you don't have to feel bad about your wood stacks,
this is a picture of my emergency wood Pile. If I have to use it to make it through the winter I will but if I don't I dont.
its a pretty simple design 3 pallets wide x 5 pallets long and on the down hill side 2 rows of wood stacked the long ways uphill side has 1 row the long way and then many cross rows of wood from upper side to lower side.
make shift tarp over some of the top and there ya go.
Not pretty but very functional.
My primary Pile is in the garage right next to the Wood Boiler Room, this pile is 6 rows deep and has alternate rows of big splits small rounds so I can mix load the fire box.
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