In the fall of 2017 I had a big pine tree fall on our property and then in the Spring of last year I had it cut up, and I split and stacked it. All year long I go off into the woods and cut, split and stack (a lot of maple and birch and a few other decent kinds). Last Spring I built some log stores that fit the pieces I cut myself really well. In the Fall I had, for the second year ina row, a cord of seasoned hardwood and stacked that up. My system this Fall and winter goes like this: Each weekend I go to 1) The pine stacks and pick out 5-10 splits, 2) to the log stores and get a row or so of the small splits of maple and stuff, and then to 3) the hardwood stacks. The bigger pieces I split by hand even smaller. I do this circuit two or three times depending on the the forecast.
Then I bring in about a week's worth of wood of all varieties into the spot near the stove that we stack it, and then fill a small pallet on our enclosed porch with the rest, in case we need more as the week goes on. This has proven to be a really effective method.
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Here's what I would like some advice with (and I'm hoping to get it within the next hour or two because I am in the middle of my wood-moving part of the weekend): As you can see I have cleared out one of the spots in the log store. In image 3 you can see my stack of dogwood that I processed this Fall. Under the blue tarp in this image is some oak that I obtained and split and stacked in the Summer. It was green then. I think I can fit all of these two kinds of splits into the vacant spot in the log store (which proved to speed up the curing process seeing that it gets a lot of sun and wind and stays totally dry). Should I put the oak on the top and in the front, or at the bottom and the back of this port? Thanks.
Then I bring in about a week's worth of wood of all varieties into the spot near the stove that we stack it, and then fill a small pallet on our enclosed porch with the rest, in case we need more as the week goes on. This has proven to be a really effective method.
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2) 3) Here's what I would like some advice with (and I'm hoping to get it within the next hour or two because I am in the middle of my wood-moving part of the weekend): As you can see I have cleared out one of the spots in the log store. In image 3 you can see my stack of dogwood that I processed this Fall. Under the blue tarp in this image is some oak that I obtained and split and stacked in the Summer. It was green then. I think I can fit all of these two kinds of splits into the vacant spot in the log store (which proved to speed up the curing process seeing that it gets a lot of sun and wind and stays totally dry). Should I put the oak on the top and in the front, or at the bottom and the back of this port? Thanks.
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