I guess in our area we burn what we have!
If we had oak/hickory ect. (we would pass on the cottonwood also.)
At least we get to see the SUN in the winter and have 65 degree days at the end of November!,(unlike staying inside your house like a cave dweller in the winter months).
A lot of Russian Olive there in WY/CO also, none smell all the good when burning ,but i am inside usually when i have a fire going!
Cottonwood (bottoms)have torn the I beam on my splitter,i rip them anymore.(toss them in the fireplace,split the upper wood for the wood stove.)
A lot of folks from here kind of don't know our semi desert climate it's hard to find a tree to begin with! and cottonwood will out burn sagebrush.
It shure beats seeing the propane guy that has $$ signs for eyeballs.
Mark
