tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post2539890015636219662..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: Mixing Your FirewoodPioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-86963748877573345102014-02-11T20:31:07.359-05:002014-02-11T20:31:07.359-05:00I was going to ask about the pine. You get a lot o...I was going to ask about the pine. You get a lot of warnings about pine, but they don't seem very consistent.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-64262405531436092182014-02-10T23:59:54.287-05:002014-02-10T23:59:54.287-05:00Haven't burned anything inside but black jack ...Haven't burned anything inside but black jack oak limbs inside in quite a while. Just walk the wood lot after an ice storm, pull out the downed limbs and cut em to length. Anything other than oak, or anything that would need to be split goes on the fire pit outside in the spring or fall.<br /><br />About the only thing I've cut down in a while is eastern red cedar, which is basically a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-72089784025313640142014-02-10T23:33:23.747-05:002014-02-10T23:33:23.747-05:00Pioneer, My little wood stove is doing great since...Pioneer, My little wood stove is doing great since I started mixing in some Fruit woods (Apple/Cherry) with the mill ends (mostly pine I think). I have learned a lot about the woodstove and your advice really helped out. The millends are dry and thank goodness I stored the wood under cover as the millends soak up water like a sponge when the get wet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-59841255180156859792014-02-10T22:05:23.249-05:002014-02-10T22:05:23.249-05:00Harry - Well I just have the luxury of being aroun...Harry - Well I just have the luxury of being around such a huge selection of hardwoods I can kinda pick and choose what works for me. Flue fires can be scary and dangerous. One thing I like about the outdoor furnace is I can burn the short flue out occasionally without risking and damage to the house. When I used my indoor stove I couldn't burn green wood at all because of the risk. The one PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-91269691250774362322014-02-10T22:02:19.337-05:002014-02-10T22:02:19.337-05:00Rob - So much of it is kinda like a recipe really....Rob - So much of it is kinda like a recipe really. Although you can do with different levels of cured wood that is all the same as well. PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-46801694569176496682014-02-10T21:42:57.301-05:002014-02-10T21:42:57.301-05:00You must have read that book "Wood furnaces f...You must have read that book "Wood furnaces for beginners" or something related. I never knew all that. I just cut oak, maple, or poplar (no pine) to the right length, stuff it in the wood stove, and adjust the air damper. I have a feeling if I knew as much as you did about it I would not have had that chimney fire in the basement wood stove a year ago.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-74764557814819726512014-02-10T18:42:10.971-05:002014-02-10T18:42:10.971-05:00You sound like a chef talking about a recipe. I th...You sound like a chef talking about a recipe. I thought wood was just wood. I am wrong. evil grin. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-58402482258985992062014-02-10T16:47:39.371-05:002014-02-10T16:47:39.371-05:00Sf - Ya there are so many variables no one could e...Sf - Ya there are so many variables no one could ever cover them all. That's why I wrote about it today and to see the informative comments from you guys.<br /><br />My wife also has a bad habit of grabbing small little pieces and then wondering why the fire goes out so quick.<br /><br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-47057475517853812452014-02-10T16:45:55.792-05:002014-02-10T16:45:55.792-05:00MV - LOL. I like my Elm. I think mostly because so...MV - LOL. I like my Elm. I think mostly because so much Elm dies around here it is a constant source. I also like wood ashes too though. I look at my ash emptying times (which is everyday right now, In fact I just came in from doing that) as more food. <br /><br />I like Maple but I don;t get a lot of it around here. When I do though it comes in tons. Two years ago I removed a Maple as big as a PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-4178396233462503792014-02-10T16:42:28.326-05:002014-02-10T16:42:28.326-05:00Carolyn - You are correct recognizing the moisture...Carolyn - You are correct recognizing the moisture, density etc. is justa s important as the type of wood and can be used in much the same way. I tried to teach type first with the wife hoping that would interest her more.<br /><br />I failed :(<br /><br />I also burn a bit of Cedar and it acts alot like Elm when dry except that Cedar will pop and throw sparks all over the place so most fireplacePioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-40722133147175201392014-02-10T15:22:04.051-05:002014-02-10T15:22:04.051-05:00I keep several wheelbarrows of different grades of...I keep several wheelbarrows of different grades of wood at the furnace and since I started mixing wood and using different grades for different times of the day, I have used less wood. My wife just puts in the smallest piece or two of wood and shuts the door in hopes that it will start burning. Sometimes it works then other times the wood just lays there and smokes. Anyway it just takes time to Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-11179326468746263232014-02-10T15:02:54.949-05:002014-02-10T15:02:54.949-05:00It's an art as well as a science. Every stove ...It's an art as well as a science. Every stove burns differently. My wife still hasn't quite gotten the concept of laying the wood in such a way that just the right amount of air gets between the wood. Too much, or too little and it either burns up too fast, or doesn't burn at all. I burn mostly oak with some maple. My basement furnace is at least 100 years old, which makes it a littleMuddyValleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561027881611420247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-5282611319878958652014-02-10T14:59:44.467-05:002014-02-10T14:59:44.467-05:00I'd say we have 70% oak, 20% hickory & the...I'd say we have 70% oak, 20% hickory & the rest cedars (with the occasionaly redbud, dogwood, sassafrass, plum, cherry & elm thrown in for good measure). Right now we don't "need" to be selective because Paul's dozing for pasture, so we save the firewood-worthy trees and put the others in the brush pile. But even if it weren't for the massive tree-felling for Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-39608242087120919062014-02-10T13:20:36.521-05:002014-02-10T13:20:36.521-05:00Stephen - Pine works well to replace Elm and such ...Stephen - Pine works well to replace Elm and such but I burn so little of it I didn't mention it. Two years ago I had someone with a huge Pine tree ask me to haul it off for them and burned quite a bit of it and I must say if you want flames it's a damned fine wood to burn. Of course it was like a teenage boy at a bordello. Done and gone in about 15 minutes.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-78772425827338043082014-02-10T13:17:33.742-05:002014-02-10T13:17:33.742-05:00Whew....me, throw a few pieces of fat pine in the ...Whew....me, throw a few pieces of fat pine in the fireplace, lite match, sit back and watch the live oak burn. You know, a few lashes with a cat-of-nine-tails and she'd toe the line. Not that this is a recommendation of such outright meanness. Just saying... Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.com