Finally for the hickory done (nope, still not posting pics) so I started on the birch and boy is that stuff stringy. I'd rather split hickory any day!
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White birch is the main firewood I have access to. I find It splits pretty easy when its first cut down. But after a few weeks drying out it seems to get alot harder to split I think its because the bark helps hold the splits together. When its green I find the bark just falls off when splitting. I even saved a bunch of the bark for starting outdoor fires is seems to work better then newspaper I may even have to try it in my stove one of these days
This is a "river birch." Like I said it's stringy and wants to stay together.
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hmmmm, yeah this is river birch but it's a pain.
thats funny, I have a hard time with Cherry up here and birch treats me well.
Trick to tough birch is tempature. I wait to split it until it is -30 or colder. At these temps it splits with a ax easily.
White birch is the main firewood I have access to. I find It splits pretty easy when its first cut down. But after a few weeks drying out it seems to get alot harder to split I think its because the bark helps hold the splits together. When its green I find the bark just falls off when splitting. I even saved a bunch of the bark for starting outdoor fires is seems to work better then newspaper I may even have to try it in my stove one of these days