I was just looking at my plantation from the spare bedroom window and realized I could see most of my wood from this vantage point.
In the background is a mix of big pine logs and some good oak, maple and black locust mixed in.
The stacked wood is mostly white ash, but behind it is some leftover oak and hickory from last year, and a mixed load of cherry, black birch and some more black locust. The back of this stack isn't visible, but it extends back another 8-10' to the basement door. The stack is about 5' tall. There is another shorter stack of ash behind the main one, but you can't see much of it from here. The loose pile is a nice fat cord of almost 100% black birch, with another cord coming this week... a good start on next year's wood. There is another cord in the basement, so I should be fine for the rest of the season. If all goes well, I'll have two cord of well seasoned black birch to start next year. Which makes me very, very happy.
In the very back you can faintly see the result of last week's fire that almost got me calling the FD. You can see the charred pallet in the front, but most of the blaze was behind the pallet. The wind was ripping from the northeast (toward the right), and you can see why I'm so lucky it wasn't blowing from the southwest (toward the left) like it usually does around here. There is also a lot of dry wood behind the pine logs. If they caught and spread to the logs and got them going (3-4 cord there), who knows what I'd have left here. A shift of the wind after they got ignited and I might have lost my beautiful 1994 Camry wagon... or even my house.
In the background is a mix of big pine logs and some good oak, maple and black locust mixed in.
The stacked wood is mostly white ash, but behind it is some leftover oak and hickory from last year, and a mixed load of cherry, black birch and some more black locust. The back of this stack isn't visible, but it extends back another 8-10' to the basement door. The stack is about 5' tall. There is another shorter stack of ash behind the main one, but you can't see much of it from here. The loose pile is a nice fat cord of almost 100% black birch, with another cord coming this week... a good start on next year's wood. There is another cord in the basement, so I should be fine for the rest of the season. If all goes well, I'll have two cord of well seasoned black birch to start next year. Which makes me very, very happy.
In the very back you can faintly see the result of last week's fire that almost got me calling the FD. You can see the charred pallet in the front, but most of the blaze was behind the pallet. The wind was ripping from the northeast (toward the right), and you can see why I'm so lucky it wasn't blowing from the southwest (toward the left) like it usually does around here. There is also a lot of dry wood behind the pine logs. If they caught and spread to the logs and got them going (3-4 cord there), who knows what I'd have left here. A shift of the wind after they got ignited and I might have lost my beautiful 1994 Camry wagon... or even my house.
