[Sca-cooks] Forest management (was ovens)

[UlfR]

Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> [2004.10.30] wrote:
> Evergreens aren't considered a good firewood because they can cause a severe
> flammable build up in your chimney- can make things right exciting ;-) The

True, but in parts of the world the price difference is major. IIRC I
would have to pay *at least* twice as much for birch -- the main local
hardwood -- as for mixed wood. I suspect that local availability might
have produced the same kinds of effects back then as well.

> reason I said a temperate zone forest is because they tend to have a high
> proportion of hardwoods- oak, hickory, and so forth, which are ideal woods
> for burning in a fireplace- not only are they low on sap and such, but they

I'm in the (south end of the) taiga forest, so my options are different
from most continental folks.

UlfR

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UlfR Ketilson                               ulfr at hunter-gatherer.org
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