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- Today we look at the difference between Hardwoods and Softwoods, talk about wood hardness and how its measured, cut some wood and split some wood,
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I can’t believe when I was 15 I knew everything....../now at 73 I learn something new before breakfast. In south central Kentucky we have Hickory, zYellow Poplar, white and Black Oak, Holly, Birch, Black Gum, Cherry, Walnut and lots of stuff with green needles which I have no idea what they are. Mike. Maybe in future videos you could help us learn how to identify the different species.
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On our properties in Lower Michigan we have Primarily Red Oak, White Pine, and Beech. We also have a few various Maples, Sassafras, Witch Hazel, Hemlock, various Spruce, and one deer eaten Eastern White Cedar. Do you ever use your mini-cabin in the winter? There's a whole lot of healthy goodness sitting out in the woods watching and hearing the snow or rain fall, or watching the morning fog burn off as the sun rises.
Here in Oregon we have Madrone trees, Janka Hardness is 1450 and boy does it work well in a wood stove !
Thanks for the education, had never heard of the Janka scale! Red oak is my favorite to come across to process.
I remember as a young teen, if we were too cocky at home, Dad would set us out to split elm. No splitter. Wedges and a sledgehammer. We learned to behave fast!
from Ontario Ca, I find it funny when talking soft wood vs hardwood in firewood terms, that hardwood is also broken down into hard and soft wood. poplar, soft maple, white birch and bass wood, are considered softwood. hard maple, yellow birch, cherry, oak, and ash are hard wood. but technically they are all hard woods.
I was wondering if someone would dive into the soft hardwood vs hard hardwood & soft softwood vs hard softwood.
So where does “balsa” wood fall? I have been told it is a hard wood that works like a soft wood.
@@gettintheresafelywithpatf2869 hardwood and softwood refers to the type of seed they produce. Hard wood and soft wood refer to how dense the wood is. So yes balsa is a hardwood but it is less dense.
Hey Ontario, im from Chino. Hows it up there?
Great video Mike. Being a cabinetmaker, I've dealt with the hard vs softwood thing for over 40 years. From what I know it technically comes down to the seed as Mike said and loosely follows the evergreen and deciduous foliage separation. As far as firewood and heat goes...cellulose has the same heat out put per pound no matter the species. A stick of pine will put out less heat than a stick of oak because it is lighter. I have heated my house for 25 years with nothing but softwood, pine, fir and spruce, because that's what grows in the mountains of Colorado.
We burn ponderosa pine here in Wyoming. A lot of fuel in this pine. Leaves almost no ash but does not make coals. Splits alright when dry as long as you split across center of heart. Will not "slab" split across grain very well like the oak. The only hard wood around here is a few ash trees. Have good day and carry on.
Is your ash trees affected by the beetle like we had had here on the east
@@dougsmith9099 We only have a few ash in town. I have noticed some are dying but I can't say for sure if it is due to beetles. Our main concern is the pine beetles in our mountains.
@NH-Hill Billy Just imagine your stove full of pine knots. That's basically what my pine firewood is. Many of the high ground trees have limbs from ground up. Pretty much solid knots. Must season for two years after split. I use a hydraulic splitter on these trees.
Burn what's available. You have to clean your chimney more often..done and done.
Here in western Canada we have larch or tamarack trees that are evergreen, but loose all of their needles in the fall. They are similar to redwood in the fact that when the needles fall to the ground they create a bed of red needles that carpets the surrounding soil. Larch/tamarack are also quite hard compared to pine. One problem we have with larch/tamarack is when they get to be tall (60 - 90 feet), they loose their large branches in wind storms (and not even strong winds) and we call these widow makers because the entire branch breaks off and plummets to the ground much like a spear and usually impales itself in the ground or in our case once the windshield of my wife Honda Accord (fortunately it was parked with no occupants). Larch/tamarack are incredibly straight and long grained, but where the branches protrude that is a weakness because they break off so easily. Great episode.
Tamaracks are also found here in New York, New England, and the Great Lakes.
Wouldn’t that mean they are deciduous?
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One sure fire way I've found to tell hardwood from softwood at a glance is this. If I'm out cutting firewood and that blow down is easilly accesbile it is softwood. If it is a real bear to get at and out it is hardwood.
Lol
Truth!
The nail demonstration was an excellent idea. Im in NJ and I will keep white ash, red oak, and when possible, locust to burn in my shop wood stove
I know (by no means are you an expert) but you are quite knowledgeable and intresting. Thanks for the explaination .
