O/T Firewood

However I’ve burned a lot of fruitwood too – mostly cherry and apple – cut green from my inlaw’s orchard. My experience is once split/stacked, fruitwoods season at the same rate as other firewoods. Key is to keep the wood off the ground - fruitwoods seem to rot more quickly when left in contact with soil. Also keep a tarp or other covering over the piled wood so the wood stays dry.

I think you’ll find cherry is especially nice wood to burn in a stove. It burns clean, it burns down to a nice bed of coals, and it has a pleasing aroma. Go for it!!

I used to sell up to 30-40 cord per year off the farm. I had customers that could pick out oak, maple or birch when they entered a house and the wood furnace was on. I can pick out fruit tree wood, poplar and the rest, my only claim. I found the outdoor furnace guys liked the poplar, providing they could buy it for less. It doesn't yield the heat per cord of other hardwoods. Even in the outdoor furnace it fouls the air in the neighborhood.

Hi Bob, I finally broke down and bought a splitter ! HD was selling one of their rental units 25 ton 8HP Honda, nice little job :")

Im spoiled now !

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