How much wood do you keep inside near the wood stove??

Also here's my emergency-in-case-it-snows stash I keep 10 feet in front of the front door. I just loaded it up with norway maple yesterday and there's a bit of juniper in there as well.

I keep it covered with a tarp and weighed down with splits and c-hooks.

 

I have the same rack right next to my stove. 8' rack outside near back door.

 

about this much on average, sometimes more. If there’s a significant snow forecasted I’ll fill up both sides of the stove 2 rows deep. And that will last almost a month if it’s not terrible cold. I pack down the stairs in the green tote in the picture.

 

I have a system. Once they are cut/split/stacked they season out in open air and sun and weather for 1 or two years unless it was cut dead standing and it’s already below 20%—Then it might only be 6 months or so. Once it is seasoned it goes into the wood shed.
From there it goes into the rack in the garage (about 4’x4’ or so). Then as I need a load it goes into the house right next to the stove where it might spend a day getting extra dry.

 

I bought mine through Amazon, but the last purchase was a couple years ago and now System rained on my parade and said it's no longer available
on Amazon. I found the stores that sell the lower effective concentrate charge almost the same price for the 36% stuff I have been buying. Looks like others found it elsewhere though.

 

My wood furnace is in an unfinished basement. I load about 2.5 cords down there and typically burn 4-5 per season.

 

I stack 3 full cords at a time. I'd do more if my basement was bigger.

 

Two maybe three years worth

 

Wow!

 

X2!
3 year plan, in-the-basement!

 

Yeah buddy!

 

Have you ever petted a dog in the warm months? You have covered your hands in it then, Permethrin is a main ingredient in most flea and tick prevention.

How about fruits and vegetables, do you buy any from the store? Then you have also ate some, it is used to control bugs in the growing process.

It's sold as a spray for your clothes to help keep ticks off of you.

All the cattle barns at work here get sprayed with it at least once a week in the summer along with the fogging system outside The parlor to spray the cows with it when needed to help control the flys for them, to which I have also been sprayed by many times.

So maybe before you call a group of people idiots you should do some research and find out maybe it is you who is misinformed.


(Sorry for stiring the pot mods! )

 

Two days worth in the house and 1/3 cord out in the garage. Attached garage so easy to bring in.

 

We bring about half a cord into the (basement) stove room now. We used to bring a full cord in but decided this year to put a couch on one wall.

 

Tim napping by the stove

 

Hot yoga?

 

Despite all that It's still a restricted slight to moderately toxic pesticide/insecticide.
It's highly toxic to and a killer of bees and cats.
Not everyone has flea collars on their dog(s).
You're only supposed to treat outer clothing if you read the label for proper use.
Same with agricultural use, there are proper procedures to minimize contaminating food supplies.
It shouldn't be surprising that more and more pesticides and insecticides are taken off the shelf and only allowed to be used by those that have a license to use them.

 

Back on topic,
I keep two milk crates of pine and two milk crates of either maple or oak by the stove. I have about a week's worth of wood on the back patio in a repurposed, former "dog" house.

 

The shelves hold about 6 days worth but I like the look when they are full and my OCD kicks in when a shelf is empty