper organization. I'm in the wrong country though, let alone county!

Hi Cave2K,

I've subsequently seen more rather pricey firewood sellers on Ebay. I suppose some will be tempted, especially if it's local.

In Japan, most houses are built from a timber structure, large pre-cut beams, which means plenty of forests. I live in the Kanto plain surrounded on 3 sides by small mountains that are well forested. As well as the usual oak, cedar and pine there is birch, larch,beach, Japanese oak, cherry, keyaki (zelkova), acacia and other lesser types of these trees.

Recently, I've been cutting and splitting cherry and zelkova for next year. As this is my first year I had to buy, which means getting mixtures of broadleaf tree firewood. I also got some softer wood which I think is red pine. It burns fast and hot so is good for getting the stove up to the 'best burn' zone. The cherry and oak I have is by far the best for length of burn. I wish I had more.

The other wood I haven't mentioned yet is plum. As pickled plums are almost a staple here it means plenty of plum trees. The wood is very dark brown and has a distinctive aroma, too. This wood burns well also.

Cheers, Matt.

Hi Wood Duck,

Yes, Keyaki (Zelkova) is about the same as acacia wood (someone is bound to corect me if I'm wrong) for burn quality. I've been cutting and splitting (with a maul) some nice logs of it today ready for next year. It splits well, doesn't it? It burns like most hardwoods do but the trees here don't get as thick as some trees do so I burn quite small diameter logs. Not that much of an aroma but it does what one wants it to.

Cheers, Matt.