I sell about 150 cords of wood a year. Most people buy/prefer Pine because its cheap. Birch seems to be an open fireplace wood. Aspen (not black poplar) doesn't sell well;people say the bark creates to much ash.
My personal preference is:
Birch for an outdoor cooking fire (bark must be all burnt)
Pine/spruce for a campfire -for the flames
Aspen for home heat- no creosote
Most don't burn Pine/spruce hot enough to burn the creosote in the wood and it builds in the chimney. I cut/split my own aspen green and very wet , That seems to work the best instead of letting it dry in log form.
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