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When I had a wood-burning fireplace here in MI most common was oak and hickory - hardwoods that burned very slow and hot, leaving very little residue behind.
Elm, walnut and ash is cheaper here (often free, if you pick it up), but it does not burn as hot.
Apple, cherry and other fruitwoods smell amazing and are also wonderful for BBQ because they impart flavor.
I currently have a huge supply of silver maple from taking down two 80 ft trees that mother nature was going to take down at some point and I didn't want them to come crashing through the roof of the house. I also have a bit of birch and some white oak that I cut on my property.
About 8 of my 28 acres is mixed woodland, oaks, black locust, birch, maples and several types of evergreens and so I expect that it will supply most, if not all, of my firewood.
I wouldn't burn any type of pine if it got delivered to my place free !
Here in southern New Mexico: pecan by the cord delivered not stacked $250. So yes, I burn what comes off my property when I have trees felled/trimmed: Arizona Cyprus, eldarica pine, etc. I have my wood burner cleaned annualy by a professional and they say no problem with creosote buildup but for certain, that pine sure burns fast.
I wouldn't burn any type of pine if it got delivered to my place free !
There is nothing wrong with pine as long as it is properly seasoned. That's what we burn in the interior of Alaska along birch. Well, it's not necessarily pine but spruce. We have lots white and black spruce, plus birch, and poplar. I burn birch and birch only, and most times mix these two. However, I only burn wood for a few hours each day, and somewhat brisk fires to keep emission to a minimum using an EPA approved Jotul 500-F stove. Once the stove's top has reached a minimum of 300 degrees, there is no visible exhaust coming out the stack. With -40 degrees outside the house and the hot gasses at the base of the stack at 300-400 degrees, the thermostat in the living/kitchen/dining rooms registers 84 degrees three to four hours after the burn starts.
It's a very heavy cast iron stove, and the firebox is lined with some sort of bricks. The stove is very airtight, but I bring fresh air to it from outside the house via a pipe that's connected to an air port near the bottom.
Make that, "I burn birch and spruce only, and mix both." Spruce catches on fire faster that birch, so I start the fire with it. Then I add birch since it burs hotter and longer.
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