Tom's firewood burning tips.

         As far as the wood is concerned its a good idea once you get your fire started to set the next couple of pieces you plan to burn on the hearth. this allows the wood to expand a little and any surface moisture on the wood to dissipate.  Also, try starting the softer, lighter wood first, then throw on the heavier hard woods, such as eucalyptus. Eucalyptus has really coarse and splintery grain and is somtimes reddish in color.   Remember that with eucalyptus it needs to be stoked to keep it burning.  Starter logs or sticks are helpful if your fireplace doesn't have natural gas.

         When covering up firewood outside only do so if wet weather is on the way or if you live in a coastal location which has moist mornings or evenings (fog).  Completly covering your firewood for extended periods of time may result in mildew and a faster breakdown of the cellulose material that wood is made of, as covering it traps moisture.  Let the wood breath and it will burn well. There are  covers sold that just cover the first top twelve inches of the stack.  These are the recommended types of covers in climates such as ours. 

Our Beginnings

It all started with my good old buddy Kurt Armond.  Kurt use to help me in my construction business.  One day a big tree fell on my parents property.  They had a company come out and cut it all up.  My parents have 3 fire places in their house so the wood stayed on the property... but it stayed right where I needed to park my work truck.  So Kurt suggested to buy a steel splitting wedge and he would split it all up with a sledge hammer.  So I thought OK, and I'll put some signs out to see if I can sell some of it.  Long story short, It sold, and it sold fast!  I started getting more wood from that tree trimming company and we eventually invested in a log splitter machine, making it a lot easier on us. So I noticed that a lot of people need wood to burn in the area, give me a call, I'll sell you some wood that's seasoned and ready to warm your home, or BBQ those ribs or even bake that pizza.

  Half cord of neatly stacked walnut wood.