In uk.d-i-y Bill Grey wrote:

"John L" wrote in message
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Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening:

A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton!
However there is another ton to come.

What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)?

I'm not intending using it until next winter.

Cheers
John

Getting the green stuff off theboughs is a real pain - hardly worth the
effort for theamount of useable timber available. The green fronds burn
ferociously and care is needed. As for the logs, can't say as I've never
used them for house heating. On a garden fire the logs do not burn very
well at all.

Leylandii is pretty good wood for burning as long as it's well
seasoned. All the complaints about it posted here indicate that it
hasn't been dried well enough. We have been felling a row of *big*
Leylandii at our house over the past ten years and burning them on our
wood burner with no problems. They need to be stored for a good
twelve months before burning though.

Leylandii is *much* better than pine and other similar softwood for
burning, although it is technically a softwood it doesn't really
behave like one, it's much denser and tougher.

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Chris Green