If you want a beautiful fire, you need beautiful wood.
I absolutely have that—in the form of
Western Juniper. I’ve been thinning out a few dead junipers on my property and,
in the process, converting some of the larger trunks and branches into lengths
of firewood to feed my woodstove next winter. When split, the lengths are both
colorful and decidedly aromatic
Western Juniper is equally beautiful
in survival. It thrives in the arid regions of the western United States. Some
trees are over a thousand years old, their trunks twisted and gnarled by
centuries of wind and weather. The wood of juniper is rot-resistant and
fragrant, making it valuable for fence posts, furniture, and even incense. For
me, it will make a beautiful, warming fire.
—Mitchell Hegman
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