Hi from Western Wisconsin

Been a lurker for the summer. I started renting a house from a friend in February. He has a quad 3100 step-top that heats the house greatly. I am very anxiously awaiting the cold temps to reap the rewards of my hard work this early spring. I've been reading tips and scrounging wood since early spring (mostly dead standing elm) and have roughly 6 months worth cut, split, and stacked since early June! Not really a noob to the wood gathering scene as I have helped both sets of grandparents do it since I was about 5. Was allowed to run the splitter at age 7 and have been running and maintaining a chainsaw since I was about 14. I am new to the actual burning though. And been educated from this site on how long wood actually takes to dry. I look forward to learning everything I can by reading tips on the forum!

I think/hope I should be good. It was dead standing elm with most if not all bark missing on the trunks. It has well pronounced cracks in it already and I have it top covered. I will definitely keep an eye out for creosote though. I did check it with the multi-meter method I found on this site, and it reads out to be where it should be. I did find the dead standing oak to be not ready though (not included in the count anyways) Come burn time I will check it all again, I assume once the humidity in the air drops so will some more of the moisture content of the wood? There is still 2 months or so before I expect to be burning. I will add that I already have almost another winters worth c/s/s. And plan on doing more once the temps drop a little here.