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This might be one for Mcmoonter if he's around -
We have a number of alders that need taking down and it would be a shame to waste the wood but I have read that Alder doesn't burn all to well. Should we get them chipped for mulch or just season the crap out of them to burn this winter?
They are very clean burning and will be fine when seasoned. They used to use them to make gunpowder IIRC.
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But ash wet or ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.
Bummer - no mention of Alder.
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say...
There is no mention of alder in that poem?
Edit: nice quick edit there moonter!
theyre not fans here
http://www.rural-smallholdings.co.uk/running-smallholding/wood-burning-guide/