What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[all night moe]

Here the black was first to go, then they moved on to the white. SE WI where we used to live has virtually no live ash left. Here in the Northwoods the black ash is as all dead but there's still some live white ash yet, but probably not for long...

Around here most of the white I see is live.

The good news is, once the older generation of ash are killed off, the next gen will fill in. I've got a dozen or so saplings growing. I had to kill a couple last summer. Misshaped and growing to close to the garage. They were bent and growing at a 70-75* angle. They had to go before they became a future issue. I have one, I think it's a black, with a 4-5'' base growing under some white pines. I observe that one regularly, guarding its safety. May take the 2 closet pines down early summer. Bunch of dead limb threats and the added sunlight will help promote some growth.

 

[NickW]

I lost all the mature white at the old place. There was a clump of 6 smaller ones that I treated every year once I discovered the infestation that did fine. I left a "maintenance guide" for the new owners noting that among other things hoping they will continue to treat them.

 

[Todd]

Burned pretty hot yesterday with below zero temps all morning. One full load first thing in the morning followed by two small hot fires in the afternoon to keep the cabin temps steady then another full load for overnight. Woke up to 68 in the cabin. Got a break today highs in the 20’s but back to teens for highs and below zero nights this weekend.

 

[ctreitzell]

We’ve come to realize the little Panadero takes the edge off the whole end of this barn conversion if it runs 8 hrs+

Too cold inside, so it’s our cheap heat

1 chestnut/ 1 beech
Kindled with hazel/ white oak/ Siberian elm/holly