nope they only hug trees when its warm out, otherwise there burning them also to heat there houses. :rolleyes:

Steve

My brother burns wood for his heat in his house and he goes and get all of his wood. He first gets a licence from the goverment to cut for personal use and they send him to a special area to cut and it is all birch, and all the trees are a nice size so he doesn't have to split them :lol:

I heat my house all winter with wood. We use mostly all white poplar. Usually cut our own from friends that need some more pasture cleared.

Also use spruce at times. Burns cleaner and is a good wood to throw in during the day. Birch is a very hard wood. Ask my chainsaw. :lol: Burns hot and last long. I dont like it for a night load though. Nothing beats poplar for that.

Also birch is very expensive. A cord of poplar is between $80 & $100 to buy. A half ton box load of birch is around $200. The rich tourist type cabin owners out here, just love it though and spare no expense, much to my friends delight. :lol:

I grew up in rural Nova Scotia where my family has always used a wood-burning furnace fueled by hardwood from our property. We cut only the largest birch, maple, etc. and let the younger growth fill in the now vacant spots.

The sugar woods (maple stands) are also tapped for sap which is piped to a maple syrup lodge.

Self sustainable resource with enough production to provide my family with firewood and syrup and sell a sizeable portion on the side.

I'm lazy, so I just make a phone call and find it on my driveway a couple weeks later. :biggrin:

Calling the "Birch Fairy" hot-line? :lol: