One man's stacks, a journey, and a perpetual work in progress

[Ctwoodtick]

all together, about 6 cords of mix of hardwood and softwoods. I will have more pine than ever before due some trees coming down. I would love to have the space for it all to be single row, but only have the space shown to keep it all. I figure I could add in another few cords to fill up the area to get ahead a bit.
To make this space work, I focus on softwoods and hardwoods that I know can dry inside one yr. I take dense hardwood, like oak, hickory, sparingly due, to limited space for wood to be sitting for 2+ years. My brother had some perfectly sized red oak trees snap in a microburst, so I " found" space for those easy pickings recently. For most of my wood, including the sparse oak/hickory, I split on the small to medium side to speed up the drying process. For the pine stacks, I have found top covering to be needed for good dryingwith the pine. With my double stacks, I leave about 6 inches or so, for some air flow. Although not the ideal 3 year plan for sure, this works well for me and the wood is dry enough for good burning and minimal smoke and creosote . Each year, I learn more as I go, and the more I learn the better able I use my insert to produce good heat. Thanks for reading and pardon the lack of tidiness in my stacks, as said, it's a workin progress. Thanks

 

[Ctwoodtick]

More pics

 

[heavy hammer]

Nice work, looks great. There is no real science to it just do what you have been doing and it comes together.

 

[Lake Girl]

Was the other thread of the same title intentional ... slightly different text but same pics?

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Was the other thread of the same title intentional ... slightly different text but same pics?

I can be deleted. I tried to edit it a bit, but then messed that up too. Thanks

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Nice work. The three year plan is a great start.