Ultimate Firewood Tree

[Scythe13]

(4 October 2013, 19:16)Mortblanc Wrote: 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.