How often do you?

Take a walk around your stacks of wood and look at them, pull pieces of wood from them and look them over, etc. I find myself doing it almost everyday, sometimes multiple times a day.

 

Just about every day I am home yes. The weather improved a lot lately so I moved wood that I will burn this winter to a more proper stack as it gets more exposure. Its taller now. It went from a smaller rack to this large pallet rack to these racks. The pallet rack had the wood stacked three rows tight then it was pretty unevenly stacked on top. Not good for airflow. This was only halfway done. By the time I was getting ready to stacked up elsewhere, pile was just overflowing.
I do have it separated and several stacks to the right of this is doug fir then one rack on the right is a mix of pine, fir and horse chestnut. The rack on the left has cherry, apple and paper birch, going from shoulder to cold. I checked most of these, its hard not to fiddle with them because you want them to be ready. Much better here\/
I often find myself checking the moisture content of some splits. Often its a split that was part of a round that was split just to get it taken care of in haste. Id split it maybe I was enjoying the light of the fire but had energy to spend.
Now that my stacks are becoming more and more organized. I can draw myself to keep wood in separate piles as separate logs have different contents.

 

No I do not walk around them everyday. I will go out maybe once a week and look them over to make sure nothing has fallen due to wind or the neighbors dog chasing rabbits and knocking them over.

 

Often. I have compost bins next to my wood stacks. So multiple times a week, when I add to the compost bins, I check out the stacks. Basically, trying to determine if any are in jeopardy of falling over. If so, I'll adjust them accordingly. All the while admiring the results of my efforts.

 

Once the stacks are full, I'll look at them and gloat for about a week!

 

Constantly. Such behavior is a symptom of the affliction we all have in common.

 

Well after that posting of your 3 years, that's definitely something to admire. Same deal here. Never really had to make a lot of adjustments but some of my wood stacks are not able to hold my wood without bending haha. Might need to make a run for more sturdy stuff.

 

Not even to say hi?

 

I look in that direction every time I let my Yorkie-Poo, Martini outside

 

Where do u buy those green stakes?

 

I'll fondle some of my splits usually every weekend just to see how they're drying, if they're getting more cracks. Maybe see if I can detect them getting lighter.
I heard (read) someone here use the term wood porn. I guess that describes it pretty well.

 

I might admire my wood occasionally but never fondle it.

 

Home depot has them around here. Pricey though when new. Keep an eye on the dump, Craigslist ads for free fencing, and the scrap yard if your nearby yard will sell back by the pound.

Alternately, use pallets. If you're cool, you can crib your ends. I am not cool.

 

I do have friends and family wanting to walk through my stacks. They shake their heads and mumble things like "you need an intervention". I just think they are jealous.

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Maybe every month or so...just to see if things need knocked around a bit so to remain vertical long term. I guess things tend to get wonky most often during/after the spring thaw

 

Just tell 'em, "while you're cold at home..."

 

Yeah jealous of your wood