When do YOU cover?

That's too much like the tarps I got rid of when I built the shed. Uh,....no.
I'm still tinkering with the idea of a semi-permanent roof type deal over the field stacks.

When do i cover? when the wood is all seasoned, burned in the stove and is sitting in a trash can as ashes. thats the only time anything gets covered. You dont want ashes to get soaked its a heavy mess.

I've got some covered now, stuff that's been out there a couple of years. The stuff I stacked this year will get covered before the leaves start falling, to keep the stacks clean.

This year's wood will get clear plastic mid to late October depending on weather. A C

I try to top cover before the leaves fall, but I am not consistent. At the very worst I try to get this season's wood covered before it snows.

Have about an acre fairly clear around the house high above the lake. Uglies are stacked to the SE by edge of clearing on three pallets running E to W next to my boats..stacked in two 12 foot rows, about 5 feet high. I've left these uncovered..we've had three minor rainfalls in about three months, otherwise continuous very hot consistently windy weather. I'll put a tarp weighted by a few big flat stones over this pile before any serious rain is predicted. My 1 - 2 inch diameter branches used for kindling are stacked in two rows on pallets to the NW on the edge of the hill above the lake..also uncovered. Directly E of the house I have my main firewood stacked...one Woodhaven 16 foot rack stacked almost 6 feet high with 20"long (lots of 6-8" rounds), cover rolled to side unless it rains, in which instance cover is used. One row of 4 pallets E of rack, two rows of 4 pallets W rack, about 4 feet between rows of pallets, two approx 5' high stacks on each pallet, one stack 12-16 inch wood, one 16-20"wood, decent air space between stacks. Keep folded heavy duty tarp by each stack all year, lift onto stack and weigh down with a few logs if bad weather threatens, toss to ground when it's nice. Just takes about 10 minutes for all the stacks. Comes winter and the first threat of heavy blowing snow, I unfold the tarps over the stacks, sometimes putting light sheets of plywood under the tarps,and run tarps over both stacks to make it easier to get heavy snowfall off the stacks and keep snow from falling between the stacks. Weigh tarps down with filled gallon containers tied to grommets and resting on ground. Any long clear sunny /windy spells when the snow isn't too high, I pull the containers up on top of the stacks, uncovering the sides of the stacks. Just takes a few minutes when I am out getting firewood anyway. This keeps my wood snow/ice free. Carry it into the house in the Independent Grocer plastic shopping bins-guess they are about 18x12x12...each bin holds enough wood for my average fire...bring in about six bins at a time...keeps the house clean.

I'd just need to figure out how to cover my stacks and have it hold up to the 70mph winds we get. Last year I used sheets of 7/16" OSB that were weighted down with a ton of uglies AND tied down every 6-7 ft. (rope tied to the pallet under the wood and over the top). That whole deal didn't make it past the first windy day. The wind was bad enough that I never did find some of the sheets. One sheet flew OVER my house and landed in my driveway as I was pulling in and another broke some of my neighbors vinyl siding.