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To: Ish who wrote (40185)	10/21/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Yeah... rotten wood in a fireplace could be gross, especially if it were something like poplar (I really dislike the smell of burning poplar and it makes a lot of creosote too). Woodstoves are a little different though, but I still don't burn poplar in mine. The other thing is the definition of "rotted wood" though. We have black locust here at the farm (about 2 acres of it on one corner of the farm). That's very odd wood. The trees often die and just stand there until you come by and knock them down (they are pretty small diameter, so you can usually just knock them over because they rot off at the ground). They're very thin and tall....the bark falls off of them and leaves this silvery wood underneath. Sometimes you'll get a little punkiness on the outer 1/4 inch of the tree, but when you cut inside, it's hard, dense dry wood and it burns for hours with a rather fierce heat. Anyhow, I think it probably depends on the wood... applewood is another one that can look a little punky on the very outer surface but that can be fantastic to burn... but poplar and birch...no way...especially stuff that's fallen down and is diseased and is growing moss or fungi on it... arggggghhh....run away, run away!!!!!