| Apple wood is a excellent wood burning fuel. It is | | | | lot of 4 foot pipe to help us keep our wood |
| considered a hardwood which means it is heavy | | | | stacks from falling over. |
| and will burn for a longer period of time than | | | | Wood burners who live in a city or town should |
| softwoods. However, if your apple wood is not | | | | place their wood in an area that will not receive |
| seasoned, then it will be very difficult to burn it | | | | water from your yard sprinklers. The wood that |
| properly. | | | | does get wet can take 2 or more years to |
| We have had great success with seasoning apple | | | | completely dry if you continue to water it. As for |
| wood because our summers are high heat and | | | | keeping your wood covered, that is a personal |
| low humidity. Seasoning apple wood does not take | | | | preference. My folks cover their wood and we do |
| a rocket scientist to figure out. Simply cut your | | | | not. The benefits of covering your wood during |
| wood stack it or throw it in piles and let it dry or | | | | the winter months is that you can season your |
| cure for at least a year or more. | | | | wood quicker, but out west with our dry |
| However, if you want to season your wood | | | | summers that is not a big problem. |
| slower, do not be afraid to run a sprinkler over | | | | If you are consistent with wood cutting and |
| the top of it during the summer. By sprinkling the | | | | every year you cut more wood than you need, it |
| wood it will also help control bugs that can | | | | will not take long to have a 3 year reserve of |
| damage your wood. | | | | wood. That means if during one cutting season |
| Apple wood is susceptible to these little bore | | | | you are injured and cannot cut, you will not have |
| mites that drill small holes in the wood. Your wood | | | | to worry about cutting because you have a |
| will still burn well, but you need to watch your | | | | reserve. |
| stack closely so they don't overrun it. I would | | | | Those of you who want to purchase apple wood |
| highly recommend burning this wood as soon as | | | | can do so but make sure you get what you pay |
| you have seasoned it. Apple wood can be difficult | | | | for. A lot of places will charge around a $100 for |
| to stack because it has many different shapes | | | | a cord of wood that is all limbs. These little limbs |
| and it not uniform. However, as you begin to | | | | burn well, but they can never be relied upon to |
| stack your wood, you will quickly be able to fill in | | | | burn all night leaving you, fire starting coals in the |
| holes with various other smaller pieces. We use a | | | | morning. |