I've been busy trying to build up several year's worth of wood for my fireplace. I came across a variety of different types of trees & I took as much as I was able, regardless of species. Now I'm trying to figure out which wood will be ready to burn next winter! I really have little idea so I thought I'd post pics and maybe someone will be kind enough to help me out. I've included possible hints
1: The wood is wet in this pictures. It was surprisingly heavy and the sawdust was almost orange when I cut it. Smelled good
2: This stuff split really easy
3: Very lightweight. Split easy, inside was almost pure white, including the larger rounds
4: Insides were a little stringy. The bark was so rough it wore a hole in my gloves
5: I didn't get much of this. Weird red splotches like the tree was bleeding
6: This was cut & split last fall, my friend thought it was ash
7: This was cut last fall, just these split today
8: I've already had this one ID'd but I figured I'd include it
And here are some pictures of my woodpiles. In the background, split & stacked, are wood from pics #6&7. In the foreground are mostly types 8 and 2 with some 4 mixed in
The piles of wood from left to right are types 7, then the 8/2/4, then the 1/3/4/5
Next project is to build something to stack all this wood on so I can get it off the ground (which is what the pt 2x4's are for). Also in the foreground is my guard dog who made sure no cats snuck up on me while I was splitting the wood.
My plan was to burn the stuff in the background that's already stacked first, then the pile on the left (more wood # 7), then the pile on the right, then the pile in the middle, is that a good strategy?
1: The wood is wet in this pictures. It was surprisingly heavy and the sawdust was almost orange when I cut it. Smelled good
2: This stuff split really easy
3: Very lightweight. Split easy, inside was almost pure white, including the larger rounds
4: Insides were a little stringy. The bark was so rough it wore a hole in my gloves
5: I didn't get much of this. Weird red splotches like the tree was bleeding
6: This was cut & split last fall, my friend thought it was ash
7: This was cut last fall, just these split today
8: I've already had this one ID'd but I figured I'd include it
And here are some pictures of my woodpiles. In the background, split & stacked, are wood from pics #6&7. In the foreground are mostly types 8 and 2 with some 4 mixed in
The piles of wood from left to right are types 7, then the 8/2/4, then the 1/3/4/5
Next project is to build something to stack all this wood on so I can get it off the ground (which is what the pt 2x4's are for). Also in the foreground is my guard dog who made sure no cats snuck up on me while I was splitting the wood.
My plan was to burn the stuff in the background that's already stacked first, then the pile on the left (more wood # 7), then the pile on the right, then the pile in the middle, is that a good strategy?
nice job...