My wife said she would like to try that test on my head, for a Hardhead test. PJ in O-HI-O
Now that's funny!!
Harold your wife must have been talkin to my wife
Domestic vilolence ahhhhhhh. Don't end up on live PD
Good morning Mike. Good little work out this morning, makes you happier that you have the wood splitter! I remember those from days gone by! Interesting about the hardness scale. Thanks for sharing with us, keep up the good work and videos. Fred
It also depends on conditions where the tree grows on how hard the wood is not just the kind of tree. The same species of tree growing in very different conditions can be very different in hardness.
Here in VA, the Black Locust is the hardest tree I've come across. The wood is yellow, coarse-grained, very heavy, very hard, strong and very resistant to decay. In the past it was used extensively for fence posts, poles, mine timbers, split rails and decking, as well as for pulpwood and fuel.
10-4 on that locust, but they are all dying out. Mike from south western Virginia
Writing from Burks Falls Ontario, on our property our soft wood is mainly spruce with some hemlock, on the back part of our property we have mostly hardwoods maple ( which we tap for maple syrup), oaks and some poplar. Lots of my neighbors actually burn spruce in their outdoor wood furnaces because of it's abundance. Love your videos.
I came across your channel
Really good topics
I live in va and been cutting fire wood for my fire pit.
I realized your in cranberry township.
I grew up in Conway.
Welcome aboard!
Hey Mike, Still liking the VIDs. It allows me to reminisce about my old stomping grounds.
Down here in TX we have a ton of different trees. One I would like to mention is the live oaks. They grow quite large but aren't good for lumber. They don't lose their leaves. They do shed them somewhat in the spring. The word is very dense and hard. They make great firewood. We do have a lot of oaks that do lose their leaves. They're generally called Scrub Oaks. Not much use for them other than there is a ton of them and they make good firewood as well. We have Mesquite trees as well. Not much good for anything other than for the smoker.
Keep up the good work and thanks for all the effort.
1timby Live oaks are used in the wooden boat industry because of the natural curve to the tree. I have never seen one or worked any of the lumber. Just pictures. It is very hard and has beautiful grain.
Here in Co. we have pine everywhere, not hard to find. But we also have a lot of elm and from my experience it splits you while you split it.
You nailed it mike! In more ways than one! Perfect!
I like that scale at the end. We've always stayed away from cottonwood and aspen. They never seem to dry out and even though they're deciduous, I'd classify them as a soft wood. I've actually had them splash me if you try to split them right after cutting them. Sycamore stays pretty wet too, but it smells a lot like oak when you burn it.
Hello Morgans
North central Illinois here.
We have similar trees here as you do. red oak, white oak, pines, maple, elm.... the one tree we have a lot of that I don't recall you mentioning is walnut trees. The grain on the walnuts is about as beautiful as it is on the red oaks.
Have a great day!
Hi Hunter!
Be blessed
Another interesting measure of woods would be BTU/lb during burning. I've always understood the denser words have higher BTU/lb. This is one reason why hardwoods are desirable for heating. Also, another measure might be residue. Softwoods are "dirty," in that they emit more creosote. Apparently, softwoods can be used for outdoor furnaces. But, softwoods are a no-no for fireplaces, stoves, and indoor furnaces because of the creosote left behind.
Out here in CA, some of our oaks do not loose there leaves. There called Valley Oaks or Coastal Oaks, depending on where you live. There still burn very well. Have a Day.
Here in Western Nebraska most of our wood is Cottonwood or Elm. You might find a little bit of Hackberry and Pine but not much.
Addressing your comment on the last video; I've never had any political ads pop in but today, for the first time ever, I witnessed an ad for "Manscaped.com" and it's just what you would imagine.
Here in southeast Nebraska today I was cutting mulberry, ash, honey locust and elm. The last few years I have been burning mostly honey locust. You have to be careful for the spikes but once it is cut down and limbed it is good to work with. Very hard. Produces a lot of heat. Burns Long. I cut some western red cedar sometimes. It smells good in the woodbox. You have to cut off a lot of little branches just to get to the trunk and it doesn't way much so doesn't have as much heat in a cord. Some years I have burnt mostly elm and mulberry. Gotta take what I can get when I go out looking for stuff that is already dead and dry in the fall to burn that winter.
