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Lets be honest about this. The only reason people cry out for ash and will pay more for it is because of that firewood poem that everyone looks at. If they took their heads out of their backsides they would realise that there are many woods which burn very well just so long as they are seasoned and DRY!! If you can get old of ash in good quantities and are able to charge a premium for it then that great, take advantage of the situation, but in my area we have to pay extra for it but don't seem to get a premium for selling it so mix it in with other stuff like beech, birch and sycamore. That damn poem has alot to answer for but I have to wonder whats going to happen when the supply of ash and other hardwoods becomes limited, is everyone gonna sell there wood burners because theres no more ash, no they will have to start burning a bit of softwood mixed in and then they will wonder what all the fuss was all about in the past.

Oh well, thats got that off my chest!!:cursing::banghead:

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Lets be honest about this. The only reason people cry out for ash and will pay more for it is because of that firewood poem that everyone looks at. If they took their heads out of their backsides they would realise that there are many woods which burn very well just so long as they are seasoned and DRY!! If you can get old of ash in good quantities and are able to charge a premium for it then that great, take advantage of the situation, but in my area we have to pay extra for it but don't seem to get a premium for selling it so mix it in with other stuff like beech, birch and sycamore. That damn poem has alot to answer for but I have to wonder whats going to happen when the supply of ash and other hardwoods becomes limited, is everyone gonna sell there wood burners because theres no more ash, no they will have to start burning a bit of softwood mixed in and then they will wonder what all the fuss was all about in the past.

Oh well, thats got that off my chest!!:cursing::banghead:

 

I've met very few people who have even heard of that poem.

 

Ash is popular because it splits easy and burns well when unseasoned most timber is sold insufficiently seasoned, so people think Ash is the best fire wood, if they dried there other timber correctly they would learn the truth.

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I sometimes have a bit of an experiment.

 

I often make the next log I throw on a fire a fresh cut green one just for experimental purposes.

 

I could throw on a bit of green ash right now and watch it, but I've done it a few times and it doesn't seem to burn better than any other green hardwood.

 

I'm throwing on green pear at the moment, and it burns just the same as green ash on a already hot fire

 

I've got a seasoned log pile about 60ft long (2 rows of 30ft) and 6 feet high, and 3 logs deep. Some of it is 3 yrs old so I'm not short of wood, just like experimenting. Just gonna throw some more green pear on now and will watch it burn:biggrin:

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