Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...
For some, an unstacked cord is a call from the muse to make site-specific art. A good woodpile should offer protection from the elements, airflow, ease of retrieval, and no chance of toppling over, ...
Q: I’m tired of trying to burn damp firewood. Neighbors of mine leave their wood unprotected as well. I can’t afford to build a firewood storage shed. I can’t put it in my garage either, because I’m ...
Q: What are some affordable and effective methods to store firewood outdoors? I'm looking for stacking tips, and ways to help air-dry the wood as well as keep it dry. A: I see unprotected firewood ...
Thanksgiving is a little late to be thinking about the winter supply of firewood. The woodshed should have been full by the first week of September. However, there were fish to catch and caribou to ...
The National Association of State Foresters has published an article debating whether to stack firewood bark up or bark down. They concluded that there are benefits and drawbacks to both ways. When ...
If you have an open fire or wood-burning stove, you’ll need firewood — and plenty of it. A firewood rack provides stable and convenient storage for your logs so you never need to wonder where to keep ...
Each Thanksgiving, Fred Bogner, his grandfather and son gather to fell a tree or two, split the firewood and stack it before settling down to a well-earned feast. “That’s what we do,” says the ...
Thanksgiving is a little late to be thinking about the winter supply of firewood. The woodshed should have been full by the first week of September. However, there were fish to catch and caribou to ...