Birch spruce, bears & mosquitoesDiabel said:This weather is just too strange, my stove has been cold for almost a week
(cheating a bit with ng in the mornings). It has just been too warm to fire it up.
About to change tonight
Could not help noticing you burn mostly birch. Remember seeing lots of birch in Alaska!! Plus bears!
bogydave said:I get about 10 days of burning from 2 trailer loads.
Just a bit windy but some things you have no choice but "get' r done".
One blast of snow hit pretty hard, stings the face. 60 MPH gusts.
stejus said:Dave - what kind of birch is that? We have Black Birch down here and it's rock solid and burns hot and long. I can't tell from the pic's, but it looks like a hard species of birch.
bogydave said:stejus said:Dave - what kind of birch is that? We have Black Birch down here and it's rock solid and burns hot and long. I can't tell from the pic's, but it looks like a hard species of birch.
I've heard it called white birch, red birch, paper birch.
BTU matches yellow birch on other BTU charts. Black birch is a new one for me.
This site calls it "birch"
http://forestry.alaska.gov/pdfs/08BTUFirewoodHandout.pdf
stejus said:bogydave said:stejus said:Dave - what kind of birch is that? We have Black Birch down here and it's rock solid and burns hot and long. I can't tell from the pic's, but it looks like a hard species of birch.
I've heard it called white birch, red birch, paper birch.
BTU matches yellow birch on other BTU charts. Black birch is a new one for me.
This site calls it "birch"
http://forestry.alaska.gov/pdfs/08BTUFirewoodHandout.pdf
I never knew paper or white had that many btu's. I have a few paper (white paper looking bark) birches on my property that are leaning towards the house. Time to take them down and fire them up . Black birch is common in forests throughout Eastern North America.
http://chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
maxed_out said:Dave, love those antlers on your shed. nice bling to it now!
NATE379 said:I let the dog out this evening before leaving for work (I work 5:30PM-6AM). He went about 10ft, turned around and hauled back to the door. I had to walk him out to his "spot" which is at the woods like about 150ft from the house. It was not too comfortable standing there in shorts, house slippers and a T Shirt.
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