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That is what I usually do with pine...we cut it up and use it for bonfires..

B

Marie McHarry wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:12 AM, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> 
> wrote:
> > I found out this year, this cold spell, that there is indeed a huge difference 
> > between good wood and last resort wood. Right now, all of our wood is rotten, old, 
> > and damp, and it is very difficult getting enough heat from the burner with that 
> > old wood. Chalk this experience up to a learning homesteading type of lesson, one I 
> > do not want to repeat.> >
>
> One year a neighbor gave us a bunch of willow (they were all large
> trees) that we burned in the boiler. I don't know which burns cooler,
> willow or elm. I got warm, though -- loading the wood in and digging
> the humongous ash residue out. Fortunately we had both hedge and hard
> wood for the cold weather.
>
> I told my neighbor to pile up the rest of his willow and have a wienie roast.
>
> Marie
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