Seasoned Firewood & New England Weather

[Woody Stover]

I plan to get some unseasoned delivered in the spring and let it sit for a year and see how dry it gets.

Not dry enough, unless it's soft Maple, Tulip Poplar or some other lightweight wood.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Not dry enough, unless it's soft Maple, Tulip Poplar or some other lightweight wood.

I'll let you know. I only have room for three cords so I have to be judicious with my space. As soon as I have space for the cord of unseasoned, I will buy it and see what happens.

 

[Wildflush]

Funny just picked up a bunch on my property yesterday. They dry fast and I only use one with a piece of Fatwood to get my cold start going.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Funny just picked up a bunch on my property yesterday. They dry fast and I only use one with a piece of Fatwood to get my cold start going.

They are great fire starters. I do the same pine cone and fatwood!

 

[kborndale]

White birch bark is what I find to be natures best fire starter.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

I live not far from you. I agree nothing sucks more than running out of wood or having to trudge out to the wood pile in the middle of a snowstorm. I have built myself a large 3-bay woodshed; each bay holds a year's worth of wood give or take. I purchase split green wood in March-April to fill the bay I just emptied. So at this point my wood has been seasoning 3 summers outdoors under cover.
Inside the house, I built a rack, 4' wide and floor to ceiling, that holds about 1/3 of a cord. That's 1-2 weeks' worth depending how cold it is. I fill that up on the weekend from my woodshed, takes about an hour with the garden cart. So I always have an ample supply of wood indoors, can see how much is left and plan when I need to refill.

I know this is going back a while, but do you have a pic of your woodshed up on the forum? I will have to look for the woodshed thread

 

[stoveliker]

I have exactly the same as gthomas. A 3 bay shed, each bay contains one year (2-ish cords for me).
And a 3.5 ftx7ft rack in the garage.
Perfect system.

 

[gthomas785]

I know this is going back a while, but do you have a pic of your woodshed up on the forum? I will have to look for the woodshed thread

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

That is a nice shed. Well done. If I had the room, I'd do exactly that!