Difference between seasoned and unseasoned firewood

Laura-Jane from Whimfield farm (http://www.whimfield.com) discusses the difference between seasoned and unseasoned firewood.

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• firewood
• wood piles
• seasoned
• seasoning
• unseasoned
• fire wood

[mttcraft27]

Its really bad that an attractive female cant post a video without everyone making sexual comments. Darling I would like to apologize for everyone for the rude comments.

[stihl460bertha]

what else do u know about wood

[rusda2]

@Bently100 the conventional wisdom says that you want to burn seasoned wood because burning un seasoned (also known as "green") wood is a chimney/flue fire hazard because of the abundance of creosote made by burning un seasoned wood. the creossote can build up and obstruct the flue pipe & catch fire and burn your house down. some people burn green wood saying as long as you regularly clean out your pipe with a sweeps brush it's perfectly safe. others say not safe under any circumstances.

[octapotamus]

Thank you for the good video!

[americannable]

@mttcraft27 and then theres the people who cant mind there own buisness

[KoalPilot]

So why do you have the ear protectors on ? do they work better for the video ?

And what do you season your wood with ? our neighbor like Italian seasoning fo r the aroma when they do cooking on their wood stove !

[Bently100]

Sorry, I guess I missed something- what is the difference in seasoned vs unseasoned with regard to burning????

[mdocod]

your "seasoned" wood there looks great. It doesn't look punked at all to me. It should burn very nicely and produce plenty of heat. You might want to split some of those larger rounds in half to get a cleaner/hotter burn from them. Otherwise all looks well. Lots of people give "pine" crap. In many places in the country, that is all that is available and it works just fine. Just make sure to sweep your chimney at least once a season properly.

[4micaman]

@mttcraft27 Couldn't agree more, Matt!

[joetherocku2ube]

Hi... Thanks for the info... also note that wood that is more than 2 years old will loose its ability to produce BTU by a significant percent. There is an optimum %MC that one should try to achieve... 7 months seasoned is great for hardwoods. I would never burn pine in my house unless someone gave it to me for free. Good luck. Joe

[learydeere]

looks like its all pine