Clear Plastic over wood pile to dry faster ?

[Flavo]

I will just be doing the open air method.
But to go along sort of w/ the topic. What about covering w/ landscaping paper? It's black and breathable.

 

[SmokeyCity]

settled
ill cover the top row with a cler plastic strip and flip it every so often to let any condenssation dry off

why is it frowned upon to cover just the top of the pile during the summer months? I figure the more rain you can keep off it the faster it would season. no?

It is ABSOLUTELY NOT frowned upon, not by experts in the lumber-processing field, and for two reasons:
1) You do not want the lumber to crack/split/check from local temp extremes.
2) You do not want liquid water coming in contact with the wood. (Weren't you trying to remove water?)

2) applies here, to speed up air-drying.

"season" is vague and meaningless here; "dry" is the operative word.