Best way to dry kindling?

[Jay777]

I'm a new woodburner, so please bear with me

I had a cord of wood delivered, not nearly as seasoned as I might've wanted (shock), and while I was stacking it, there were many smaller pieces of wood or large pieces of bark that I thought I should separate out to use as kindling. So I've got a small pile of scraps that aren't seasoned yet. Is there a standard way to dry these out? I've also been collecting small deadwood branches, which seem like they'd be useful, but they're already dry and I pretty much just put them in a big paper yard-waste bag.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[begreen]

I just put that stuff in a strong cardboard box and stack the boxes in the shed. It's always been ready by winter. Banana boxes work great, they're a standard size and strong.

 

[karl]

I spread the bark out on my concrete patio for a few days to a week, depending on how sunny it is. Then I put it in a trash can until winter. I also put bigger pieces of bark on top of my wood pile to act as a roof for it.

 

[Jags]

If I have time, I take the small stuff up to the roof and carefully place each piece out on the shingles so that the sun bakes it. I rotate each piece every 3 hours so that it gets baked on both sides. This is to be done only from July 1 to Aug 11, and only during the days that will have a full moon at night and no rain in the forecast.

If I don't have the time, I throw the crap in a barrel and keep it under roof, and it will season just fine.

P.S. I never have time to use the first method. :coolsmirk:

 

[Jay777]

Okay, the moon is wrong for tonight, but I'll get everything ready to go up on the roof. Thanks!

(and I'll pick up a metal garbage can somewhere too...)

 

[bluefrier]

use a trash can or cardboard box to store them in a dry place (basement, shed, etc..)

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Ya, that stuff is so thin that it dries when you look at it too hard.

 

[BrotherBart]

I have two of these car top carriers that somebody left, brand new, at the landfill one day. I toss splitter scraps in them for kindling. I have a third from a neighbor that I keep the saws and PPE in.

 

[sapratt]

I throw all my kindling in a big pile then light a fire. When the fire goes out the kindling is dry.