Wood that doesn't make the "cut"

Hi,

I am new to hand splitting and stacking. What do you all do with wood that you cant stack well due to its size, wood you can't split by hand due to knots, or odds and ends. I have seen some stacks on here that are works of art, so you must have some pieces that don't get stacked.

Do you have a "seconds" stack?

Here are pieces that I can't fit nicely into my stacks.

 

I stack the hard to stack ones on the top of the pile. Doesn't look as good but works. For odds and ends I am going to make a box like many here have made to keep them in to dry. Just some slats or wire fence and a frame built on a pallet. If I can't split it I just noodle it with the saw.

 

I think most call them "uglies", I just set them aside and use them up in the fire pit.

 

I gotta put something on top of the roofing material that covers my stacks to hold it down. Once it all goes in the shed, uglies get tossed on the top row.

 

I put them in the uglies box.

 

mine go in the stack next to the firepit, or sometimes just right into the firepit

 

Ugly wood burns good too.

 

If it fits, it goes in my stove. If it doesn't fit, I make it fit.

 

Yep i stack it in my stacks. Usually on top. They burn just as well.

 

those odd pieces are good for a maintaining fire, during the daylight hours.. before it gets real cold overnight

 

new guy here i pile the uglies with everything else.

 

I have a ugly pile like everyone else. They are the first thing that gets burned when the cool weather first starts. Then I will start using my cord wood.
Last year I had enough uglies to get by for about 4 weeks.

 

That too! It's hard to fill the stove up with odd shaped pieces, so I usually burn them on my days off when I'm home to toss them in every so often.

 

The uglies add up quickly around here. We get quite a bit of wood from a tree service so it's not cut to length. They all go on top of the stacks and are used first. If friends or family need camping fire wood they get uglies until they're gone.

 

Oh the ugly box, that's awesome.

 

A "chunky monkey" (uglies) box.

 

Yah, out of sight out of mind!!

I like how you have worked the smaller stuff in between the larger supportive logs. I will try that.

Thanks

 

Boy, I'm finding myself the king of aquiring these kind of bites. Haha mainly since the logs I get are often a lot of crotch pieces. I do what I can and stack them but some folks here build bins for them since it makes their stacks look uneven and unstable. Pallet boxes are easy to set up and throw that stuff in. Most often that kinda stuff makes it in my firepit piles because its either too large for my stove or not worth cutting again. Good luck with your 'odd kibble' it'll burn great either way.