| A good wood burning source is apple wood.A | | | | from falling over. |
| hardwood fuel source that is heavy and burns longer | | | | People who use a wood stove in the city/town |
| and hotter than soft woods. Just remember if your | | | | should place their wood in an area that will not |
| apple wood is not dry | | | | receive water from your yard sprinklers. The wood |
| We have had great success with seasoning apple | | | | that does get wet can take 2 or more years to |
| wood because our summers are high heat and low | | | | completely dry if you continue to water it. As for |
| humidity. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to | | | | keeping your wood covered, that is a personal |
| figure out how to season wood. It's as simple as | | | | preference. My folks cover their wood and we do |
| cutting your wood that fits inside your wood stove, | | | | not. The benefits of covering your wood during the |
| throw it in piles, or stack it. Then don't burn it for at | | | | winter months is that you can season your wood |
| least one year or more and it should be completely | | | | quicker, but out west with our dry summers that is |
| dried out and ready for your wood stove. | | | | not a big problem. |
| However, if you want to season your wood slower, | | | | If you are consistent with wood cutting and every |
| do not be afraid to run a sprinkler over the top of it | | | | year you cut more wood than you need, it will not |
| during the summer. By sprinkling the wood it will also | | | | take long to have a 3 year reserve of wood. That |
| help control bugs that can damage your wood. | | | | means if during one cutting season you are injured |
| Apple wood is susceptible to these little bore mites | | | | and cannot cut, you will not have to worry about |
| that drill small holes in the wood. Your wood will still | | | | cutting because you have a reserve. |
| burn well, but you need to watch your stack closely | | | | In our neck of the woods, a lot of people simply buy |
| so they don't overrun it. If you find that your wood | | | | cords of wood delivered to their home for around |
| has the little bugs boring inside it, then I would | | | | $100. But be careful because some people will sell |
| recommend burning it as soon as possible. Apple | | | | their "B" grade apple wood that consists of small |
| wood can be difficult to stack because it has many | | | | diameter tree limbs.These little limbs burn well, but |
| different shapes and it not uniform. However, as you | | | | they can never be relied upon to burn all night leaving |
| begin to stack your wood, you will quickly be able to | | | | you, fire starting coals in the morning. |
| fill in holes with various other smaller pieces. We use | | | | If your wood stove has at least a 75% efficiency |
| a lot of 4 foot pipe to help us keep our wood stacks | | | | rating then apple wood works extremely well. |