As winter approaches, ensuring you have the right premium firewood to keep your home warm and cozy is essential. At Timber Ridge Firewood, we provide a range of high-quality firewood options, perfect for every fireplace and wood stove. This winter season, we’ve identified the most trending firewood types that promise efficiency, warmth, and a delightful burning experience. Let’s explore our top picks to help you make the best choice for your winter needs.

Naturally Seasoned Birch – The Classic Choice for Winter Warmth

Naturally seasoned birch is a top favorite among firewood enthusiasts, known for its excellent heat output and long burn time. This wood has been dried naturally over time, reducing its moisture content to provide an efficient and clean burn. Its bright flames and steady heat make it an ideal option for both indoor fireplaces and outdoor fire pits.

• Burning Efficiency: Naturally seasoned birch burns for an extended period, making it a cost-effective choice for those cold winter nights.
• Aesthetic Flames: This wood produces bright, warm flames that add a cozy ambiance to any setting.
• Low Smoke Output: Thanks to its low moisture content, naturally seasoned birch produces minimal smoke, making it suitable for indoor use.

If you’re looking for a reliable firewood option that offers excellent heat and a clean burn, naturally seasoned birch is the way to go. 

Click here to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Yellow Birch Firewood.

Tamarack & Larch/Fir – High Heat Output with a Fragrant Aroma

Tamarack and larch/fir firewood are renowned for their high energy output and pleasant aroma. This dense hardwood burns hotter than many other wood types, making it an excellent option for heating your home during the coldest winter months.

• High Energy Efficiency: Tamarack and larch/fir firewood provide a long-lasting, intense heat, perfect for those who want a steady warmth.
• Fragrant Aroma: These woods emit a delightful scent, adding a pleasant aroma to your indoor or outdoor environment.
• Minimal Residue: With low sap content, tamarack and larch/fir produce minimal residue, reducing the need for frequent chimney cleaning.

This firewood is perfect for wood-burning stoves, fireplaces, and outdoor fire pits, ensuring you stay warm throughout winter.

Click here to buy Premium Alberta Tamarack

Cedar – Easy to Light and Perfect for Kindling

Cedar is an excellent firewood choice, known for its ease of lighting and its pleasant, unique aroma. It’s often used as kindling due to its quick-burning nature, helping to ignite other hardwoods efficiently.

• Quick Ignition: Cedar lights up quickly, making it the ideal firewood to start your fire.
• Aromatic Scent: Burning cedar fills the room or outdoor space with a rich, inviting aroma.
• Versatile Use: Perfect for kindling, but can also be used on its own for smaller, quick fires.

If you’re looking for a wood that makes starting a fire easier and adds a touch of fragrance, cedar is the perfect addition.

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Pine – An Affordable and Accessible Softwood Option

Pine is a softwood that burns hotter and faster than hardwoods, making it an affordable and accessible choice for firewood. It’s perfect for quick bursts of heat, ideal for shorter fires.

• Cost-Effective: Pine is often more affordable than hardwood options, making it great for those on a budget.
• Quick Burning: Ideal for getting a fire started or for those times when you want a short, hot fire.
• Pleasant Aroma: Pine emits a pleasant scent as it burns, adding to the ambiance.

Pine is an excellent option for campfires, outdoor fireplaces, or as a supplement to your hardwood firewood. 

Click here to buy Boiler Wood Totes, with pine firewood

Apple – Enhance Your Cooking and Grilling Experience

Apple firewood is famous for its sweet, fruity aroma and slow-burning properties. It’s highly sought after by those who love cooking or grilling over an open flame, as it adds a delicious flavor to food.

• Sweet Aroma: Apple wood produces a sweet, fragrant smoke that enhances the flavor of meats and vegetables.
• Long Burn Time: It burns slowly, making it perfect for cooking or maintaining a steady heat over time.
• Ideal for Smoking: If you enjoy smoking meats, apple wood is one of the best choices for achieving a unique, savory taste.

Perfect for BBQs, smoking meats, or adding variety to your firewood stack, apple wood is a must-have for cooking enthusiasts.

Click here to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Orchard Apple Firewood

Cherry – A Versatile Wood with a Sweet Aroma

Cherry wood is another popular choice for firewood due to its slow-burning nature and sweet aroma. It’s great for both indoor and outdoor use, providing a long-lasting fire with minimal smoke.

• Long Burn Time: Cherry wood burns at a steady rate, providing a consistent heat source.
• Subtle Sweetness: Adds a gentle, sweet scent to your fire, enhancing the overall experience.
• Perfect for Smoking and BBQ: Like apple wood, cherry is ideal for smoking meats and cooking.

