Re: what a mess

On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:34:54 -0800, Joerg wrote:
krw wrote:
mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
krw wrote:
Yeah, but none of it is ripe. ;-)

You can't see the firewood for the trees! After the hurricanes a
few years ago, there are thousands of dead Pine trees that snapped off
in the high winds. Water Oaks have shallow roots, so a lot of entire
trees were ripped out of the ground.

Kinda crappy wood to burn, no?

Nah, you just have to do it right and use a modern stove. We burned pine
the first 2-3 seasons and whenever sombody gives us pine we gladly take
it. No smoke, fast ignition, lots of fast heat. In fact, sappy pieces
seem to pack a lot more BTU than any other wood. I sometimes kept those
seperate for really cold days. Of which we have more and more each
winter :-(

The only downside are the squished blobs of sap under the shoes, in the
driveway, on the carpet ...

Don't you scrape them up and use them for flux? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich


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