Russian olive

[Odog]

anybody ever burn any Russian olive? I've heard good and bad. As a kid I remember dad burning it in piles just to get rid of it and a terrible creaosoot smell. Then I heard today a few people love it, burns great with little ash?

 

[mn woodcutter]

anybody ever burn any Russian olive? I've heard good and bad. As a kid I remember dad burning it in piles just to get rid of it and a terrible creaosoot smell. Then I heard today a few people love it, burns great with little ash?

I wouldn't get near that stuff. I did a job where I had to get rid of 6 or 7 of those things and the thorns on those things are straight from hell. I had one go right through the sole of my boot into my foot!

 

[Old Goat]

I would walk away from it. It is hard on chains, and smells pretty bad when it burns. I learned this lesson the hard way.

 

[Odog]

I was afraid I was remembering wrong. I've turned down a bunch of it because I kept thinking It wasn't worth the trouble, but then like I said a couple people have said it burns pretty good so I got to second guessing myself. I figured I'd get a good second opinion on here

 

[Chris-PA]

Fortunately we don't have any Russian olive around our place, but loads of autumn olive. It burns rather well and is dense, but I rarely have any big enough to bother with. I'm forever cutting/mowing it down. Eventually some will probably get large enough to harvest, which I will gladly do. May as well burn the invasive stuff.