If you want a firewood option that offers versatility and a pleasant aroma, cherry wood is an excellent choice.

Click here to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Orchard Cherry Firewood

Benefits of Using Kiln-Dried and Naturally Seasoned Firewood

Choosing between kiln-dried and naturally seasoned firewood can be challenging, but each has its advantages:

• Kiln-Dried: Burns hotter, cleaner, and with less smoke. Perfect for those who want efficiency and ease of use.
• Naturally Seasoned: More affordable and still offers excellent heat output, ideal for those who want a longer-lasting firewood option.

Why Quality Matters When Choosing Firewood

Using high-quality firewood ensures efficient burning, less residue, and a better overall experience. Timber Ridge Firewood carefully selects and processes each piece to ensure you’re getting top-tier firewood that’s safe, clean, and efficient.

How to Properly Store Your Firewood for Winter

Proper storage is key to ensuring your firewood remains dry and ready for use:

• Keep It Covered: Use a tarp or cover to protect your wood from rain or snow.
• Elevate Off the Ground: Stack your firewood on a raised platform to keep moisture out.
• Allow for Air Circulation: Store in a well-ventilated area to allow the wood to breathe and stay dry.

How Timber Ridge Firewood Ensures Sustainability and Quality

Timber Ridge Firewood is committed to sourcing wood sustainably, ensuring that all products are harvested ethically and responsibly. We prioritize eco-friendly processes to provide firewood that’s not only premium quality but also environmentally friendly.

We offer convenient delivery options across Calgary and surrounding areas, ensuring you have the firewood you need without the hassle.

Choosing the Right Firewood for Your Needs

Whether you need firewood for indoor heating, outdoor fires, cooking, or smoking, Timber Ridge Firewood has the perfect selection for you. Consider your specific requirements, such as heat output, aroma, and burn time, to choose the ideal firewood.

Customer Testimonials – What People Are Saying About Timber Ridge Firewood

Our customers love the quality, consistency, and service they receive from Timber Ridge Firewood. Join the countless satisfied clients who trust us to keep their fires burning.

Special Offers and Discounts – Get Ready for Winter!

Don’t miss out on our special offers! Visit our website to check out current discounts and bundle deals, and get prepared for the winter season.

When it comes to premium firewood for the winter season, Timber Ridge Firewood has you covered. With options ranging from naturally seasoned birch to aromatic apple and cherry wood, you’ll find the perfect firewood to keep you warm and cozy all winter long. Visit our website today and order your firewood!

FAQs

1. What is the difference between kiln-dried and naturally seasoned firewood?
• Kiln-dried firewood is dried using controlled heat, making it burn hotter and cleaner. Naturally seasoned firewood dries over time, offering a more affordable option.
2. How should I store my firewood to keep it dry during winter?
• Store your firewood off the ground, covered, and in a well-ventilated area to ensure it stays dry.
3. Which type of firewood is best for indoor fireplaces?
• Kiln-dried birch and naturally seasoned birch are excellent choices for indoor fireplaces due to their clean-burning properties

Colder days and nights are here again and you might be shopping for firewood logs. Consider this a beginners guide, so read this before you look for firewood for sale. 

You might think firewood is nothing more than wood put into the fire. There’s more to that! In many places, firewood is still needed in campsites, wood ovens, boilers, and most especially in fireplaces. Just imagine what would happen to steak joints, pizza places, and BBQ businesses without firewood. 

This article is brought to you by Timber Ridge Firewood. We have a variety of bulk firewood and firewood bags, as well as firewood racks, firewood starters and kindling. We cater to places like hotels, restaurants, hospitality businesses, and individual homes. We supply firewood in the Calgary area and nearby cities, so call us and have your firewood of choice delivered to your address. 

We humans have been utilising firewood for thousands of years. It is a part of life in many cultures even with modern technology. A lot of things will not work right if there is no firewood. Just imagine what Santa will use when winter arrives!

Got a firewood storage space?

Another important question is do you have some sort of a firewood storage in your space. Firewood is best stored in spots with adequate air circulation to keep its moisture content. Wood for burning is bulky and needs some protection from moisture. Also, you have to keep them at a distance from open fires for safety. 

To start, you should have a firewood storage stack in your place. Any space will do, although not many spaces have enough space to stock firewood. The indoors is good but storing wood outdoors is also a choice as long as it is protected from the rain.

Here are things you must keep in mind for firewood storage:

• An indoor firewood rack is a good idea, as the wood is protected from moisture. However, a lot of indoor spaces are often limited. 
• A firewood shed can store a lot of firewood. Storing firewood outdoors can be an option as long as the wood is protected from moisture. 
• Always make sure that the firewood holder and kindling is kept away from sparks and open  flames. 

