[AT] OT Heating with wood

[charlie hill]

Bill I burn less gallons of fuel oil in NC than I would have to burn in 
chain saw gas if I moved to Maine!  LOL  I've been there....in 
Feburary...Nice place.....cold place.....COLD place.

Charlie
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From: "Bill Thompson" <spud_thompson at toleartist.com>
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> Move to  Maine,   GUY'S !!!!!!!
>
> Bill "Spud" Thompson
> Katahdin Valley Farm
> Sherman Mills, Maine
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>>I agree with the poem John but you can hardly get an Ash axe handle or 
>>baseball bat these days.  Let alone any good Ash firewood.
>>
>> Charlie
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>> From: "John Cullom" <jhcullom at adelphia.net>
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>>> All this talk of wood stoves reminded me of a poem I read on this list 
>>> many years ago. I think Farmer posted it, but I can't remember. I burn 
>>> wood every winter so as not to use too much of the liquid black gold, so 
>>> I saved it knowing I'd refer to it sooner or later. Whomever wrote it 
>>> had a high opinion of ash.......
>>>
>>>
>>> Beechwood fires are bright and clear,
>>> if the logs are kept a year.
>>> Chestnut's only good they say,
>>> if for long 'tis laid away.
>>> But ash new or ash old,
>>> is fit for a queen with a crown of gold.
>>>
>>> Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
>>> blaze up bright and do not last.
>>> It is by the Irish said,
>>> hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
>>> Elmwood burns like church yard mold,
>>> e'en the very flames are cold.
>>> But ash green or ash brown,
>>> is fit for a queen with a golden crown.
>>>
>>> Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
>>> fills your eyes and makes you choke.
>>> Applewood will scent your room,
>>> with an incense like perfume.
>>> Oaken logs if dry and old,
>>> keep away the winters cold.
>>> But ash wet or ash dry,
>>> a king shall warm his slipper by.
>>>
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