What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

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English BoB

Minister of Fire
Nov 20, 2014
599
Brunswick NY
Splitter scraps, oak bark, small diameter oak pieces from tree tops and a couple of oak uglies.

So OAK I guess.

bob
 

firefighterjake

Minister of Fire
Jul 22, 2008
19,588
Unity/Bangor, Maine
Same stuff I've been burning since September . . . eastern white pine.
 

ADK_XJ

Feeling the Heat
Nov 18, 2014
325
Saratoga Springs, NY
Ash. All ash...
 

Woody Stover

Minister of Fire
Dec 25, 2010
13,121
Southern IN
Mostly Black Cherry and Silver Maple. I had to move a small stack of better stuff out of the way, so I brought it up close and I'm throwing in a couple of those here and there; Small rounds of Dogwood, BL and similar woods.
 

Diabel

Minister of Fire
Jan 11, 2008
3,759
Ottawa, ON
It sure looks to me that there is lots of silver maple on the menu.
 

usmc1371

New Member
Nov 8, 2015
33
Pilot Rock, Oregon
Split of lodge pole and chunk of tamarack. Its only 30 out so its not cold yet but its toasty in the house.
 

johneh

Minister of Fire
Dec 19, 2009
4,753
Eastern Ontario
What ever is on the top of the pile goes into the fire box
 
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Ralphie Boy

Minister of Fire
Feb 12, 2012
1,165
Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
8 splits of ash loaded at 2120 hrs. That will hold me untill 0930 tomorrow. Temps down to upper 20's maybe low 30's. Highs tomorrow may not warrant a fire.
 

Dix

Minister of Fire
May 27, 2008
6,651
Long Island, NY
Uglies.

Building up the coal bed for tonight, then it's a couple of splits of oak, and a side of cherry

More uglies for when I get up at 5 Am to case te chill out of the house.
 

CentralVAWoodHeat

Minister of Fire
Nov 7, 2015
703
Virginia
I took down a Mimosa last year so I can eventually plant a fig tree for my wife. That Mimosa is burning great. I understand it is in the same family as Locust which I am also up to my ears in at 12-14 percent moisture. I love those slightly punky pieces that take off and then coal up really nicely.
 

Dix

Minister of Fire
May 27, 2008
6,651
Long Island, NY
Just got the stove going for the evening, it has a load of pine.

We had a winter storm almost 3 years ago snap a bunch of 6+" branches off the pine trees so I cut it up for pit wood. Darn if that stuff hasn't made me a fan of burning pine during shoulder season.

You're learning, or, to quote my buddy Artie "You're gonna learn today" :)
 
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Jay106n

Minister of Fire
Apr 1, 2015
797
Litchfield County, CT
I love seeing all the different combos! Its back into the 20's again tonight. I've been building a coal bed all day, just threw a few more splits of cherry ash cocktail.
 

Wood Duck

Minister of Fire
Feb 26, 2009
4,790
Central PA
Red Maple. I plan to burn about 1 1/2 cords of Red Maple before I start on a stack that is mostly oak.
 

Seanm

Minister of Fire
Oct 16, 2012
915
SE BC Canadian Rockies
Its 10:30 in the evening and its -13c/8.5 f and the house is a warm 71.5. Getting ready to load the stove to the gills with larch and birch.
 
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Wainwright63

New Member
Jul 19, 2015
27
Concord, NC
Just loaded up with Oak. Mix of red and white. That's all i have ready this year. But im going to have an assortment next year. Of coarse ill have the Oak, but also...silver maple, honey locust, sweet gum, and hickory.
 

Jay106n

Minister of Fire
Apr 1, 2015
797
Litchfield County, CT
Morning pine kick start.
 

JathanLFL

Member
Dec 12, 2013
11
Wabash,IN
cottonwood and ash
 

Tom123

Burning Hunk
Oct 11, 2014
176
East Granby CT
Cherry and Elm. I brought in some red oak for the holiday tomorrow.
 

nmaho

Member
Jan 15, 2014
126
Ma
Temps were in the 20's this morning. I woke up and checked the firebox of my All Nighter Moe, which I found still had some coals from last nights overnight burn. I tossed in a few pieces of pine to get it started up again, shortly followed by a link or two of cherry which coal up real nice, and topped off with some ash splits to last a few hours.

I vary my wood types by time of day, outside/inside temps, and length of burn. What is in your stove right now?
Wood?
 

Grateful11

Feeling the Heat
Jan 5, 2014
271
NC
Ashes. We let it go out this morning, too warm today to burn.
 

AmbDrvr253

Minister of Fire
Aug 4, 2015
526
Northeast PA
Putting some honey locust and maple in as we speak. Hopefully it will get me through the nite. Darn smoke dragon. LOL. Not cold enough to get the coal out just yet.