I think I’m done with tarps

[The.Devo]

With the bigger rounds, I typically shave off the bark and cut squares or rectangles with the heart wood which stack great, burn better and fit in the stove easier. This time around, I stacked all of the bark slices in a pile and saved them to top my stacks. I layered them up and hopefully the shingle effect will keep the water running off of them. Has anyone done this? This wood won’t be needed until 20/21 so I can always cover it next fall if the moisture content is high.

 

[begreen]

Yes, I've done this. Doug fir and locust have thick bark. I've created shingles out of slabs of bark to top cover rows in the past. Recently I got some free pond liner and that is now what's covering the stacks.

What you've done is different. There is wood in those 'shingle' pieces so it would be firewood for me, but I don't have the luxury of a nice woods to harvest from. Do you have a rope tying together the end supports somewhere in the middle of the piles?

 

[The.Devo]

I ran saplings between stacks about halfway up. They go between 2 or 3 stacks and Everything seems fairly sturdy...time will tell.

 

[begreen]

Running a rope between the ends about mid-stack will self cinch and help keep it together.

 

[The.Devo]

I ran the saplings between stacks for lateral support from stack 1 to stack 2. The 2x4s are (hopefully) enough to hold the ends up because they are inside of the cinder blocks at an angle using them for cantilevered balance (if that makes sense).