Work Done 2025

[thewoodlands]

I started up on filling the softwood area back up with pine, this pine is for the year 2026 - 27.

I started off with the worst stuff from a damaged tree from last year and then got into the better storm damage pine from this spring or late winter. The front stack was done today, over 1 face cord.

 

[Turbo89]

Wind blew one of my stacks over a few weeks ago, today I finally got to re-stacking it. It was about 3 pallets long, and about 5-1/2’ tall. After that I stacked about pallet of box elder and some pine, and half a pallet of oak.

I also burned some punky wood from that log drop in the outside firepit, then raked my split area and dumped the bark / small scraps on the fire.

Need to catch up on splitting this week, my tree buddy said he’s got plenty of free wood if I want it… I just need a place for him to drop it.

 

[NickW]

I hear ya about the space... I'm going to try to give away at least 4-6 cord of aspen and pine logs because I have so much down and won't be able to process and store it before it rots.

 

[Turbo89]

I hear ya about the space... I'm going to try to give away at least 4-6 cord of aspen and pine logs because I have so much down and won't be able to process and store it before it rots.

Good problem to have… but problem nonetheless! I’m probably only a 1/2yr ahead right now, so I’d be figuring out how to stack or buck all that up and get it off the ground.

 

[NickW]

Good problem to have… but problem nonetheless! I’m probably only a 1/2yr ahead right now, so I’d be figuring out how to stack or buck all that up and get it off the ground.

Right, but I'm making sure that once the pole shed is up and I have another area for wood stacks next to it that I have room for the hardwoods.

I have at least 2 years worth seasoned right now and burning isn't nearly as critical here as it was at the old house. Between the tornado damage from last year, clearing the pole shed site, 3 monster birch that died along with a couple others I found, and all the dead black ash in the swamp I just don't know what to do... Some of the black ash is starting to get questionable and those birch won't last long if I don't get them down and split this winter.

The birch from the pole shed site so far is a pile of logs right now. Another week or so and I should be done clearing, then the birch will get split. If I don't immediately split birch I score 2 sides of each log to break the bark seal. The cherry and maple logs I moved to another area on pine runners to keep them off the ground until I can get to them. Oh yeah, and the oak logs I scrounged from the township brush pile... Boy did the wife roll her eyes at me!🤣