burning bark

[Egon]

Rubbing bark between your hands may break it down to fibers which make for very good fire starter.:thumbsup:

 

[adjusterr]

Although I have plenty of standing timber on my place, I buy a truck load of logs and cut them into firewood. I always ask my friend to give me as much locust as he can as I prefer locust above any other wood as it burns very hot, is easy to ignite and leaves a very fine ash. Locust bark, like many others have posted, is a great firestarter. I always gather up the locust bark after splitting and put it on a pile which I then tarp. As needed, I bring a bucket of bark up to the house for starting. Another starting trick I discovered is to purchase one of the "Fireplace Logs" from Walmart, chop it into walnut sized pieces, place them in a ziploc bag and you have great, cheap firestarters. It's cold and rainy in Western MD tonight, I'm stoking the woodstove and hittin' the sack. Good night Ladies!

 

[jymbee]

... i've been using wood for heat for a long time and i always leave the bark on the ground in the woods. is it worth gathering to burn?

Don't have that much locust here but I keep the bark from the very large sugar maple trees that need to be cut down at times. The bark pretty much falls off when splitting and is dry and very hard & thick. Too thick actually for kindling but burns very well-- more like the smaller limb wood.