We have Pecan producing trees down at the Clubhouse in Southern Illinois. Occasionally a storm will roll through and High Winds will take down a large branch or an entire tree. You can’s beat the taste of BBQ 🥩 grilled entirely over Pecan wood out in the country. 🍽 👍
Good morning Morgan family ! In my woods in northern Armstrong Co. I did have a lot of Ash until a few years ago when ash beetle killed all ash trees. I do have lots of red oak, white oak, maple, wild cherry and lots of American beech ! Since the timber sawmill do not want beech my woods in being choked out by beech and is becoming my big supply of fire wood !
Nice informative video, FYI here in the UK we have Yew which is technically a softwood but scores 1520 on the Janka. V slow growing, tight grain and keeps it's leaves/needles.
Hey Mike, Bill here from Ontario Can. mostly sugar maple, burl oak, white oak, white spruce and white pine are way. great volg. keep on shooting.
Lodge Pole and Douglas fir here in Montana are our two best burning words we don’t have hardwood forests
Hi Mike. I studied Woodwork at school here in the UK for 7 years back in the 60s. We were taught that the difference between 'hardwoods' and 'softwoods' was how they reproduce. (I think the woodwork master might have been a bit of a perv!). But, if they reproduce by spreading seeds from cones, i.e. Coniferous, then they are classified 'softwoods'. If they reproduce by spreading seeds from the 'flower ' of the tree, e.g. chestnut, beech etc., then they are classified 'hardwoods' and are called deciduous. Cheers.
Mike , Tamarack or larch are the same tree & they are the ones that turn yellow in the fall ! We have some larch around here ! Trees , Hemlock , R Oak , W Oak , Cherry , Silver Maple , Red Maple Sugar Maple , Birch , Butternut , Walnut , W Pine, Red Pine , Black Gum , Sycamore , Red Elm ,Ash , Chestnut Oak ,Aspen , Pignut Hickory , Shagbark Hickory , . We all know there are a lot of trees lumped into the Red Oak & W Oak category .
Mike - Once again you have helped me to become just a little bit smarter about things in the world. Thank you sir. Blessings to you and your family.
I am blessed to live in north central Arkansas. We have a wide variety of both hard and soft. In the past year on my LT15 I have cut eastern red cedar, yellow pine, white oak, red oak, ash, black walnut, honey locust, black locust, black cherry, pecan, maple and yellow birch. I want to cut some sycamore. When you cut it quarter sawn it has a beautiful grain. It is also called American lace wood. I usually cut what is blown down.
Thank you for the lesson. It generated some pretty good comments
Here in north Alabama, we have mostly oak, white , red and wet oak witch is a small leave oak tree, we have red cedar with is great for furniture. I have noticed yall are covered in black cherry, witch it grows here but not much.
We also have popular trees, sycamore trees, red pine and various others.
Like this clip very informative...
Thanks for the demonstration Mike. Here in southwest Indiana we harvest different varieties of Oak, Walnut, Hickory (such as Shagbark), Beech, Sassafras, and Maple for firewood. There are a number of softwood trees that we may harvest for fire pit burns only and I don't know those as well but Cottonwood and Bradford Pear are two that come to mind. I saw where Melissa was in Columbus Ohio and we're glad she had a safe and successful trip. Hope all else is well, take care and God Bless.
Here on the Western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, we have many evergreens such as cedar, Douglas fir, white fir, Ponderosa pine and some sugar pine. I also have hardwoods on my property like some oak (white and black) and madrone. I’ll use Doug fir and cedar for kindling and burn primarily oak in my wood stove. Madrone burns really well however it burns hot...SUPER HOT.
G'day Mike , trees near me and Janka hardness ratings , Buloke 3,760 Grey box 3,372 Ironbark 2,922 Red box 2,922 Yellow box 2,920 Red gum 2,697 . And three or four days drive north Acacia Puece 4,630 👍 .
We have cottonwood & poplar in Mn, that are deciduous, but are soft woods that tend to rot or get punky quickly.
White birch, I consider a semi hardwood, is interesting due to the properties of the wood rotting out well before the bark, which due to its natural oils, resists rot, & you can commonly dump rotted birch from the bark shell still intact.
Birch bark is my favorite of natural fire starters, & it smells amazing!
Mike you did an excellent tutorial on hardwoods vs soft. I have taught wood technology to woodworkers for several years because of my work as a USF service tech at the Forest Research Lad in Corvallis Oregon associated with Oregon State University. We did various testing on domestic and foreign species thanks to harvest taxes and research project funds. It’s fascinating to work with different species but see their differences under the microscope.