What is the best firewood to burn?

Now you have wood storage solved, now you can go to your favourite firewood supplier and start shopping. Now the next question you might have is looking for which firewood is best for burning. To explain it simply, there are three important factors most customers are looking for:

• The heat output. How much hotness does a certain firewood put out.
• Longevity. Customers want firewood to burn for some time before needing to add more to the fire. 
• The cost. You would want to have firewood that is not too expensive. 

Also important is the moisture content of firewood. Green or unseasoned wood, which comes from recently harvested trees, has a lot of moisture. Burning unseasoned firewood generates a lot of smoke and has a low heat output as the fire has to evaporate the moisture as it gets into the wood. 

On the other hand, wood with too low moisture content tends to act like kindling, catching fire easily but it turns into ash pretty quickly resulting in low longevity. Therefore, it is important for you to check moisture levels before you buy firewood. 

Getting bulk firewood gives you the most value for money, as they have larger pieces and cheaper in cost per volume. So let’s move on to types of firewood you will find in most suppliers (see the firewood you need here in our Timber Ridge Firewood Shop). 

Birch firewood

Among the best in terms of value and cost, Birch firewood is a hardwood species that burns hot, has a long burning time, and emits less smoke compared to softwoods, while leaving little ash or creosote. It is a dense wood so it burns slowly and without popping. Whether you buy it in bulk or in bags, birch firewood is always a good choice. 

Because it burns well with low smoke, birch firewood is perfect for indoors and for heating stoves, pizza ovens, and for roasting. It also emits a nice aroma. 

Our store has Naturally Seasoned BC Yellow Birch Firewood and Kiln Dried BC Yellow Birch Firewood available for sale. Since birch is a hardwood and comes from less-common broadleaf trees, it costs higher compared to more common softwoods. 

Tamarack or Western Larch

Among the best among softwoods, Tamarack wood emits a lot of heat when burned. It is perfect for heating homes and for boilers, and you will only need to burn a reduced quantity of wood for the same output. Just make sure burning Tamarack wood has plenty of air, and it will burn fine without too much smoke and ash. 

Another advantage is that Tamarack wood has a long burn time, making a good firewood for stoves, ovens, and fireplaces. If you want to have an easier time maintaining your fireplace or oven, choose Tamarack firewood. 

Get high-quality and properly seasoned Premium Alberta Tamarack from us. We get premium Tamarack from Alberta. 

Douglas Fir/Larch 

It is a good choice for that classic, bonfire experience as it makes a little crackle when burned. Douglas Fir and Larch are dense softwoods, so it has a high heat output. These woods belong to the pine family and naturally have a resinous wood, so they pop even when seasoned. 

You can burn Douglas Fir and Large indoors and outdoors, and expect them to have a long burning time and emit low smoke. We have Dried BC Larch/Douglas Fir Firewood for sale. 

Red Cedar

Red Cedar firewood always puts out a hot, colourful flame that makes it appealing to bonfires and campsites. Red cedar is a dense softwood, so it also has a high heat output and emits a nice aroma as a bonus. Because of those properties, Red Cedar firewood is often used for roasting and smoking meats and fish. 

Best used for outdoors. Our shop delivers Red Wood BC Cedar Firewood to your place. 

Get Your Firewood from a Reputable Supplier

Despite modern technology and adoption of heating oil, the fireplace is still an important part of life to many people. Firewood is also needed for wood ovens, making smoked meats and roasts, as well as for campfires and bonfires. It is also a sustainable source of energy. 

Get premium quality, problem-free firewood delivery. Timber Ridge Firewood is the place where you can buy firewood. We also have firewood stands and accessories. We do firewood delivery in Calgary and nearby areas. Aside from Birch, Larch, Douglas Fir, and Red Cedar, we also have Pine, Spruce, Cherry, and Apple firewood, and we deliver them in bulk, in bags, or in semi-truck loads. Contact us through email or phone and order now!

Have good choice firewood delivered to your home with Timber Ridge Firewood, the number one supplier of firewood in Calgary and nearby areas. We have different types of firewood products, including cherry, birch, and tamarack woods. In addition, we have useful accessories, artisan metal items, and decorative wood products. 

Purchase Red Wood BC Cedar Firewood like the one above.

If your home or business has a need for firewood or other related products, feel free to call us! We serve individual homes, restaurants, hotels, and commercial establishments. See the variety of bulk firewood, firewood bags, seasoned firewood we have, as well as firewood holders, sheds, firewood boxes, and stacks. 

