Looking good! A lot of us here prefer to process in the fall once the weather turns a little cooler. Having a season or two's supply already stacked and dry can give you that luxury. Course our hardwoods back east can take a year or more to dry; in your case, being able to harvest dry wood right off the stump, you probably don't need to be that far ahead. Welcome to the club!
I'm quite impressed with your ability to stack so much in a small area. I to cut in the fall and winter but the wood is not for that seasons burning. Less bugs and heat plus there isn't much else to do outside in the winter
Thanks Woodrat. All my wood is harvested off of crown land and the roads get snowed in right down to the valley bottom. Some of the higher ones arent open until well into spring. Im with you on the bugs and heat. I love harvesting in the spring or fall before the bugs come out. I also find the undergrowth easier to deal with in the spring.
Sean, that is very impressive. Making good use of what space you have. The only picture I don't like is where you have the wood stacked right against the siding. That can be a bit rough on the siding and it isn't exactly cheap to replace it. As far as a wood shed, many, including yours truly, have got along without a shed for many years. Most of us learned though that tarps are not the best way to top cover. And I also do not like putting tarp down the sides of the stacks. What little rain or snow hits the sides will dry super fast. I've said it before and will again; wood is not a sponge....unless it is punky. But then it is poor wood to start with. Here is a stack of some old oak. Just a bit over one cord there. Three 16" rows that are 4 1/2' high and 9' long. Not a large footprint. After stacking, we wait until just before snow flies then top cover with old galvanized roofing. Then it usually sits around for a few years before we burn it.
You still have a little room to stack some wood in the doghouse. The dog won't mind sleeping outside for a while. Welcome to this "other" site BTW.
Thanks Lumber-Jack! Yeah I could fit more but I will stop now..... I think. She didnt seem to notice that I took up the back of her kennel.
Im with you there. Lots of fiddling through the year. Even with all those splits on top it still moves around. Even if I top cover only with them I end up getting moisture on the underside. Come freeze up the tarps tend to stick to the top splits sometimes.
I found that interesting when I read from you Sean that it is illegal to drop live trees on Crown land. I am assuming that would British Columbia?
This is the Firewood Permit I use in BC in my region, I think this is the one for Sean's region. Interesting to read the differences. For instance, we are not permitted to cut within 50 meters of a stream or lake, Sean's say 10 meters.
That's right. Private land is different of course. That's one of the reasons why its hard to get any measurable birch around here since once I find it dead its often already gone to punk even when its standing. I have around a cord or a bit less of birch due to power line crews doing some clearing last year so I'm looking forward to burning it this year. Next year is looking like a birchless winter unless I was to buy it and that aint happening.
Actually that isnt the one from our region. Here is ours. It is interesting to see the differences in our regions including tree diameter, the mention of larch in ours.... The distance of 50 meters from a lake or stream is the same though.
Ours actually does mention larch, but its on the second page. It's basically says the same thing as yours. Our permit specifically says we are not allowed to take any Cedar (living or dead). Which is just as well, because you don't see many here of any size anyway (it's too dry here), and so they are all right beside creeks and rivers,,,, which means no cutting! Your permit doesn't seem to mention Cedar at all, and I know you have a mix of them there.
whoops didnt see there was an second page. We have a bunch of Cedar out here but I dont go after it much as Im just as happy with the lodgepole for kindling. Its kind of interesting here because you can get into areas that has old growth rain forests just like on the coast but the trees arent quite as grand. Huge cedars, lots of moss and ferns and then drive 20 minutes and no more cedars. I have a few close to me but they only grow in my local forest because they are growing around springs.
