Love the smell of walnut burning.

[DavidV]

After a short warm spell I had to start the fire up from nothing last night. Went out to the shop and grabbed a bag of walnut shavings from a recent project. I keep shavings and odds/ends from stuff in the shop to get the fire going quickly. A 100 ct. package of brown paper lunch sacks givees me a great place to put the shavings so I always have 5 or 6 instant kindling setups ready to go.
I love the aroma of the walnut shavings when I use them. Many woods have a distinctive aroma that you begin to recognize when you've been burning for a while.
I have some beech or birch (I'm not sure which it is but it smells like incense when it burns and you can smell it around the neighborhood.
What's your favorite?

David

 

[Gunner]

Favorite smelling would have to be cherry.

 

[Harley]

Apple

 

[begreen]

Juniper shavings are heavenly. But I like cherry too.

 

[Rick]

I'm a black cherry fan. I also have something that makes my yard smell like a church on Holy Thursday (and that's not a good thing), I don't know what it is.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Choke cherry is nice. Sweet gum is also very aromatic (if a holy terror to try to split...I usually just rip it with the saw!)

Walnut is some pretty toxic stuff...it'll kill horses if they eat it.

 

[sstanis]

"smells like victory"

 

[bcnu]

so far, my favorite smelling wood is anything free ;-) I do have two dead walnut trees to take down this spring so will see how they smell next year.

 

[adrpga498]

so far, my favorite smelling wood is anything free ;-) I do have two dead walnut trees to take down this spring so will see how they smell next year.

I concur, free smells best. Except for poplar. I'll pass on comment there.

 

[bcnu]

Hey adrpga - wondered what you could cut down with the Hogan Bladr Irons - but see you're a golf pro. Ever played Bandon Dunes in Or? More important - I see you have a Castine. I'm close to getting one also. Would sure like to hear your experiences with the stove.

 

[Jake]

walnut and hickory, never burnt apple

 

[Roospike]

Thats odd , I can never smell the wood i am burning..........
pipe coming out of a two story house and i can be in the yard all day and not smell it.
I guess i could load my stove and leave the door open

Are ya'll smelling it in the yard when outside or are you getting the smell in the house ?

 

[budman]

Apple

I go with HARLEY, apple

 

[drizler]

CORN. Not that its such a grand thing but when you are outside smelling the exhaust it really smells nice. Wood pellets smell sort of foul and cherry pits smell like poo.

 

[adrpga498]

Hey adrpga - wondered what you could cut down with the Hogan Bladr Irons - but see you're a golf pro. Ever played Bandon Dunes in Or? More important - I see you have a Castine. I'm close to getting one also. Would sure like to hear your experiences with the stove.

I have never had the opprotunity to play west of the Mississippi but I do have a few friends who have played in Oregon. Nothing but great comments about the courses out there. I basicly chop any way I can with the old blades. Never fond of cavity back irons. Too difficult to hit knock down shots in the wind with those irons. As far as the Castine. I'm into my 5th year and I like it better each year. Either I have drier wood then previous years and or I'm learning more as I go. Having pleanty of wood for 24/7 is a great feeling too. My model is the 2 door vs. 1 larger front door opening. From what I'm reading here on the forum, I kinda glad I have the older model. I just open 1 door to load and I haven't had any problems keeping class crystal clear. Due to dry wood (18 months seasoned ) minimum. I wouldn't hesitate for 1 second in recommending this stove to anyone.

 

[Gark]

Hickory. Makes me hungry for barbeque.

 

[drhiii]

Pinon. Heavenly...