Cherry

[stoveliker]

The folks that gave me that oak in December brought me another load.
36 rounds of cherry, 12-14" diameter. A few sticks of oak and one or two of maple.

I believe there is some oak, but something else too...
The pile smells quite tangy, acidic. Like oak on steroids. First time fresh cherry for me (previous cherry was already a few years old), and I have to say I don't like the smell.

Burning seasoned cherry smells great though.

 

[stoveliker]

So, I got two pines last weekend. Two more next weekend or the one after that. This cherry, and a 1.25 face cord of ash is what I hope to burn next year.

Maybe a 1.5 face cord of oak that was CSS from dead standing December 2019 will be ready too.

Years after that I'm all good.

Nice thing is that I told the tree company that logs would be fine, but they bucked them already. All for free

 

[Solarguy3500]

The folks that gave me that oak in December brought me another load.
36 rounds of cherry, 12-14" diameter. A few sticks of oak and one or two of maple.

I believe there is some oak, but something else too...
The pile smells quite tangy, acidic. Like oak on steroids. First time fresh cherry for me (previous cherry was already a few years old), and I have to say I don't like the smell.

Burning seasoned cherry smells great though.

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I know exactly what you mean about the smell of freshly cut cherry.

Late last fall, my wife saw a post on FB about free wood that had just been cut down, cherry and cedar. When I got there, all that was left was cherry and I noticed as I was cutting it into rounds and loading it into my truck that bitter, acrid, unpleasant smell.

Hard to believe it smells so bad when first cut, because it sure does smell great when burning, if properly seasoned.

 

[Caw]

Consider it amatuer repellant. Let them take the other stuff and leave the sweet sweet cherry for us!