- Dec 9, 2009
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. . . and I'm feeling a little uneasy about it. Nine cords is a lot of wood, and I've still got a lot of snow around here, which limits where it can get put. I think I have a working plan for where the wood can go while it seasons, but the glitches turn up in the doing--so we'll see.
I want to get at least the first three cords split now so it can start seasoning asap. It's birch, and my recollection is that green birch doesn't like to split very well. Any advice? Also, about how long does it take you to split a cord of wood by hand? I've been doing it as I go along this winter, w/a lot of help from my son. I've considered renting a splitter--but would rather not if this is feasible to do by hand without it dragging out forever.
I'm making the purchase now, because it looks like fuel oil is on a run-up, and when that happens, the wood haulers raise the price of firewood--or so I've seen in the past. And I want to take advantage of as much seasoning time as I can. We've got a lot of sun and some breeze right now, and I think getting those extra weeks of seasoning will make a difference come fall. I'm hoping to get some last-year-cut wood later this summer--but may have to burn this stuff come winter.
Advice welcome, encouragement also welcome. Hoping I haven't bit off a bit more than I can chew here.
I want to get at least the first three cords split now so it can start seasoning asap. It's birch, and my recollection is that green birch doesn't like to split very well. Any advice? Also, about how long does it take you to split a cord of wood by hand? I've been doing it as I go along this winter, w/a lot of help from my son. I've considered renting a splitter--but would rather not if this is feasible to do by hand without it dragging out forever.
I'm making the purchase now, because it looks like fuel oil is on a run-up, and when that happens, the wood haulers raise the price of firewood--or so I've seen in the past. And I want to take advantage of as much seasoning time as I can. We've got a lot of sun and some breeze right now, and I think getting those extra weeks of seasoning will make a difference come fall. I'm hoping to get some last-year-cut wood later this summer--but may have to burn this stuff come winter.
Advice welcome, encouragement also welcome. Hoping I haven't bit off a bit more than I can chew here.