Using Trees No One Else Wants:

The above and below photos depict an aspen tree that burned in the center from the wildfire 5 years ago. No one else would want this tree but the outer wood is excellent and tempered from the internal fire. It is also the perfect thickness for splitting. We have the logs cut and now all we need to do - later today - is cut it to length and then split it. Hopefully this will give us the wood needed to almost complete our firewood for next winter. I have one or two more trees that I will cut down as soon as it dries out at the turn around where the road crew made such a mess. Next on the summer list to do is haul branches to the burn pile.. I was very happy to get this dry tempered tree. They are hard to find.