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"Dave Bugg" > wrote
> Oak is fine, and most fruit (including citrus) and nut trees. I love
> pecan, apple, peach and cherry. Maple is also excellent. Fir and pines
> need to be avoided as well as eucalyptus, cypress, cedar, elm, , redwood,
> spruce, and sycamore. Ed also provides a good list of suggestions on where
> to locate wood for free, such as furniture makers/woodworkers, tree
> trimmers, storm damage, etc. (Ed, jump in here).

You covered most of it. No reason to ever buy smoking wood unless you are
in the middle of a desert with no hardwood trees.

Most fruit tree orchards are happy to have you cart away some of the
trimmings. When you see the guys clearing power lines by cutting branches,
show up with a six pack of cold soda and open your trunk. Ask around at work
or your neighbors and see if anyone is a hobby woodworker. We always have
trimmings of oak, cherry, maple, or walnut. You want to avoid anything
with a finish on it though, but most scraps do not.