I read over and over again about getting 3-5 years ahead on your wood supply for any number of reasons. Probably the number one reason is so you know you will have plenty of properly seasoned wood to burn. Another would be the pure joy of looking at all that money in the bank outlining my property. Many more reasons as well.
The reason I started this post was to tell you how thankful I am I took this great advice. I have been unable / unwilling to do any serious scrounging (thats how I get all my wood) for about two years now because of some serious health issues of my wifes that required pretty much all of my spare time. At the time though I had gotten about 4 years ahead and so was able to burn through two winters without worrying about seasoned wood. I think it was a post from Dennis (where is he by the way, haven't read any posts of his this year) about thinking about not being able to collect for a year if you got hurt that really got me going. Didn't get hurt but life happens in other ways that aren't that great either.
Anyway, I'm burning 3 year old oak and have gotten back to replenishing my woodpile. So far I've been able to C/S/S about 4 cords (2 premo red oak, 1 pine and 1 mixed) so I have a good start on getting back to 3 years ahead.
Didn't hardly look at this site last year and didn't realize how much I missed it until my addiction kicked in again this year.
The reason I started this post was to tell you how thankful I am I took this great advice. I have been unable / unwilling to do any serious scrounging (thats how I get all my wood) for about two years now because of some serious health issues of my wifes that required pretty much all of my spare time. At the time though I had gotten about 4 years ahead and so was able to burn through two winters without worrying about seasoned wood. I think it was a post from Dennis (where is he by the way, haven't read any posts of his this year) about thinking about not being able to collect for a year if you got hurt that really got me going. Didn't get hurt but life happens in other ways that aren't that great either.
Anyway, I'm burning 3 year old oak and have gotten back to replenishing my woodpile. So far I've been able to C/S/S about 4 cords (2 premo red oak, 1 pine and 1 mixed) so I have a good start on getting back to 3 years ahead.
Didn't hardly look at this site last year and didn't realize how much I missed it until my addiction kicked in again this year.
