8661 Which wood?

I guess it'd depend more on what grows around you; we have chestnut & love the depth of smell (not that we have much choice :nah:)

I don't know if this is of any help but I always put a couple of drops of cederwood or sandalwood essential oil about a half an hour before I burn cheap wood or coal and it gives a beautiful aroma around . Make sure only to use a couple of drops and leave at least the half hour as essential oils are highly inflammable We have burned apple tree wood before and it is pleasant but very mild
Noelle

Applewood smoke is one of my most fave smells. Something about it which feels comforting...
M

Think it may be cherry

[quote=Marinaw;81303]Applewood smoke is one of my most fave smells. Something about it which feels comforting...
M[/quote]

I agree - reminds me of my childhood

Thank you for your suggestions. Can you also suggest where I might be able to buy or otherwise get hold of the wood you recommend, in the MC region of Marche?

Annie.

[quote=Anniet2;81352]Thank you for your suggestions. Can you also suggest where I might be able to buy or otherwise get hold of the wood you recommend, in the MC region of Marche?

Annie.[/quote]

Our woodman supplies only what grows locally - quercia (oak) and carpino (hornbeam) tend to dominate. I would ask your neighbours as to who they would recommend locally for the best value wood that is well seasoned. Our neighbours take the quality very seriously and would never recommend someone selling young unseasoned wood.
I would be surprised if you could just ask for a specific wood.

[quote=Anniet2;81284]Does anyone know the type of wood to burn on an open fire to give a sweet smell? I know ash is the best for lack of smoke, unpleasant smells etc and I have a feeling that it is a fruit tree that gives off a pleasant odour but I'm not sure.

Annie.[/quote]

Apple wood is very nice, but I like the smell of olive wood.

All fruit trees seem to burn well but of course they must dry out for a year or so and olive when dry also burns with a nice smell plus a nice slow burn.

[FONT=Georgia]Not my own, but its very good & true![/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]Regards[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia]Lascelles[/FONT]

[FONT=Georgia]WHAT LOGS TO BURN[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Logs to Burn! Logs to Burn!"[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]"Everyone needs logs to burn!"[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Hear the woodman sell his wares.[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]What trees they come from, no one cares.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Ah! But here's a word to make you wise,[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]When you hear the woodman's cries.[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Never heed his usual tale[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]That he has good logs for sale,[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]But read these lines and really learn[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]The proper kind of logs to burn:[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Beechwood fires are bright and clear[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]If the logs are kept a year.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Chestnut's only good, they say,[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]If for long 'tis laid away.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"But Ash new or Ash old[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Birch and fir logs burn too fast[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Blaze up bright and do not last.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"It is by the Irish said[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Even the very flames are cold.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"But Ash green or Ash brown[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Is fit for a queen with golden crown.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Poplar gives a bitter smoke,[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Fills your eyes and makes you choke.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Apple wood will scent your room[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]With an incense like perfume.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"Oaken logs, if dry and old,[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]Keep away the winter's cold.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]"But Ash wet or Ash dry[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia]A king shall warm his slippers by."[/FONT][/SIZE]
[FONT=Georgia]What? You cannot take the word of puppets[/FONT][FONT=Georgia]Who speak their truths in rhyming couplets?[/FONT]

That's wonderful. Who wrote it?

Hi, From an old woodsman poem, I find as the poem ash and beech when dry burns the best & hottest!
The sweet smelling ones are the fruit trees & I think euclaptus (sorry wrong spelling I think?)
I find great satisfaction providing wood for our wood burner!
Lascelles