Ultimate Firewood Tree

[Scythe13]

[Straight Shooter]

I have cleared some ground ready for this fast growing supply of firewood , and good security screens as well .

[Sunna]

willow will take lots of water out of your ground,we have loads around here flood plain.

also today brewing my morning cupper on my hobo seemed to take forever i think its the wood , i use pallets choped up almost always made from pine, problem some of it is sort of spungy and for wood soft, this dont burn so well as the other stuff seems to smolder more than burn also gives off a lot more smoke anybody know why ?

[Mortblanc]

Both of those woods burn about as well as a wet phone book!

Then if you cut them and age the water out of them for a couple of years they go up in a burst of flame that lasts only moments.

Almost any fast growing wood is going to have a very high water content and sustain this problem.

[MaryN]

I've used willow in the past, and once it is well aged it burns as well as oak. A friend of mine used bulk willow pellets to fire his boiler - worked well.

But, give me oak, ash or beech anytime. That lovely golden glow from well aged wood. Can't wait for winter and open fires again.

[bigpaul]

best wood for anything is ASH.

[Scythe13]

Both of those woods burn about as well as a wet phone book!

Then if you cut them and age the water out of them for a couple of years they go up in a burst of flame that lasts only moments.

Almost any fast growing wood is going to have a very high water content and sustain this problem.

I've found the Buddleia to burn very quickly, yes, but when you are starting a fire, I quite like that about it. As for the willow, we used to use 1 year dried willow back in Basingstoke (we had an awesome log burner there...miss it loads) and we regularly went to the same guy for the willow because it was so good. Good burner and a good price.

The thing is, if you want to wait for a willow to grow before you start the fire process you can. If you want to do the same with beech, oak, or something similar, it's a damn long wait.

Willow is sustainable, useful, and gives an awesome bang for the buck.

[I-K-E]

best wood for anything is ASH.

yep best by far and you can coppice it too on a 7-10 year cycle if I remember something that i read on a website. an you need about 7.5 acres to be self sufficient

but in light of the recent ash disease I would also be looking at a mix of trees for a coppice just rather than putting all the eggs in one basket