green holly

[mr kipling]

I burnt a couple of trees worth of green ash when i first got my woodburner and it burnt ok but all woods def burn much better and hotter with a good year seasoning behind them

[Bob Slade]

I think that this is the poem:

 

Beechwood fires are bright and clear if the logs are kept a year.

Chestnuts only good they say if for long tis laid away.

Make a fire of Elder tree Death within your house will be.

 

Birch and Fir logs burn too fast blaze up bright and do not last.

It is by the Irish said, Hawthorn makes the sweetest bread.

Elm wood burns like churchyard mould. E'en the flames are cold.

 

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 cold.

But Ash wood wet or Ash wood dry a King shall warm his slippers by.

[Bolt]

Ah yes. but is not the true origional version.

 

You will notice its

 

3 lines

 

3 lines

 

5 lines.

 

It should be

 

3 lines

 

3 lines

 

3 lines

 

3 lines

 

The theory is that back in the eary 1700's the poem was hyjacked by Ye Olde Ash And Hardwood Marketing board

 

My translation from old latin runes, discovered in St Enidock church is as follows..

 

Beechwood fires are bright and clear if the logs are kept a year.

Chestnuts only good they say if for long tis laid away.

Make a fire of Elder tree Death within your house will be.

 

Birch and Fir logs burn too fast blaze up bright and do not last.

It is by the Irish said, Hawthorn makes the sweetest bread.

Elm wood burns like churchyard mould. E'en the flames are cold.

 

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 cold.

But Ash wood wet or Ash wood dry a King shall warm his slippers by.

Unless the king has access to proper seasoned wood, in which case any old species will do.

 

there, better than the da vinci code.

[csservices]

Holly burns well once its dried, but its best to get it cut and split while its green, once seasoned it knocks seven bells out of your chain and will bounce an axe off it all day long

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

I have burned Ash wood when fresh and green. No problems if hot as the sap will not line the flue pipe.

 

During the Dutch Elm times that was all we burned but all well seasoned so hot stove.

[gaz1210]

whoops i do mean green holly mate

[Martyn Amos]

whoops i do mean green holly mate

 

need to season it then:thumbup1:

[gaz1210]

cheers for all the threads good to know that the ash is a goer for burning straight away! is everyone having a good season so far?

[djbobbins]

I felled a long-dead holly about 16" diameter early this year.

 

Seemed to take a lot of getting through with the saw compared to e.g. the live alder I was felling at the same time, so I'd agree with whoever it was that commented about dead holly taking its toll on chains.

 

Spilt better than I was expecting though. It looked knotty as bu66ery as if it'd be a real pig to spilt (given that I split using a maul and wedges, not geared up for this mechanical splitting lark).

 

I had a chunk about 2'6" long, hefted the maul on it just as a trial expecting it to bounce off, and was amazed to see it split pretty much in two at the first blow.

 

Burns alright too (open fire) - better than dead willow I'd been using at the time but not to the same standard as seasoned alder, ash or euc that I've been stoking up with more recently.