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[Wood Doctor]

I collected a half truckload of mulberry (Hedge) last month. It burns hot when dry, and I call it "snap, crackle, and pop" wood. Stove's door must be closed when burning it. And, be careful when opening the stove's door to reload when a mulberry fire is in progress. Just MHO.

 

[chipper1]

And traded for some hedge:

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Who put all the turmeric on it
Nice haul/trade.

 

[jakethesnake]

I collected a half truckload of mulberry (Hedge) last month. It burns hot when dry, and I call it "snap, crackle, and pop" wood. Stove's door must be closed when burning it. And, be careful when opening the stove's door to reload when a mulberry fire is in progress. Just MHO.

Ok so we call mulberry hedge also? This winter will be mostly mulberry for me. Cut and stacked quite a bit 2 winters ago just getting around to it. And yeah if you turn the air down on your stove then open the door looks like sparklers going off in there

 

[JimBear]

Ok so we call mulberry hedge also? This winter will be mostly mulberry for me. Cut and stacked quite a bit 2 winters ago just getting around to it. And yeah if you turn the air down on your stove then open the door looks like sparklers going off in there

They are cousins, I guess you could say.

They are both in the Moraceae Family.

 

[jakethesnake]

They are cousins, I guess you could say.

They are both in the Moraceae Family.

Yeah I don’t think Osage lives around here

 

[Wood Doctor]

Ok so we call mulberry hedge also? This winter will be mostly mulberry for me. Cut and stacked quite a bit 2 winters ago just getting around to it. And yeah if you turn the air down on your stove then open the door looks like sparklers going off in there

I used to think there was a huge difference between mulberry and hedge. This year I burned both, and the hedge fires sparked almost as much as the mulberry. I was a bit surprised, but that's what happened. Both had dried for at least two years. My conclusion is that either one can be dubbed as "snap, crackle, and pop" firewood.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Salvaged some Bradford Pear wood to mix in with my seasoned oak, hickory, etc.
Its was kind of hard to bypass this since I was doing some trimming work for my Pops.

I dumped all the slim limbs/leafy stuff in a burn pile and cut the rest into firewood size.

Anybody with Bradford Pear burning experience around here?

 

[Wood Doctor]

I was forced to burn my Bradford pear wood after a strong storm blew down the tree, over 30 years old. After drying and splitting the logs, it made fabulous firewood for my stove. Easy to split but takes at least six months to dry. No spark throwing or crackling like mulberry, I gave it an A.

 

[jakethesnake]

Salvaged some Bradford Pear wood to mix in with my seasoned oak, hickory, etc.
Its was kind of hard to bypass this since I was doing some trimming work for my Pops.

I dumped all the slim limbs/leafy stuff in a burn pile and cut the rest into firewood size.

Anybody with Bradford Pear burning experience around here?View attachment 467692View attachment 467693View attachment 467694

Yeah really good stuff. Better than cherry. I cut a lot of cherry. Heavy even after drying

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Here is the semi-finished result after some cutting, sorting, and handling.
The freaking humidity is still a BEAST down here!

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Last of the Mohicans!!

 

[Wood Doctor]

Found a Pic of my Bradford Pear after "I Saw A Lot" brought it in, all ready for splitting:

This tree was 35 years old before being dropped. Here's about one-fourth of it after splitting:

Mixed in with some locust, of course. Both of us love burning these hardwoods in our stoves.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Found a Pic of my Bradford Pear after "I Saw A Lot" brought it in, all ready for splitting:
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This tree was 35 years old before being dropped. Here's about one-fourth of it after splitting:
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Mixed in with some locust, of course. Both of us love burning these hardwoods in our stoves.

Good looking stuff right there!
How did it burn & how long did you season it?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Good looking stuff right there!
How did it burn & how long did you season it?

The tree was cut down two years ago and spitting was possible within a month after that, no seasoning required before splitting. Then I let the split stock sit for six to eight months after that before I tried to burn any of it. The fires were all hot, almost the same as hedge. It was also great wood for BBQ cooking. These trees hold their leaves a long time in the late fall, almost as long as pin oak trees do. Very ornamental in the spring, we loved this tree and hated to see it get blown down by strong straight-line winds that split the main fork.

Yet another Pic of it:

These splits turned more orange after seasoning.