Applesister
Minister of Fire
Hickory must be tasty, the species suffers its good taste. It smells so good so...So I started to restack my 1.5 yr hickory last night. I was amazed at the amount of bug/beetle dust/dirt(don't know what exactly it's called) on the bark side of many splits. I noticed this also on my 3 yr oak last month but the hickory has LOTS more of it to the point that I was brushing it off as it appeaed to be so thick in some areas that it was holding moisture. It seems the stacks that are closer to my trees have more of this stuff?
This is an interesting thread. I was talking to a woman over the weekend who told me she was from Alaska. Near Washington south and she said they got 140"of rain this last season. She said everything turns to mush there. She was telling me about the totem poles that just fall over and rot. And all the trees are covered in moss.
Success in drying is a location thing partly.
I did the pallets this year with three 16" rows to a pallet. I like the measuring part. Two pallets = full cord. But I am concerned about the drying time as well.
This year was a wet one here in NY.
I may restack.