[stevio]

God bless you, we use birch if we have to, like cleaning up a friend/family's yard. We never use spruce, unless in an outdoor fireplace.

We saw a PBS special, "Man in the Wilderness". He burned spruce or something in his handmade log cabin. He must of used tons.

[JohnKinAK]

Yep, spruce grow like weeds up here.