Forecast calls for days getting shorter for about another week, then will progressively start to get longer again.
Yes red oak splits easier if frozen and I too have noticed how it will just pop apart. But even in the middle of summer it splits pretty easily...
I cut down to about 3" diameter but sometimes I'll just toss those limbs aside if I'm in the woods. If it's easy to get to and not too far to...
I split with an axe for a few years when I was in my 20s, used a sledge and wedge for the tougher stuff. Axe definitely did get stuck quite a bit...
Hello Stinson 89 and welcome! My wife tells me the same thing but I remind her that there's lots worse things to be addicted to! How much...
LOL - Dad used to say "Can't remember waking up this morning but I'm pretty sure I did." Red Oak looks great and I too love the smell once it's...
That last line is perfect - great way to explain it. I'll have to remember that.
It needs air to dry, as others have said. I would let it out where it gets plenty of sun and wind. It has to be off the ground, on pallets,...