According to the HoCo fire code, burning of leaves is not allowed. The only acceptable fuel is dry seasoned firewood. Leaves are explicitly prohibited. https://www.howardcountymd.gov/fire-and-rescue-services/burn-permitsrecreational-fire-permits

Interesting. I didn’t even realize wood could be burned .

Yup, it has been allowed for a long time. It falls under recreational burning and cooking fires as well. Recreational burns used to require a person to obtain a permit prior to lighting the fire. Essentially the only thing allowed without permit was a "cooking fire", which in all reality could be a bonfire as long as you had a pack of hot dogs next to it. In 2016, I believe, the county eliminated the need for a permit, however individuals still needed to follow the rules that were previously outlined for the permit.

Leaf burning is illegal in all the suburban counties of Md. and has been for many, many years. (I vaguely remember my dad doing it back in the 1960s in PG County.) I wish that wasn't the answer, but I understand why it is.

Don't.

I want to preface this by saying I realize you mean "could" as in "is allowed to", but for some reason I thought you meant "Huh, I didn't know wood burns."

Wood burns? Nuh-uh.

Sure it does. You just have to take some logs and soak them in wood.

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