I heard this on Wisconsin Public Radio this morning.
An excerpt: "To burn birch is to split birch. Its charitable, and splits as crisp as celery. Amateurs can impress friends by splitting birch. Among woodsmen, birch is favored of old men in flannel who no longer want to fight oak wars. They have given up on elm- it is no disgrace to give up on elm. Ash is a good substitute, but you will one day be too old for ash. For old men, redemption is birch fire."
Burning Birch, by Justin Isherwood
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