Getting ready for next year...
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Yep. When it gets full, I'll put a clear plastic bag over the top.
FaithfulWoodsman
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Nice mix. Good to be getting ahead. I have a mountain of cherry and oak to start splitting. Like the short idea.
Sprinter
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Hi Ed,
Are you going to be stacking that wood in a more conventional way to allow air to flow throughout? It's important to get the air to all pieces. My first year, I left one loose stack like the one on the left, and it never did dry and the bottom pieces rotted. (Although I'm probably in a much wetter climate. Around here if you leave any wood under less than a decent shed of some kind, you're asking for it).
Are you going to be stacking that wood in a more conventional way to allow air to flow throughout? It's important to get the air to all pieces. My first year, I left one loose stack like the one on the left, and it never did dry and the bottom pieces rotted. (Although I'm probably in a much wetter climate. Around here if you leave any wood under less than a decent shed of some kind, you're asking for it).
Jay106n
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Sprinter
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Ah, that's better! 
Top covering over exposed stacks like these are somewhat a debatable issue. Around here you just have to cover stacks and a real shelter is highly suggested. But in some climates it seems to be less of a problem.
Top covering over exposed stacks like these are somewhat a debatable issue. Around here you just have to cover stacks and a real shelter is highly suggested. But in some climates it seems to be less of a problem.
I keep them top-covered normally, but when the forecast calls for a stretch of sun, and I am feeling ambitious, I take all the covers off, then back on when rain is called for. Seems like it dries faster and better here when I do this. If I had full sun, I don't know if I'd bother, but I probably would. I have the timbers for the wood shed already purchased, stacked in the barn, but I am waiting for a good source of used/recycled metal roofing to present itself before I proceed with the shed.Ah, that's better!
Top covering over exposed stacks like these are somewhat a debatable issue. Around here you just have to cover stacks and a real shelter is highly suggested. But in some climates it seems to be less of a problem.
heavy hammer
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Sprinter
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It really pays off to get an early start. I've been working at it for a few weeks now for three years down the road. At least around here, you want to get as much exposure during the summer weather as possible.
A bunch of it is white birch, and I've lost too much of that to decay to put it off very long once it is on the ground. I think that once I get the pile stacked, I'll be up to date on my 3 year plan. Does feel good, but still so much to do... .
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