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Mr O
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 5512 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 13 12:19 am Post subject: What is your Favorite wood for burning? |
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I am an Ash fan, good wet or dry, Oak is great but takes so long to season, Maple and Birch here are plentiful but burn fast, Beech has just about died out, then there are the evergreens, Spruce, Pine and Balsam, ( hemlock is rare ), they all burn hot and fast. |
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OtleyLad
Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 2737 Location: Otley, West Yorkshire
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mousjoos
Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1986 Location: VERY Sunny SW France
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RichardW
Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 8443 Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 21301 Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd
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Bodrighy
Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 2157 Location: Near Devizes
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 13 7:23 am Post subject: |
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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 woodsman’s cries.
Beechwood fires burn bright and clear,
Hornbeam blazes too,
If the logs are kept a year
And seasoned through and through.
Oak logs will warm you well
If they’re old and dry,
Large logs of pinewood smell
But the sparks will fly.
Pine is good and so is yew
For warmth through wintry days
But poplar and willow, too
Take long to dry and blaze.
Birch logs will burn too fast,
Alder scarce at all.
Chestnut 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 is 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 |
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Went
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