What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Temps are back down in the teens, and I just packed the stove with oak and elm for the evening.
last night i put a big ole maple chunk in. My wife said "that won't fit in there"
but my 4 year old told her it would. he was right
but my 4 year old told her it would. he was right
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
Been burning punky pine again although the last 2 nights have been chilly & I switched to an oak, poplar, & maple blend. seems straight up oak is making the wifey too toasty...
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
Been burning some beech and yellow birch due to some wicked cold . . . still burning some of the yellow birch since I've run into a small stash of it in my woodshed, but also burning a mix of maple, cherry, ash and whatever else I lay my hands on . . . variety is the spice of life.
St. Coemgen
Feeling the Heat
Almond is definitely a regional wood. I almost always bought almond when I lived in California. It is an agricultural waste product there and older trees are removed and so was relatively inexpensive firewood. Almond burns nice.
I was burning some almond from my own property this year. Had to cut down a few trees for similar reasons. I am planting about a dozen more this spring.
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
Nothing right now but ashes. Fan on the blower is not working right and it is out of my expertise to fix. Have a repairman coming out tomorrow and it needs to be cooled off so he can work on it. Wifey is not happy right now...
I've been burning red oak that was split in the fall of 2013 this winter. The results - amazing. I actually have to let the stove burn down to almost no coals left before reloading because the house gets way too warm.
Firefighter938
Feeling the Heat
Burning down some red maple now, getting ready to load locust and beech for overnight. We got some snow today and colder temps tonight and tomorrow. Then up to the 50's for the weekend so we won't be burning to much.
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
CheapBassTurd
Minister of Fire
Whole buncha ash last two days as that's the abundance.
Saving the red for a cold snap, and the balsa n' punkwood
won't cut it.
Saving the red for a cold snap, and the balsa n' punkwood
won't cut it.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
Cold and blizzard conditions for se Ct and very cold tonight. Broke out the vintage hickory, 2 yrs CSS. That's about as vintage as I have (most of my wood is lesser dense hardwood).
mstoelton
Feeling the Heat
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
Blackjack oak and cherry mix on a bed of 3" coles. .. then all blackjack for the overnight burn as is going to be cold..
Rangerbait
Feeling the Heat
Snowing horizontally right now and wind blowing like it hates me...but still only propane and fake logs in my stove as I wait for springtime to get my wood stove installed.
Got lots of wood getting nice and dry for next fall though [emoji3]
Got lots of wood getting nice and dry for next fall though [emoji3]
Rangerbait
Feeling the Heat
Update: a huge gust came through and knocked down my stack of well-seasoned hickory. It was 6' high by 16' long, and just a little too much surface area to withstand that amount of wind.
Back to the drawing board on this one...I think it needs a little reinforcing
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