Fred Wright
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Folks,
Fired up the stove for the first time this morning; last night got down a mite cool. Around freezing, actually. Anyhow, I figured I better get busy with the limbing saw and cut up some branches for starter wood before we need it.
This is a small round from a pin oak I cut over a year ago. The twigs from this are dry and make good kindling... used a handful of it this morning. Just for curiosity's sake I split a piece at the butt end and checked it with the moisture meter. It gave a MC reading of 32%.
Didn't expect it to be real dry but I also didn't expect it to be this wet after more than a year of laying around.
Thoughts?
Fired up the stove for the first time this morning; last night got down a mite cool. Around freezing, actually. Anyhow, I figured I better get busy with the limbing saw and cut up some branches for starter wood before we need it.
This is a small round from a pin oak I cut over a year ago. The twigs from this are dry and make good kindling... used a handful of it this morning. Just for curiosity's sake I split a piece at the butt end and checked it with the moisture meter. It gave a MC reading of 32%.
Didn't expect it to be real dry but I also didn't expect it to be this wet after more than a year of laying around.
Thoughts?