I have burned only doug fir and cedar for the past 12 years since moving to my farm here in oregon. This was mainly wood that I cut myself in the state forest. 3 years ago I made friends with a tree service. They just kept bringing me white oak logs until I had almost 12 cords cut and split. As most of you know, oak dries really slow and I gave it 3 full summers to dry before finally being able to start burning this winter. Wow am I impressed in how much better oak does for heating my house. I use fewer logs than when burning fir and it burns longer. It is not the easiest wood to get started, but burns long and hot. I have been starting with cedar and once the fire is going I switch to the oak. Now I understand why people like oak so much for firewood.
After 3 summers I can finally burn my oak!
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