Should be good with the Maple and Ash. If the black locust is from mature trees you also might be okay. The oak will likely take all the BTUs just to burn it.
A cord of wood is equivalent to 150 to 170 gallons of oil. If you can get firewood now at say $300 a cord you could save yourself $700 over a 150 gallons of fuel oil.
Curious as to if anyone has given thought to heating their home next winter? Natural gas prices have already doubled this year and home heating oil is sitting at six bucks a gallon.
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Predation by domestic cats is the number-one direct, human-caused threat to birds in the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year.