Apple gives a lovely perfume and Ash is one of the most prized, or so I understand. I don't know about any of the others. If the 'trimmings' are of a reasonable size, a wood-turner might be glad of them all but especially the Sycamore. I'd be inclined to let them dry out for a season before using them or you'll just get a lot of smoke from the green wood.
Both elder and laurel burn well but smell bad, especially when green, and are unlikely to interest wood turners. Elder is also a 'pulp' wood until it is quite thick. Email: nm If you coppice the ash you can sell the resulting straight growth for sticks and staves.
Scout Shop might be a good place to approach. Apple burns well and fragrantly when seasoned. It also lasts well. Lovely wood for carving and turning. Sycamore is not so good unless very dry, and doesn't last so well as apple. Ash burns hot and fast. Laurel and elder are OK - there aren't many hardwoods which are not. If I remember my Scout Leader training properly, Ash is the best firewood of all, old or new.
Apple smells glorious when burnt. Hawthorn is good too. Elder isn't the best, the pith makes it spit, IIRC. I would have thought Laurel and Sycamore are OK, but need stacked to dry, like the Apple and Hawthorn, and unlike the Ash which you can cut and burn immediately.
Cut out of a newspaper Logs to burn, logs to burn Logs to save the coal a turn Here;s a word to make you wise When you hear the woodmans cries Never heed his usual tale That he has good logs for sale. Just read these lines and really learn The proper kind of logs to burn.
Oak logs will warm you well If they're old and dry Larch logs of pinewood smell But the sparks will fly. Beech logs for Christmas time Yew logs heat well. Scotch logs it is a crime for anyone to sell!! Birch logs will burn too fast Chestnut scarce at all, Hawthorn logs are good to last If cut in the fall. Holly logs will burn like wax You should burn them green Elm logs like smouldering flax No flame to be seen.
Pear logs and apple logs they will scent your room. Cherry logs across the dogs Smell like flowers in bloom. But ash logs all smooth and grey Burn them green or old Buy up all that come your way They're worth their weight in gold.
Nice one eh? Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear If the logs are kept a year: Store your Beech for Christmastide With new-cut Holly laid beside. Chestnut's only good, they say, If for years 'tis stored away; Birch and Fir-wood burn too fast, Blaze too bright and do not last; Flames from Larch will shoot up high, Dangerously the sparks will fly.
But Ashwood green and Ashwood brown Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown. Oaken logs, if dry and old, Keep away the winter's cold; Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke; Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold. Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread - so it is in Ireland said; Apple-wood will scent the room, Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom, But Ash-wood wet and Ash-wood dry A King may warm his slippers by.
I don't know who wrote this; I have it sitting on my desk - and I don't have a single fireplace in the house on which I could burn wood! Keith Goodway. Unseasoned, it lasts and lasts and lasts, though necessarily releasing heat slowly. Seasoned, it burns faster, hotter, and the smoke is very pleasant in moderation.
It goes well in enclosed stoves. Unfortunately, 'Dutch' elm disease has as good as finished good supplies of the wood. Apple if very hard, with a fine grain, and hawthorn is the classic walking stick material. Actually, cut it well and you'll not even realise you've cut it a few months later. You'll just have the same tree you had last quarter.
Welcome in, the Willow!!! We plan on planting a small row of these over the next 12 months hopefully we'll have time in the next year and they will produce an absolute bucket of wood every year.
Work on a 3 year rotation to get really thick growth and chunky logs that will burn all day long, and you're set. Here is a link if you want to read more. RE: Ultimate Firewood Tree - Straight Shooter - 4 October I have cleared some ground ready for this fast growing supply of firewood , and good security screens as well.
RE: Ultimate Firewood Tree - Sunna - 4 October willow will take lots of water out of your ground,we have loads around here flood plain. Then if you cut them and age the water out of them for a couple of years they go up in a burst of flame that lasts only moments. Almost any fast growing wood is going to have a very high water content and sustain this problem. A friend of mine used bulk willow pellets to fire his boiler - worked well. But, give me oak, ash or beech anytime.
That lovely golden glow from well aged wood. Can't wait for winter and open fires again. Hawthorn can be difficult to split as straight lengths are rare. Spits excessively while it burns and can produce a lot of soot deposits that can line the flue, firebox and glass window of your stove. One of the best firewoods but needs a long seasoning period due to its density. Burns slowly and is long lasting. On smaller stoves it is best burnt in smaller pieces than other woods.
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Different Types of Wood for Burning We would recommend burning one of the many hardwoods that are available in the UK on a wood burner or open fire. Gallery Accreditations. Burns well but tends to spit and can leave sooty deposits. The resinous wood makes good kindling.
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