General rule in Northern New England is that it's a cord give or take by Thanksgiving.
Our first fire was back in August. Intermittent from then on through the end of Sept.
Probably sent about 2/3 of a cord up the chimney so far. Mostly dead and standing pine and punky wood. Just switched over to good hardwoods in the past couple weeks.
I've been burning full time since december, and with some real cold weather in the past month I've burned somewhere between 4-5 cords of mostly maple with some birch, spruce and a bit of poplar. I have another cord still out in the yard but it's under a couple of feet of snow, so I'm hoping to avoid having to bring it in. I'm ready for spring!:msp_crying:
Assume that you burn Red/Soft Maple ? How do you like it for firewood ?
These Downeast Maine coastal woodlands grow only Red/Soft Maple; Hard/Rock/Sugar Maple grows way inland in richer, drier soils.
I have a mix of hard and soft maple but you won't hear complaints with any species of maple from me, it all burns well when compared to spruce and poplar.:msp_biggrin:
just over a cord now since the 1st of oct. looks like 2 out of 9 rows will do if winter stays the way it is?? (5x12x16")
Ah yes WB, you upper crust people burning wood UF ( Up From the oil/gas furnace set at 65 F ).
Turn the thermo down to 50 and that's more like it. There's still oil from the 2007 delivery in the tank!