Looks about like my first winters worth! Some split, some not, odd sizes, poorly stacked! I had no idea how much wood I needed! I had maybe a cord ready, I burn 4-5 cords now. I've learned most everything about the process here. Thanks FHC!
Nice! I think we can all remeber the randomness of logs and sticks when we first started.....and how much of a pia they were to get in the stove to get it filled properly. I'm going to be working on burning my second years cutting this year.(3 years dry finally) Not much better cutting than the first and holy man did I spend a lot of time processing what I would call twigs now! Man I can't wait till I get to my perfectly measured with a stick to 17.5" wood next year after I learned to be more precise.
This would have been 2010 I think. This wasnt the whome winter's worth, just the first bit we ever got.
Same here! We all started from nothing, and many of us learned a lot of what we know from FHC. If it was bigger than my thumb it went in the stacks my first year. Thanks for sharing that photo, GA.
pretty bone dry or you had to sit on it a bit? I can't send a pic of the first one I grabbed because I really didn't think much of it...wasn't even aware of this group and the day I saw this one was the day I joined!!!
Well this was even long before I knew about hoarding. But then again I guess you had a similar experience. I don't even know if "hoarder"was even a term used yet...
Well, that experience we had was not because we didn't know better. It was just that injury laid me up for too long.
One of my first stacks. Thinking mainly standing dead elm and ash. When I used to really take time in stacking neatly
Here's mine. March '09. Paid $1 for a permit to cut on Musselman's orchards. Turned out to be 16 cord.
Yes, a shed is a good thing for the OWB. Neighbor put up a carport for both the wood and so he did not have to stand in the weather to load the boiler.
