Now that I've realized that pine is fine to burn as long as its dry, I'm going to stop going out of my way to avoid it (I actually gave away several trees last year
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The Conifers that I have available where I live are (mostly): White pine, Hemlock, and Virginia Pine.
From the charts I gather that white pine has the fewest BTUs, but does anyone know how Virginia pine and Hemlock compare - is one better wood than another? I can't find Va. pine on any of the charts.
Virginia pine is also called Jersey pine and maybe even scrub pine - anyone in the mid-atlantic area should be familiar with it - grows on drier ridges. It seems like it might be denser than hemlock, but its hard to compare because hemlocks are usually huge and va. pines are usually smaller.
I have plenty of hemlock available as its all dead or dying around here due to the whooly adelgid - which really sucks because we have some huge Hemlocks in the mountains around here - used to be SO amazingly beautiful.
!)The Conifers that I have available where I live are (mostly): White pine, Hemlock, and Virginia Pine.
From the charts I gather that white pine has the fewest BTUs, but does anyone know how Virginia pine and Hemlock compare - is one better wood than another? I can't find Va. pine on any of the charts.
Virginia pine is also called Jersey pine and maybe even scrub pine - anyone in the mid-atlantic area should be familiar with it - grows on drier ridges. It seems like it might be denser than hemlock, but its hard to compare because hemlocks are usually huge and va. pines are usually smaller.
I have plenty of hemlock available as its all dead or dying around here due to the whooly adelgid - which really sucks because we have some huge Hemlocks in the mountains around here - used to be SO amazingly beautiful.
