based on what i have read and learned here, i am doing something i have never done in 35+ years of burning wood. yesterday i was out in a gentle cold rain bucking up fallen pines. a couple of them were taken down as hazards and a few more fell in storms. i NEVER would burn pine in the past because i believed it was harmful or dangerous to stove and chimney. after reading posts from you fellers (and ladies) out west, i realized that any wood is fine to burn as long as it's seasoned and you guys get along just fine in winters as cold or colder than ours. so thanks for the shift in worldview and i look forward to my friends and neighbors giving me crap about it....so i can simply smirk.
my plan is to get out there after hunting season to split it to stove size right there on the ground and stack it right there where its laying and burning it one year from now. i am so psyched cuz this will probably save me about a cord (3 face cords, 2 ricks 1.2 bush cords ;-) ) of hardwood every year. i'll repeat this process with the other downed pines and stack them where they lay. i just can't stand burning hardwood in october. my wife grabbed some 2 year seasoned sugar maple off the stack the other day and i cringed.
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my plan is to get out there after hunting season to split it to stove size right there on the ground and stack it right there where its laying and burning it one year from now. i am so psyched cuz this will probably save me about a cord (3 face cords, 2 ricks 1.2 bush cords ;-) ) of hardwood every year. i'll repeat this process with the other downed pines and stack them where they lay. i just can't stand burning hardwood in october. my wife grabbed some 2 year seasoned sugar maple off the stack the other day and i cringed.
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