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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