I know it's been discussed here before about winter drying of firewood. I never considered firewood to season much in winter here, but this year is different. March, April, May is prime drying months in central PA with warm sun and low RH. But this year with temps above freezing much of January and February and dry air with no snow, wood I've recently CSS has been drying nicely. I'll take it!! Photos of a piece of red oak (dead when cut 1-6-20 ) with weights/dates, and the single rank top covered rank it came from.
Nice observations! In WA state, we’re going warmer in the trend now and a few cold nights(by our standards anyways) recently so wood is drying out again. After 80 straight days of rain, the ground is still soaked and landslides are happening despite the clearing. It’s the days when it’s raining, cloudy, heavy feel to the air when that’s unlikely any drying is happening. It would be nice to know the exact numbers when actual drying is occurring, it’s optimal if the “oven” itself is working: sun, wind and cover, just “slowly”. Seems like every locale has it’s own sweet spot. All I know is I’m ready to get to splitting!
It's been a pretty good drying season for us so far JDU . Your stacks look good. Love that dead oak. Did you see this? Spring 2020 GTG central PA