But as I said, your tutorial in this video is one of the best! My hat is off to you.
Thank you for another quality educational or informative video! Well done!
Here’s a Have A Day y’all from Central Texas.
Thanks so much Dave! I appreciate that
Here in Central and Northern Virginia mostly white pine, white oak, red oak , hickory, maple (not sugar maple),elm, poplar, apple all kinds. Mike I usually learn something everyday I did not know about how woods are classified by the hardness. Thank you for your sharing your video with us. Hello Hunter. Ed
you've got that Billy Ray thing down pat! Here in SC (just a few miles North of Charleston), we have so many varieties of Oak trees. I have 4 different varieties in my yard including a Live Oak...The Angel Oak, just outside Charleston is between 400-500 years old!
In North Central Florida we have Southern live oak that stay green year round but shed excess leaves twice a year. So we get a Fall fall and Spring fall of tough, leathery leaves. The tree itself is usually a short massive main trunk with twisted and arching branches. I've heard that it used to be popular for ship timbers because of all the natural bends. Your Wood Mizer would take one look at it and refuse to start.
On our property in north central WV we have predominantly red and white oak, hickory, black birch and black cherry, red, silver and sugar maple and one single white pine that we planted last year we also have something that I don’t know what it is but it has green leaves even in the dead of winter.
Good video. In the northeast we have a few tamarack trees that are softwoods that lose their needles.
With your property I am surprised you have not invested in an outdoor boiler so you can burn that softwood right up.
Pretty nifty video Mike, I really enjoyed it! I'm from north central Pa so as you know we got about anything you might want in the hardwood species, pretty diverse around here. Have a few white and red pine patches around and the occasional hemlock patch as well.
we in middle Asia have commonly hard wood ..some really beautiful textures and colours..
especially in the desert areas like here in the UAE ..
thank you for your informative video.
Colorado has a lot of Cottonwood ,Siberian Elm,Ash, and Lodge Pole Pines in the hills.
Got me again drinkin my coffee watching out doors with the Morgan's love this show , you got snow
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Was a nice morning video for sure. Short and sweet with good info and scenery
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@@WeatherNut27 ,Sure is nice with the snow I live on the eastern Shore,md.
No snow this year lol
@@Z-Bart As my wife reminds me, I have many faults and failings, one of which is I am a teetotaler.
Just Wanted to say thanks For sharing the info and education on soft and hard woods I live in georgia we have pine and oak at our place .....have a day
Live Oak, mesquite and cedar (western juniper)...here in Florence Texas
I wonder if some people clicking on this link were surprised to find it was actually about wood.
Get out of my brain. The ads should have been for ED meds . BTW holy ads. Like every four minutes is a bit much but it helps the Morgans so I'll survive
Hey Mike, northern WI fella here. Have you ever had the "pleasure" of splitting Elm? I've got a bunch of dead, standing elm I've been heating with, that was taken out by Dutch Elm disease a while back. Great heat, but what a pain in the A$$ trying to split that stringy stuff. Keep the vid's coming.
Here in New Mexico we have mostly soft woods and a little oak but not much mostly scrub or gamble oak.
Perfect and Great Explanation!!👍😊
Here in MN, Red Pine (aka Norway Pine) is our state tree. Hardwoods that are heavier generally have more BTU's than softwoods, therefore are better for firewood. Look at the rings on the oak compared to the pine. Much closer together on the oak, = more dense= more BTU's. Cheers!
I believe the Aussie wood you were referring to is river red gum. Almost impossible to split green. My 10 year stint there I cut for my father in law. Great splitting dry and better wood than oak for heat
I have a 'prize collection' of larch in SE New Hampshire. They are a deciduous conifer-that is they lose their needles. Very rot resistant. Relatively tall and they look like they're on fire in late fall when the afternoon sun hits their tops. Several other trees in this category, as well. Too much fun-thanks❗️
Oops-should have added lots of poplar round here-a deciduous hardwood that’s perdy soft!
On the avalon in Newfoundland its mostly Var, spruce ,Juniper, and small amount of birch
Reminds me of my old forestry classes professor Mike
Southwest Wisconsin - Shagbark Hickory, Burr Oak, Pin Oak, Black Locust, Honey Locust, Black Walnut, Mulberry, Cherry, BoxElder, Silver Maple, Basswood, Cottonwood, Buckthorn, Quaking Aspen - off the top of my head. I've burned all these so far this winter. Wood Gasifer OWB eats it all, around 12 cords a year.
