One of the blessings we experienced early this past spring was the arrival of several pickup truck loads of free firewood and with the temperature dropping into the 40's at night, we've been using the woodstove to keep the furnace from starting up. Since the stove is downstairs, it does a great job of keeping the whole house comfortable as the heat rises. This fall before we started using the stove we, set up a double of rack of firewood under cover so we always have dry wood available. As we empty one side of the rack, we refill from the unprotected wood stacks, so we always have one side that's ready to use.
The wood we'll be burning first is well-aged and was already in that condition when it arrived last spring. In the next few weeks, we'll be getting more wood to set aside for much later in the season. We are fortunate to have found a wood supplier in the area that sells wood that is actually seasoned for at least two years, unlike the majority of sellers who think that 6 months is seasoned. Prime wood becomes hard to find as winter approaches, so it pays to stock up early.
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