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I'm behind for the frst time in 20 years or so. Didn't bother to make any last winter, since I was selling the house anyway. Now that I'm staying it means I'll have to make 2 years worth this winter. We'll be logging in the forest behind my house, maybe I can sweet talk the forwarder driver into...

They say that about oak around here.That you should leave it in the rain for a season. I always split my firewood in spring, have the neighbour's daughter stack it outside and leave the stack uncovered till next spring when the neighbour's daughter brings it into the wood shack.

We used to do that when we summer felled beech back in the 70es. The mills would pay a higher price for trees felled like that, because it keeps the wood from discoloring and keeps the color light. Some of that extra price tricled down to the fallers, I recall something like a 14% bonus. Of...

Not to mention when they do it too fast and get honeycombing. I bought a bunch of kiln dried oak for a turning project, and while it looked fine on the outside, once I got into it, most of it was honeycombed. The exchanged it for another batch after I drove down and showed them a turned piece.

That is the difference between burning wood in a stove and a furnace. I only burn wood that has been seasoned 2 years, like Burnham, and when I don't want so much heat, I turn the thermostate on the radiator down. Less creosote build up that way.