Firewood cutting time

[buffalobo]

Cool story Hummer.

Anybody needing trees cleared out for fire mitigation, gardening, etc let me know, may be able to help out.

encorehunter, which mill has the great deal?

[encorehunter]

Robinsins sawmill in Weston, west of trinidad

[Alpine]

My burn pile is getting bigger than my fuel wood pile. I've had quite a few subalpine firs die around the house, and/or blow down. We call subalpine fir "Piss Fir" as it smells like piss when your cutting it. I hate the stuff, burns too damn fast, lots of pitch, when your cutting up the dead ones, it feels like your fighting a porcupine because the branches are brittle and sharp, and when cutting the live ones that got blown down, the sap gets all over everything including your chainsaw, gloves, glasses, clothes, etc.

[Hummer]

My burn pile is getting bigger than my fuel wood pile. I've had quite a few subalpine firs die around the house, and/or blow down. We call subalpine fir "Piss Fir" as it smells like piss when your cutting it. I hate the stuff, burns too damn fast, lots of pitch, when your cutting up the dead ones, it feels like your fighting a porcupine because the branches are brittle and sharp, and when cutting the live ones that got blown down, the sap gets all over everything including your chainsaw, gloves, glasses, clothes, etc.

Our mountain property is mostly Subalpine Fir and Engelmann Spruce, with aspen, some Douglas Fir and a few Western Red Cedar, Blue Spruce, Ponderosa, Lodgepole and Limber Pine. It's at the perfect the elevation and climate where we get a varied mix of plants and animals. Cedar/juniper is the best burning but it's so slow growing I rarely use it. Engelmann Spruce is my primary firewood with SubAlpine Fir a close second. The firs don't live as long as the spruce and they seem more sensitive to changes. Fir is soft, easy to cut and burns quickly. I burn it all as long as it's dry. I'll also burn the older heart-rotted fir to get it off the property for fire mitigation, and it still produces heat. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

In the fire mitigation effort I've chipped a lot of slash which has gone to make a moose trail through our montane forest wetland. It will add to the peat layer long after I'm gone.

I have a small stock of apple and apricot wood left and next week I'll haul a cord from Palisade for next winter's fires. I've got a lot of wood cutting and splitting to do before next winter....

[encorehunter]

I only have about 2 cords cut and stacked so far. I have been cutting trees, but the trunks are going to the sawmill for lumber for my pole barn. I really need to get cutting or order some firewood.