What are you burning

[mickdundee]

In order of quantity I've got mostly oak, working down beech, birch, pine, ash, some u identified stuff. It goes pretty nicely it's all stuff I've collected so I know it's seasoned. Even managed to educate the wife that it's a lot easier to start the fire with pine and birch. How many times I used to get home and find a massive lump of blackened oak sat on top of the kindling

Edited October 16, 2014 by mickdundee
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[nepia]

99% softwood at home; I keep the hardwood for the great British public who prefer to pay more for stuff that's hard to light and heavy to handle, all in the belief (still) that conifer is absolute rubbish.

Mind you I wouldn't mind selling a bit more softwood.

[mickdundee]

I've got nothing against soft wood but do find I have to fill up a bit more regular. I don't sell anything just all own use

[Hanser]

Even managed to educate the wife that it's a lot easier to start the fire with pine and birch. How many times I used to get home and find a massive lump of blackened oak sat on top of the kindling

 

You're doing well. I've given up trying to explain to my Mrs that tightly screwing up newspaper is not the best way to get kindling going.

 

Anyhow, burning mainly ash, sycamore and cherry. A mix of arisings either bought green and lumpy off Arbtrade brethren or scrounged in return for cutting up and taking away.

[predator]

anything thats come from a tree i just mix it softwood for getting it going as already said and then burn anything i put my hand on so i've not got piles of hardwood & piles of softwood etc if its wood and its dry/seasoned burn it and keep warm jobs a goodun >> nice

 

PS my dog loves softwood too

[SamWhiting12]

anything thats come from a tree i just mix it softwood for getting it going as already said and then burn anything i put my hand on so i've not got piles of hardwood & piles of softwood etc if its wood and its dry/seasoned burn it and keep warm jobs a goodun >> nice

 

PS my dog loves softwood too

 

You should hire your dog out as a chipper, my dogs are brilliant at it

 

Burning mouldy Sycamore and any bits of wood that I shouldn't sell. Next on my pile is partly rotten Scots pine.

[Stubby]

Sycamore , Birch, Holme Oak , Hawthorn , Maple , Ash , Beech , Pop , Conifer , Bay and Rohdy .

[spudulike]

Basically, whatever I can get. Got a load of two year seasoned conifer, a bit of Elm and oak. It all burns and is free!

[Countryboy]

Ash, Beech, cherry, sycamore and oak. well mixed

[wrsni]

Not cold enough for the serious stuff yet so a bit of mixed kindling and then 2 or 3 Verdo briquettes. Put a couple of bits of ash on about a week ago and had to open windows!

 

When the time comes, ash, beech, alder, hawthorn and this year for the first time some oak.