I have a dead tree in my back yard I need to cut down, it seems to be central to only the one tree, would it be OK for me to use it as fire wood or should I have it hauled away? I don't want something to spread to my other trees.
I've never used dead/dying wood before in a fireplace. The only concern I would have would be the smell but as people have said above, they've done it so I'm guessing that's not a concern.