Gee there are a lot of comments, maybe someone from down under has already answered Mike's question on Australian hardwood. My doctor friend tells me that the Australian Bull-oak or Buloke has a Janka hardness of 5,060 lbf. Love the videos!
In the UP of Michigan Mostly hard and soft maple, then birch , cherry, oak, white pine ,red pine ,jack pine, apple, white birch, some elm. bass wood. spruce, blossom. poplar, ash, cedar, hemlock, tamarack. to name some.
When I apprenticed as a cabinetmaker they taught us: hardwoods are deciduous (leaves and seeds) and softwoods are coniferous (needles and cones). Also black oak is a red oak -- go figure. I believe the hardest wood in our area is iron wood. They used to use it for bearings and other wear parts.
Morning Mike. I reside in Southeast Georgia, coastal plain . We have Live Oak, Georgia State Tree and Pine Trees, lots of them, mostly used for pulp wood. Love your channel.
Your educational videos are really good. I learned something today. just like your one on spreading gravel.
Every time i spread gravel on my drive in the spring I will think about you. Gary in Idaho out...... Thank You
Get yourself a chunk of Black Locust or Osage Orange if you want hard wood. That locust is hard as a rock! Cool looking, too- yellow sapwood with reddish brown heartwood. Osage orange actually is orange yellow in color. Both are among the best heating woods out there as well. There's also mulberry and ironwood that are found in my part of the NE.
Nothing beats Black Cherry for great smelling smoke, though.
Well in Australia, many, if not most of our native trees are hardwoods and they do not loose their leaves. There are a few exceptions, but in general we don't have many native softwoods and also not many native deciduous, some cedars and beech trees (a hardwood) but most are a variety of "gum" tree, a hardwood.
Here in New England out trees are similar to what you have in PA. We do have locust wood that is very hard, harder than red oak, the old timers call it ironwood. We also have tamarack which look like a spruce in the summer but lose their needles in the winter. We also have catalpa trees that have long pods that look like 10" long brown pea pods hanging from them. I've only taken them down and burned them up in a brush pile because they make a mess and the wood seems to be really soft.
Northern Illinois we have Red and White Oak, Shagbark Hickory and walnut (at my place anyways)
Very interesting!! Also hardwood burns slower than softwood. Softwood keeps you running from the wood box to the heater more.
Softwoods burn with more flame and less coals. Hardwoods, except Birch, tend to burn into coals that last a longer time. They all burn.
in Mother Earth News, about 40 years ago was an article about different woods, what was interesting in that piece, most woods (pitch woods were not included in this if I remember right) have about the same BTU's (6000) per pound, it is the density of the wood, being the factor that contributes to how long it burns, just like Mike commented on the pine stick was bigger, but he could feel the oak pieces was heavier though smaller.
Hello Mike and Family from way down under in the land of not many soft woods. (Australia) We have a species in Victoria (and NSW) called Yellow box. Its incredibly hard and heavy at 1100kg per cubic meter (0.275 cord) When dry you normally get about 6 cuts in a 20 in log before your chain is kapoot! Love your videos, great work and keep it up. God bless your family.
where I grew up in ontario canada we had what was called fence corner elm, it had a twisted grain was always wet , real tough to split! and there was tamarack which was considered junk wood ,as you would never burn it in a stove as it burned super hot! down here in in new brunswick we have a lot of hemlock , jack pine , elm, and lots of hard maple, hense why we have a maple syrup industry big in quebec , have you ever been around cyprus , and mahogany what they built inboard boats out of! love what you do, your lovely wife needs to get a malamute- husky puppy , very beautiful dog with bright blue eyes . jerry in new brunswick canada eh!
Mornin' Mike. Great summary of hardwood vs. softwood. Here in SW Missouri, we have all the woods displayed on your Janka Hardness list, plus a lot of others not so common. Our only evergreens are Southern Yellow Pine and Red Cedar. Have you noticed on Buckin Billy's videos that he is primarily cutting and splitting various evergreens for firewood? That is because their hardwood population is very minimal compared to the evergreens in many parts of Canada. Have a great day.
Solid handclap.
Some mighty impressive hand splitting there Mike...
