Whats everyone burning

[xman23]

Burning 3 / 5 year seasoned oak. It's shoulder season, so I shouldn't be burning the good stuff. About 5 fires this year. Down to the high 20's the last 2 nights. Fire going now. I haven't cleaned the glass yet this year. And the glass is crystal clear. Just saying that for anyone new to burning and can't burn without blacking the glass.

 

[ohlongarm]

Just wondering what everyone's burning this year and what they wish they were burning.

I cut and split 10 face cords for this season that I get for next to nothing when an arborist is cutting down trees in my neighborhood. Mostly ash. It readily available since the emerald ash beetle is killing all the trees. I find it great wood to burn after only one summer if seasoning, but like it's name suggests, it turns everything to ash and doesn't produce coals for a relight. Wish I had more cherry and birch this year.

Ash and cherry till it gets really cold , then maybe I break out the red oak at least 5 years young. if it gets below 5 degrees the black locust come out, actually with my stove I could burn anything and it would perform beautifully. I'm actually burning some yellow poplar now it it heats the house prefect , 28 degrees tonight.

 

[ratsrepus]

My yearly pallet of bio blocks. Usually last through mid December. Then start working on the 30 or so cords of red oak I have

 

[Tjm]

Used to be mostly beech as that’s what most of our woods are but this year it’s about half ash from dyeing trees and walnut from a couple trees removed from pasture a few years ago and limb wood from having some harvested for sale. We go thru 12-18 fc / year but we’ll see if that changes with the new stove. Next few years will likely be 90% ash

 

[jotulf45v2]

I have ~2 cords of a mix of birch, ash, beech, maple and maybe hickory that's ready to burn this season. I have another 1.5 cords of red oak that's only 9 months seasoned that I'm saving for next year. I have rounds of maple, birch, and alder to split for next year.

Every year I burn whatever I can scrounge from around town/my property.

 

[ckr74]

30+ year old hedge, lots of locust and a little elm. I'm not too keen on the elm but it makes heat I guess. It's close to 70 today so no burning.

 

[EbS-P]

What Evers is left over in the fire pit wheelbarrow stash. Then what ever is on top of the stack. I pulled 6 splits off the top today 4 different species could only ID the poplar and pine. It’s all dry so as Pete the cat would say “It’s allll goooodddd”.

 

[Stinkpickle]

I gotta a whole buttload of two year old hackberry and walnut ready to go...once it finally gets cold outside.

 

[Mark N MO]

Red oak, white oak, and hickory. Pretty much what I've always burned, and wish to burn. A good combination that will have our little slice of heaven on the hill smelling like a rib joint.

 

[begreen]

39º this morning so I loaded the stove full of mixed hardwoods. Amongst them were 2 thick eucalyptus branch logs. 3" and 5 or 6". Lit the fire on overnight coals around 6:30am. Once the eucalyptus started burning the flue temp shot up like a rocket. I had to damper all the way down. It's 8:15 pm now, and I think I will put some wood on for the night, the stovetop is still 250º and there are lots of coals.

 

[Jigsaw]

I'm burning 3yo cut n split black walnut. I'm really surprised and pleased at how hot it burns. I have a line on some "seasoned" hickory and cherry that I hope to pick up in the next week. My walnut is about spent.

 

[Sean in the woods]

Still being shoulder season, () I’m still burning a mix of basswood and paper birch.

 

[brickie]

Three year old Hickory, birch, ash, red oak, white oak, maple.

 

[MMH]

Mostly pine here, have about 2.5 cords for this season and another 6-8 cords in rounds I’ll split in the spring. About 1.5 cords of red elm that I’ll season until winter of 22 or 23. And I’ve got a face cord or so of mountain mahogany that I’ll squander until the coldest parts of the year (dec-feb).

 

[Jason H]

Mostly pine here, have about 2.5 cords for this season and another 6-8 cords in rounds I’ll split in the spring. About 1.5 cords of red elm that I’ll season until winter of 22 or 23. And I’ve got a face cord or so of mountain mahogany that I’ll squander until the coldest parts of the year (dec-feb).

Never burnt mahogany, must be a nice hot burn!

 

[MMH]

Never burnt mahogany, must be a nice hot burn!

Yeah it’s the only natural hardwood I have. It’s a doozy, btu is 36.3 (calculated), one of the densest woods of North America, sinks in water etc. they use to use it to smelt ore in the earlier centuries.

 

[Jason H]

Wow I'm jealous! What an extreme in woods eh.

 

[Osuna]

Punks, chunks and uglies with a bit of eastern white pine thrown into the mix. It's been a remarkably mild fall so far.

Black birch, white oak, ash like most years. Got a couple of cords of sassafras from a neighbor after a storm last fall (2020) came through. Never burned it before so it will be interesting to see how it performs. Will most likely mix in with the higher BTU hardwoods.

 

[kennyp2339]

I tested a batch of uglies last week, read 18% so its about a face cords worth of uglies - maple, ash, oak and some cherry then its my primo full stacks of ash, maple, oak and locust.

 

[Stella]

Olive which is all I have, had just one fire so far as temperature still ok inside.

 

[theonlyzarathu]

I HAVE BURNED a Pacific Energy Summit starting my 11th year. I am on the third year after a replacement of the firebrick.

I burn mostly OAK, since I live on the coast of Maine, the burning season runs from September 15 to June.

 

[ericm979]

Burning season isn't full on yet here. It's usually December-April. I have 5 cords of Madrone, Tan Oak, Live Oak, Bay and Eucalyptus (blue gum) split and stacked. That's two years worth for us. All from fallen or dead trees on our land.

 

[enordy]

Red cedar for the past week - not the best, but certainly not the worst...

 

[buc74]

The rest of the year will be all 4 year old red oak.

 

[firefighterjake]

This morning . . . eastern white pine and some red maple uglies.