All of our seasoned wood is under cover and ready for November. But, for the green wood I thot I'd follow up on a thread several months ago discussing accelerating the seasoning process. I won't mention the physics again but when light hits something the energy transforms heating the surface of whatever it hits. So I took two long 10 or 12" boards and screwed them together to make a removeable ridge cap angle and laid it on the wood pile. Used probably less than $20 worth of "clear" plastic and draped it over the "ridge cap" leaving about 6-8" gap all the way around the bottom. The box the plastic came in said CLEAR... but it's probably 80-90% opaque so 10-20% is wasted energy absorbed into the plastic. Better with no kidding CLEAR. Opened the plastic at both ends at the top and voila! Been between 80-90F the last week and just guessing its about 120-130F in the kiln with an excellent draft coming out both ends. The wood's up on pallets so it's not only hot in there but has natural circulation. Split a oak section, measured the moisture content, and dated it. Will report in several months how it changed. I'm gonna stick a thermometer in there to measure the delta to the outside. Cheers!
