Not yet. Maybe in 2 years when the white oak and hickory are ready. The oak and hickory have at least 2 years on them now. In the mean time it's ash for 99.8% of my burn seasion because ash is 99.8% of my usable wood. Thank you E.A.B!
Sort of, but not really on a night to night basis. More like I couldn’t decide which piles I wanted to bring in once the racks by the house got empty. I had a variety of sub-20% to choose from, and the beech, apple, and maple piles were put to use. The hickory, elm and cherry will get another year to dry.
Nope. I cut what is available from falling or logging remnants, and stack most all together, then throw in the boiler whatever is in the stack. Three years ago, I separated hickory and an oak into ricks, for the fireplace. now I stack my longer splits for the boiler into a holsen haus , and shorter splits for the fireplace into conventional stacks- that are left to season for easy burn. I would need about 20 cord to be able to discriminate by species. I have yet to have enough wood to get through a season with the boiler, without cutting additional.
Nope. I load my unfinished basement with just over 2 cords at a time. Whatever is ready, gets brought in and used. I do however set aside primo splits, if I have some, for extra cold days.
I am always analyzing my stacks in the basement. I bring in a full year (6+ cords) at a time and am always poking through it as it goes down. Since I'm still on a lot of lesser species from when my lot was cleared, I always have an eye out for oak, beech, black/yellow birch to put aside for really cold nights.
I pretty much burn my wood in the order it was cut with a few exceptions. I don't burn SBH, hardhack, and other premiums in shoulder season.
I burn whatever is the oldest stack of wood. Sometimes it is really great wood and sometimes it is crappy wood, but it all gets used in turn. Still keeps me warm.
