What type of tree? Any good for firewodd

[Turff22]

Hi all had some trees come down was wondering what tree this is and is it any good for firewood ? Many thanks

[sime42]

Ash. Probably. Very good firewood if so. 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Ash.

Yes.

[kram]

Quote

 

These hardwoods burn well and slowly,
Ash, beech, hawthorn oak and holly.
Softwoods flare up quick and fine,
Birch, fir, hazel, larch and pine.
Elm and willow you’ll regret,
Chestnut green and sycamore wet.

 

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut’s only good they say,
If for logs ’tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.

 

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said.
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E’en the very flames are cold,
But ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.

 

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room.
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom.
Oaken logs, if dry and old,
keep away the winter’s cold.
But ash wet or ash dry,
a king shall warm his slippers by.

 

 

[Mesterh]

I remember from a long time ago burning pine deadwood (dead wooding trees for a NT) in an open fire, hottest fire ever!

 

Not that thats it very relevant to this thread but I thought its best to share these life experiences.

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

That frickin’ poem!

 

Dead seasoned elm is rocket fuel, and green ash is NOT great firewood.

[Mesterh]

17 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

That frickin’ poem!

 

Dead seasoned elm is rocket fuel, and green ash is NOT great firewood.

Im with you on the green ash.

 

I'm throwing this one out to the floor, just out of interest, if you had to burn green wood which wood would burn?

 

I dont have a wood fire anymore (that's going back a scramfurious amount of years)  and I only really burnt seasoned timber or coal but IIRC syc wasnt too bad when it was green cut in the winter.

 

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

On the other hand I brought loads of elm home from a job once because the guy was convinced it was rubbish firewood, logged up at work, in the landy and straight in the log store when I got home.

[Dan Maynard]

14 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

I'm throwing this one out to the floor, just out of interest, if you had to burn green wood which wood would burn?

Id put the heating on instead, no point ruining the chimney.

[kram]

Green ash turns to dry seasoned ash fast enough