Winter Wood for 2012 and future
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TimJ
Minister of Fire
Glenn, we've been cutting dead ash for about 10 years now. Won't get it all cut up yet this winter but probably 2-3 years and we'll have them all cut. That will be a sad day.
The dead ash is a sad thing but it sure has supplied me with a lot of quality firewood. I still get a couple of dead elm trees a year as well. I have one large dead elm to cut this fall, about 2ft at the base with a lot of branches. Should be quite q bit of wood in that one!
Glenn, we too get some dead elm every year. We leave them until most or all of the bark has fallen off. That way they split much easier and don't get all stringy which makes for much better firewood.
infinitymike
Minister of Fire
Great looking stacks Glennm, where abouts in Southern Ontario are you I'm in Windsor. All of the ash has been dead or dying for at least the last five years here. I went to London on Tuesday and noticed the same on the 401 on the way there but as I got into the city there were lots of live healthy ash everywhere.
I'm just east of the service centre in near Cambrige. We have 13 acres of bush and 400 acres of crown land across the road from me. I work for a company that has locations in London and Windsor so I have seen the dead trees on my travels
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