Kindling & Shoulder Season Wood for 2011

[thewoodlands]

Still have plenty of this (Basswood) stacked back in the woods so I'll use some for the kindling then use the rest for some shoulder season wood along with the aspen.





Zap

 

[wood spliter]

I have nothing specifically for shoulder season. I just burn waht I have. I get a mix of Cherry, Maple, Oak, and locust. All are pretty good woods but I do burn Locust and Oak on the colder nights.

 

[thewoodlands]

I have nothing specifically for shoulder season. I just burn waht I have. I get a mix of Cherry, Maple, Oak, and locust. All are pretty good woods but I do burn Locust and Oak on the colder nights.

We usually burn cherry from the start but this year (2011-2012) we will have some aspen and basswood ready. It's down so we should give it the respect it deserves and burn it!


Zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

Locust is gold here, it only gets brought out on special occasions. The only oak I've seen is furniture or trim. I'm with you Zap, its all got a place and the stuff most look down their noses at probably supplies 80% of the heat in this house.

 

[thewoodlands]

Locust is gold here, it only gets brought out on special occasions. The only oak I've seen is furniture or trim. I'm with you Zap, its all got a place and the stuff most look down their noses at probably supplies 80% of the heat in this house.

Seasoning time for a dead basswood, 6 months?


Zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

Not even especially if it is split small. I use it as the sacrificial layer on top of the coal bed at reload time. Or a load of it and one decent split in the middle and you have an overnighter without using too much of the good stuff.

 

[thewoodlands]

Not even especially if it is split small. I use it as the sacrificial layer on top of the coal bed at reload time. Or a load of it and one decent split in the middle and you have an overnighter without using too much of the good stuff.

Solar, the basswood I'm going with bigger splits so they last longer.




Zap

 

[Jags]

Solar, the basswood I'm going with bigger splits so they last longer.

Zap

Yep - I usually keep the lesser woods split a little bigger than normal. But for shoulder season, one of my tricks (cuz I don't usually have much of the soft woods) is to split some ash considerably smaller than normal. Allows for quick, hot fires with some coaling.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Bass will burn okay, just not very long. Seasons pretty fast too. If you want that for kindling next fall, it will be ready. I think you may like that better for kindling than the popple.

 

[woodchip]

Burning mostly silver birch here now, my better wood can season for next winter.
I'm almost letting the fire go out before reloading, it's positively mild here now at 53f daytime and 42f at night.
It's nice to be able to collect more wood than I burn, now's the time to get ahead of the game!