I burn in an OWB so don't worry as much about separating as guys with a woodstove might. Doesn't much matter what combo of wood fills the boiler. I have lately been stacking red oak in a big separate stack since it takes noticeably longer to dry. Otherwise everything else is combined in stacks.
I’m trying to get on the 3 year plan. What I’m cutting now I’ll burn 2 winters from now. I stack all my oak and hickory together in one run. I guesstimate how much I have. If I’m concerned about running out, I cut red maple and stack it on landscape timbers that set on two cinder blocks with a t post on each end. For example, I think I need 2-3 loads of wood for next winter based on the oak I have drying. Knowing red maple will dry in a years time, I’ll work on those loads in the next month or so.
Nope. Too much work for little (if any) benefit for me. It all goes into the same piles, the same stacks, and the same woodshed. When I pull it out of the shed, I will pick what seems best for the moment, but that is all the sorting I do.
I currently do with oak, locust and ash. Everything else goes together. Im only working on firewood for 2021. Once I get 3 years ahead I'll probably stack higher BTUs seperate.
I keep oak separate until I get on the 3 year plan. Once that happens wood will be separated by burn year rather than species.
I separate by species when in my drying stacks and in the wood shed. I have a small 3’x3’ (roughly) rack in my garage that is the final spot that I restock every few days before I bring it into the house by the stove. There I usually have a variety I can pick and choose from that is determined by time of day and weather and type of fire I want. That’s where it gets mixed.
I separate by species. Process one tree at a time; some racks end up with more than one species. I label each rack with species, month, and year. Chunks and shorties go into one of 2 5x10 bins made of goat panels. I don't separate those by species. Still try to label though. The date goes on when the bin is full so most of the wood is older than the indicated date. All the racks and bins are in my pole barn so I don't have to worry about the wood rotting and it can be a good while before I get around to burning it so I'm always happy that I labeled it. I keep 2 cords total emergency reserve on my front porch in 2 bins. I try to reserve that for nasty weather or other contingencies and draw directly from the barn for most burns. I can generally recognize the species and I know it is old enough to burn by the time I move it to the porch so I am not compulsive about moving the labels to the porch, but it is still nice to look at the label and remember where the wood came from.
Chunks shorties and softwoods get separated. Oak ash and maple get stacked and burned together. Any wood I cut now is not getting burned for 5 years so it should all be dry by then.
I seperate by when its split. Since I normally split one species at a time I guess you could say it is seperated by type.
I like to separate oak and softwoods but not the rest, which is primarily beech with a little maple, cherry, or ash mixed in.
About the only time I separate wood is at the cottage. Some splits of gopher wood in a designated spot for the shoulder season. That's it.
Nope. No sorting/stacking by species. My stacks are managed by the FSFB inventory system. First Stacked First Burnt. I might hold a piece of maple aside when loading for the night but I don’t sort at the stack.
Yes, I tend to keep the higher BTU woods separate (mostly all oak) for the coldest parts of winter and cold winter nights.