For this blog, we want to introduce how Timber Ridge Firewood started, what are the products we are selling, and how you can reach us. Welcome to our website!

How Timber Ridge Firewood Started 

The business was started in 2016 by Steven Boivin, who is the current CEO. The company started as a small business. Steven’s parents were arborists who owned a tree farm service (the Timber Ridge Tree Service). It all started as a way to re-purpose tree logs done for forest health management in Calgary and nearby areas. 

Steven Boivin, the CEO of Timber Ridge Firewood

Firewood is the best alternative for reusing not-so-good tree logs, as nothing goes to waste. Steven loved nature and working with wood, and also found the important role of a fireplace as a spot for people to interact socially. 

Fast forward, the Timber Ridge Firewood remains a family-owned business and expanded to delivering firewood to commercial businesses. We are now the primary supplier of firewood bags to 7-Elevens across Canada. 

Aside from firewood, we also want customers to have an elevated experience with it. That’s why aside from providing firewood in Calgary, we also have fire starters, firewood holders, firewood storage racks, and firewood sheds.  

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Wide range of bulk firewood, firewood bags, and accessories 

Aside from offering firewood for sale in Calgary and nearby areas, we also provide kindling bags, artisan metal accessories, and decorative wood furniture. As long as it is related to firewood, we have it here at Timber Ridge Firewood!We get various types of wood from Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. We also deliver!

So let’s get started with our favourite item, firewood! See the following here in our shop.

Click to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Yellow Birch Firewood.

A gold-standard firewood in heat output and it burns long, yellow birch firewood is desired because it is highly dense and does not do undesirable popping when burned. It emits low-density smoke that does not irritate the eyes, making it fit for burning indoors and outdoors. 

Yellow birch wood is very low in resin and sap, so it burns cleanly with little ash and creosote buildup. When ignited, it releases a sweet aroma that improves the fireplace experience. Our Yellow Birch firewood comes from British Columbia, and we deliver kiln-dried and naturally-seasoned firewood. Perfect for fire pits, wood stoves, fireplaces, smokers, and pizza ovens.

Click to buy Premium Alberta Tamarack.

Harvested in Alberta, Tamarack wood is desired because it has a high heat output and a long burn time. In fact, it has a longer burning time than most types of firewood. It also produces low levels of smoke, which is good when burning indoors. 

So it burns hot and slow, so expect a longer fire. May burn with a bit of crackle and pop, but that adds to the wonderful fire experience. Perfect for fireplaces and fire pits. 

Click to buy Dried BC Larch/Douglas Fir Firewood.

Equally good for burning indoor and outdoor, we have a mix of dried Larch/Douglas fir firewood. These softwoods burn hot, so you may only need to reduce the quantity of wood to generate the same heat output. 

It also burns longer, so that’s more savings and less reloads. The firewood may burn with a bit of crackle and generate low levels of smoke. You will love this for indoor heating and for outdoor fire pits. 

Click to buy Naturally Seasoned Lodgepole Pine.

This type of firewood burns hot with a bright, lively flame, making it great for fire pits and for outdoors. Lodgepole pine is also easy to light.

The Lodgepole pine firewood from us is carefully selected for consistent quality. We have them split, dried, and ready for burning. You will love the fact that this firewood is sourced locally, making it sustainable and have minimal environmental impact.

Click to buy Red Wood BC Cedar Firewood.

Experience the best fireplace experience with cedar firewood. It burns with a hot flame and emits a sweet, characteristic smell that is perfect for the cold nights! Our cedar comes from British Columbia. 

It is also somewhat easy to light. Cedar firewood is perfect for camping, hosting a backyard gathering, burning indoors, or enjoying a cozy fire.

Click to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Orchard Cherry.

It burns slowly and emits a nice aroma, so cherry firewood is good for firepits, outdoor fires, and for heating during the coldest nights. Cherry wood also puts a sweet, smoky flavor on food, so it is highly recommended for grills, roasts, and for smoking. 

Perfect for cooking and entertaining. Our cherry wood comes from British Columbia, and we have them naturally seasoned and dried to perfection. It is a better choice compared to ordinary firewood. 

Click here to buy Naturally Seasoned BC Orchard Apple Firewood.

A perfect firewood for smoking and cooking stoves, Timber Ridge Firewood also has orchard apple firewood for sale. We have naturally seasoned apple wood from British Columbia.

Apple wood makes good firewood as it burns very hot and clean, while emitting a sweet aroma. It is therefore good for outdoor fires, cooking fires, and for smoking bacon, beef, and salmon.

Click here to purchase Boiler Wood Totes.

