I'm located in Southern NJ. Around Sept/Oct I split a bunch of Silver Maple and River Birch - something that I knew would season by next year. My oak is for 2015 as I've just started in the last year or so. I still have more to split, but my question is this: Should I be top-covering this from the get-go or waiting until after this coming Summer? My pics should give you a feel of what I'm looking at. The larger piles are facing South. I don't have much property to store it or they would all be facing South. One thing I noticed, and you can see it on the closer pic of the River Birch, is that it looks as though it's molding on the ends. Maybe that's typical of some species as woods dry, but it's not happening on the Silver Maple.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Thanks in advance for your input!