Perhaps you should challenge your daughter to a wood splitting vs, rowing contest,
I think you would win the splitting ! 👍
I live in Gaines Michigan were about 22miles from flint michigan. We have these trees the biggest I've came across is about 12in diameter but they have little apples on them there bitter like a crab apple I've never tested how hard they are but with a brand new chain out of the box you cut one of those small trees itll dull your chain compared to oak or a lot of hardwood around here they grow these huge thorns on them and they will pop a tractor tire you guys have those in your woods. With a splitting maul itll bounce right off it locus wood is like that too. But I tell ya what nothing like having seasoned oak in the fire place it gets so hot itll burn ya putting logs in the fireplace. Good video have a nice day.
I have been cutting a lot of willow the last few days, I have found it burns pretty hot and splits easy, kind of like box elder, but it soaks up water like a sponge, so,
you cant store it outside as it will get rotten very fast when wet
I started watching the video and then transitioned to listening while I did some googling on some Aussie hardwoods as the wood over here tends to be HARD. The common woods I cut and burn around here are redgum (Janka Hardness: 2,160 lbf), ironbark (2922) and grey box (3,310). The difference between hardwood and softwood is if it's from Australia it's a hardwood, if it's from US it's a softwood. Australia has virtually no deciduous trees and has among the hardest (and the hardest) of the hardwoods.
Hi Mike here in Michigan i deal with hickory, white oak, red oak, ash, apple, elm on my property love the videos new subscriber
Very interesting talk on deciduous and conifers. Don't forget the Tamarack also known as Hackmatack or Larch that is a Conifer that loses all it's needles every fall not just half like most evergreens. We have up here in Maine a few species of wood harder than Red Oak. Yellow Birch, just slightly harder than oak. Beech which is a little harder than oak. Hard Maple also known as Rock or Sugar Maple is quite a bit harder than oak. And then we have Hornbeam, a very difficult wood to work with but is used for tools and other items because it wears like steel. In my younger days I worked in a wood products factory and turned many species of wood on production lathes. The harder the wood the nicer the turnings were but the more often you wood have to grind your knives/tooling to keep them sharp.
I didn’t know about the Janko test. I learned something from this video. We have mostly oaks here on my property in Bitely Michigan. Some pines but not as many as oak. It was good to see you swing the axe. I can’t wait till I can get into the woods to cut and split some wood. Have a great day. Say hi to hunter for me.
Desert woods, Mesquite, Juniper, Scrub oak, Palo Verde
We have cypress here in Louisiana. Holds up very well outside. It is light and not too hard.
We also have many varieties oaks and many pines, Short Leaf, Long Leaf, Slash, etc.
Eric S. Duck, P.E.
Piñon is used to heat in wood stoves, as well as pine, juniper. New Mexico.
Density is a concise ration here as well
Great aim by the way
Tamarac is a coniferous tree that sheds it's needles.It grows in swampy areas of the upper midwest u.s.
Mikey,
Did you ever take a look at the "BTUs per cord" chart?
It seems it directly relates to the 'hardness scale' you gave at the end.
Osage Orange is at the top, then Hickory and Oaks, and Silver Maple lower down.
Makes sense, I guess.
Have a Day!
Our property here in NH is a mixture of Hemlocks, Silver and White Birch, Maple, and Oak trees.
We have a lot of white and black poplar up here in the middle of Canada and it'd be on the low end of a hardwood
Apple is a hardwood, very twisty grain interlocked together. Once used for the production of wooden gears in Eli Terry clocks in Connecticut. Because of Johnny Appleseed, there are old gnarly apple trees scattered across the US. Apple is now prized by woodworkers for carving, furniture work, and musical instruments. If you take an old one down, saw it up carefully, don't burn it. 1730 lb Janka Scale. 43-49 lbs cu ft.
In the Northwest especially Washington, we have a lot of green trees (Evergreen State). We also have some hardwoods, but I don't know how to tell them apart. God bless!
Single leaf pinyon pine, Utah juniper, and mountain mahogany. North eastern Nevada.
Our trees are post oak juniper some cedar and lots of mesquite and the largest pecan orchard in the world is 30 miles from me.
Thanks for your info I value your opinion & advice you share your thoughts & knowledge better than most other youtubers IMO.
Great educational video....
Michael from Canada
Tamaracks (Larix laricina) are medium-sized deciduous conifers that are native to this country. They are a soft wood Janka Hardness: 590 lbf (2,620 N)
Mike, excellent presentation on a not so simple subject, here in the Cotswolds we generally burn hardwoods.
If you think driving a nail in Oak is hard now, wait until that piece is dry, it’s almost impossible then.