Our boiler wood is a mix of Poplar, Spruce, Pine, and Douglas fir. The wood is in two-foot lengths and partially seasoned, which is perfect to keep your boiler going long and hot! Comes in metal totes. It is cost effective and will help you make it through the boiler season.  

We’re so confident in the quality of our firewood that we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If, for any reason, you’re not completely satisfied with your purchase, let us know, and we’ll make it right. We stand behind our products and are committed to providing our customers with the best possible experience. 

Head to us and we will provide all of your firewood needs

Looking on where to buy firewood? Head to us at Timber Ridge Firewood. Aside from bulk firewood and boiler wood, we have firewood bags, kindling, and firestarters. In addition for providing firewood for sale in Calgary, we also have accessories such as steel fire pits, fire tongs, hot dog roasters, fire pokers, and many more. 

So there you have it. No need to secure permits for cutting wood to have firewood, or mess your head with ways to process them for storage. Head to our Timber Ridge Firewood website and select the specific firewood you need, and have it delivered to you. 

Call us at 403 831 7135 or send us an email at Timberridge.firewood@gmail.com. We also invite you to visit our address at 283225 Township Rd 224, Rocky View County, Alberta. We deliver firewood in Calgary, so contact us now!

Introduction

At Timber Ridge Firewood, we believe clients get value from understanding how their products work and where they come from. This blog is the third of a series that will cover different types of firewood available in the local market, the features and benefits of each type of wood, and how to utilize wood products effectively. With this knowledge, we hope that our clients will become more knowledgeable about the products they are purchasing and ensure that they have the best firewood experience possible. Let’s dive right into the third part of this series covering Larch/Douglas Fir Firewood.

Douglas Fir Tree Sources

The Douglas Fir Trees are native to British Columbia, and that is their primary location across Canada. They are an evergreen species of tree with very thick bark and lighter evergreen needles compared to other species. In Alberta, you will see some Douglas Fir trees, but they are significantly less common. Like most evergreens, the males produce smaller cones and produce pollen, whereas the females produce larger cones that are seed-bearing. We have close relationships with companies that work directly with BC Forestry so that we can bring Douglas Fir firewood into Alberta for our clients to enjoy. The Douglas Fir trees produce beautiful dense firewood with dark red wood grain on the inside.

Douglas Fir Firewood Characteristics

When using Douglas Fir as Firewood, you will notice that the wood is heavy compared to other softwood firewood. Douglas Fir has very dense wood grains, resulting in more wood fibers per piece of firewood. Due to the firewood density, Douglas Fir can burn longer and produce more heat in BTUs than most alternative softwood firewood. When compared to lower quality wood like spruce or poplar, there is a significant difference in heat and burn time. This firewood type will burn roughly 1.5X as long as spruce or poplar. The other relevant burning characteristics for Douglas Fir are the smoke, popping, and residue. This type of wood has a low quantity of popping, low to mid-level smoke, and a low to mid-level of residue. It is considered a premium softwood as firewood, and our clients love using it for the burning experiences.

Douglas Fir Firewood Utilization

Douglas Fir Firewood is suitable for both indoor and outdoor utilization. When burning indoors, I love to use the bark to create a fire with some pieces of kindling. That combination creates the perfect base to get the Douglas Fir lit and burning bright. The increased value in heat and burning characteristics makes it much more suitable firewood for outdoors than spruce or pine. This firewood is more family-friendly for recreational use and will prevent you from getting smoked out around the fire pit. It lets off a pleasant aroma around the holidays or when making smores around the campfire. We love utilizing douglas fir firewood and encourage our clients to try it for whatever their firewood needs are.

Our Douglas Fir Firewood

Our Douglas Fir firewood comes from southern and central BC, providing the highest quality Douglas Fir that you can get in Alberta. We work diligently to ensure that our firewood is of premium quality with good sizing and a guaranteed moisture level with each order.

Our firewood is always dried for our clients before sale so that it is ready to be used right away. The wood is processed to 15-16″ lengths and has some variation in the size of pieces. We try to keep sizing consistent, but with the large trees coming out of BC, the average size of douglas fir is bigger than our alternative types of firewood. These big pieces make it have long-lasting fires in your campfire or indoor burning units. At Timber Ridge, we love Douglas Fir and encourage our clients to try it out and see why the people in BC have enjoyed this firewood for 100’s of years.

Purchasing With Timber Ridge Firewood

At Timber Ridge Firewood, we guarantee our products for quality, dryness, and the quantity you receive. We believe in providing a product and service the promises premium quality, fine attention to detail, and amazing customer service. We work hard to build relationships with our clients and want our products and accessories to create the best firewood experience possible.