Let’s talk about firewood

[44hunter45]

The men in our family were all woodsman. From splitting redwood for grape stakes, fence post or shingles. But we cut a lot more oak and madrone for fire wood, with Doug fir in the mix. My Dad would not leave a massive Doug fir knot in the woods. He cut it with the chainsaw if he couldn’t split it. Always said it will burn all night. I miss those days….

If you cut Madrone, then you have had Poison Oak a time or two.

I never could do one without the other in my Santa Cruz County days.

The green and blue flames from Madrone are wasted in an enclosed stove. So cool to watch!

 

[MTLabrador]

My dad and brother both lost multiple large pines in wind storms since last winter. This years firewood will be ridiculously easy to collect

My folks lost a big spruce a year ago that I cut up. Unfortunately it’s a knotted tangled mess and I haven’t even tried to split any yet.