Griz...I'm right there with you. My first year I burnt a bunch of green cottonwood. I've learned from these bunch of goofballs and malcontents (which I'm proud to say that I'm one now) two important lessons 1) Let your wood season before burning it. 2) Don't burn cottonwood unless you REALLY REALLY have too.
Seems to be "the norm" for wood sellers to sell wet wood. Hard for them to have the time & space to season 100s of cords, Lots of space , time & work, eats into the profit margin. And it seems , you have to sell it for the same price as green wood. Ask a premium price, most buyers will shop & go with the cheaper green stuff, That's why stove stores should have a few stove loads of dry, seasoned wood go with the stove, folks would experience how well dry wood burns & be more educated in buying seasoned wood.
And if you sell it seasoned your product will have shrunk something like 5-10%. Kind of a bad business model.
Sometime soon, some regulation will come that the wood moisture content has to be "X" (say 20% ) to meet environmental standards. Then the price goes up . The good & the bad
http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/resources/primer-on-woodburning-by-backwoods-savage.6/ Go to that link (in Resourses) and you can download a PDF file all about wood and burning wood.
