Dry logs make good fires. Never assume your logs are ready to burn - know they are!
On the open hearth or in a wood burning stove, it has never been more important to use properly dried firewood. Bought-in delivered logs, bagged firewood and those you've harvested and stored yourself should be checked.
For me, wood is the most beautiful renewable heating fuel and my responsibility is to make sure it is harvested sustainably and burnt efficiently. It is my tiny contribution to not burning a fossil fuel like heating oil or gas, nor increasing the demand for nuclear energy. And those of us living with wood fires must do all we can to burn cleanly. This is becoming increasingly important as attention focusses on smoke and PM2.5 fine particulate matter. I am proud to use this ancient and benign heating fuel, and, in doing so, not release fossilised carbon into the atmosphere nor create more radio-active waste!