GUEST COLUMN: Know how to pick the perfect firewood for those
cold, wintry nights  -A A +A By Bryce Roberts  Every winter we
look forward to the pleasures of warming our hands and feet by a
blazing fire, mesmerized by the dancing flames.  When buying
firewood two factors will determine just how hot your fire
is—seasoning and the kind of wood.  Wood is made up of air and
cellulose (wood fiber). The more air space that wood has, the
less there is to burn. Buying wood with the heaviest/densest per
unit volume will keep you toasty.  Osage orange, hickory, black
locust, all of the oaks, sugar maple and ash produce hot fires;
plus they are easy to split.   Renew Current or Past
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