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Storing Firewood in Colder Months | Logs Direct
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What is the best firewood you can buy?
At Logs Direct, we offer a wide range of logs available to burn in wood-burning stoves and fire pits. Newer owners of burners may not know what the best firewood logs they can buy for long-burning and efficient home use.
Summer Camping and Glamping: Choosing the Best Campfire Wood
As summer approaches, many people are preparing for camping and glamping trips. One essential element of these outdoor adventures is a campfire. But what type of wood should you use for your campfire?
A Woodpile in Winter
Central heating can keep the cold out of a house, but it doesn’t have that same cosy quality of warmth that a good log fire can bring – and it won’t help you mull your wine, either!
Burning Birch as firewood
Continuing with our series of articles looking at the various types of wood that you can burn in your wood burner or stove, we turn our attention this time to birch.
How to store kiln dried firewood
We have written many articles on the benefits of using kiln dried logs (kiln dried logs will save you money, The Difference Between Seasoned And Kiln Dried Logs). In these articles, we describe kiln dried logs and their many benefits. You're sold, you want to buy them, there is just one stumbling block: storage.
A focus on burning Oak as firewood
Our series of articles looking at the various species of tree that can be used as firewood continues with a British favourite: the mighty oak. The English oak (Quercus robur) is well known and popular, arguably having achieved the status of a national emblem.
A focus on burning Alder as firewood
Opinions often vary on the use of Alder as a firewood. We are positive, however, that it’s a quick-burning, fragrant wood. It also makes for great kindling. However, before considering whether to add some Alder logs to your firewood stack, you might want to consider the properties of the tree and what that means for Alder as a solid fuel.
Is Ash a good firewood to burn on your woodburner?
You might burn a fair few logs in your wood burner or stove, but how much do you know about the trees they come from? In this post (which will hopefully turn into a short series), we aim to get you better acquainted with the humble ash tree.
The Many Benefits of Kiln Dried Logs
When buying firewood logs, it's always important to ensure that the wood you buy has been properly dried: a lower moisture content means that your firewood will burn consistently well with little smoke and won't blacken the glass of your stove door.