Quote Originally Posted by blm28 View Post
Cottonwood is almost impossible to split without a log splitter. You end up with about three times the ash that you would get burning pine (have to clean the stove alot more often).
But cottonwood doesn't have the creosote build up like pine.
Lot easier to dump the ash than clean the chimney.
Cottonwood needs to dry for a few years to not smell when burning too.
Splitting is a bitch, just buck it up in to smaller rounds.... I'll take cottonwood over pine any day.