woodgeek said:
Stack it outside uncovered in the rain, and give it a few months to 'unseason'. Cover a month before you want to use it to remove surface moisture.
I thought about that, but I wonder how strong the
hysteresis effect is with this wood. Bringing wood up to EMC from kiln-dried usually results in a lower MC than drying it down to EMC. I've read it can be up to a 3% difference, but I don't know for what woods and under what conditions that would occur. Probably not important since they don't dry dimensional lumber down that low in the first place.
You can always nail them together and make EPA test loads. %-P
I can't imagine trying to heat with a big stove using thin pieces of pine. I have an unlimited source of kiln-dried pallet wood and I never even consider it. I had nightmares with that stuff many years ago, and it was all beautiful hardwood. Every once it a while I drive over to bug my buddy who runs the shop and come back with the back of my wagon full. It does make the very best kindling wood, but I'm a "the bigger, the better" thinker when it comes to wood size. However, if all you have is that and some marginal wood, it will surely help get those internal temps up where you need them to be.