I'm growing a little bit concerned about some of the wood I was planning on burning this season. I went to start moving it into the woodshed today and noticed a lot of the splits have rot under the bark or are a bit spongy. Some even have carpenter ants dwelling inside.
The wood has been sitting out in the open in two rows on pallets for more than a year, with a gap in between rows. Problem is, before that it was sitting under trees and stacked in 3-4 rows that were butted tight up against one another and against a fence with a blue tarp tight over the top of all of it. This was done by the guy we bought the house from a couple years back.
When I restacked this wood out in the open in 2011, I saw there was some issues with the wood - some mildew and fungus on some of the splits. But I figured a year in the sun and wind would take care of all that. Apparently not.
I'm going through and separating the really bad stuff from the rest. I'm hoping it's mostly limited to the top couple of rows. So far the wood deeper down in the stack seems to be in better shape. The question is, are the spongy/rotted splits junk or could they be salvaged by stripping the bark and rot off and restacking for a few more months? I'd hate to think a good face cord or so of wood is going to have to be tossed out.
The wood has been sitting out in the open in two rows on pallets for more than a year, with a gap in between rows. Problem is, before that it was sitting under trees and stacked in 3-4 rows that were butted tight up against one another and against a fence with a blue tarp tight over the top of all of it. This was done by the guy we bought the house from a couple years back.
When I restacked this wood out in the open in 2011, I saw there was some issues with the wood - some mildew and fungus on some of the splits. But I figured a year in the sun and wind would take care of all that. Apparently not.
I'm going through and separating the really bad stuff from the rest. I'm hoping it's mostly limited to the top couple of rows. So far the wood deeper down in the stack seems to be in better shape. The question is, are the spongy/rotted splits junk or could they be salvaged by stripping the bark and rot off and restacking for a few more months? I'd hate to think a good face cord or so of wood is going to have to be tossed out.