Figgin' March weather...

[Whitespider]

Yup. Friggin snow. My knees are sore tonight and I am waiting to see if the sun screen worked.

Hmmmmm....... Never quite understood the appeal of sliding downhill on sticks strapped to your feet. My brother took me skiing once... we rode to the top of this big hill in a chair some distance above the ground, then slid down the hill. At the bottom of the hill was a building (he called it a sleigh or something) with a beer sign in the window... I told him he could find me in there when it was time to head home. It was a ton more fun sitting in there, lookin' out the window at people fallin' on their azzes, than it was sliding down that hill and taking the chance of fallin' on my azz.

I stopped playing in the snow about the same time I got interested in girls and pickup trucks... ain't no point to it, ain't no "end" in it (shrug).

 

[les-or-more]

Hmmmmm....... Never quite understood the appeal of sliding downhill on sticks strapped to your feet. My brother took me skiing once... we rode to the top of this big hill in a chair some distance above the ground, then slid down the hill. At the bottom of the hill was a building (he called it a sleigh or something) with a beer sign in the window... I told him he could find me in there when it was time to head home. It was a ton more fun sitting in there, lookin' out the window at people fallin' on their azzes, than it was sliding down that hill and taking the chance of fallin' on my azz.

I stopped playing in the snow about the same time I got interested in girls and pickup trucks... ain't no point to it, ain't no "end" in it (shrug).

Skiing is a lot of fun once you get the basics down, you just forgot the 150+hp two stroke engine that lets you ski uphill and downhill!

 

[Whitespider]

Well, I ain't a snowmobile guy either (I have owned a couple).
Still, the ability to go uphill it makes a lot more sense than strapping sticks to your feet for a one-way trip downhill

 

[kgip2k]

Hmmmmm....... Never quite understood the appeal of sliding downhill on sticks strapped to your feet. My brother took me skiing once... we rode to the top of this big hill in a chair some distance above the ground, then slid down the hill. At the bottom of the hill was a building (he called it a sleigh or something) with a beer sign in the window... I told him he could find me in there when it was time to head home. It was a ton more fun sitting in there, lookin' out the window at people fallin' on their azzes, than it was sliding down that hill and taking the chance of fallin' on my azz.

I stopped playing in the snow about the same time I got interested in girls and pickup trucks... ain't no point to it, ain't no "end" in it (shrug).

Girls, and pickup trucks, go real good together in snow... Nothin like a girl in the truck and sliding sideways and a few doughnuts... wth? don't even need girl, pickup and snow is fun... snowmobile, keep them... 3 or 4 wheeler much more ideal, can be used year round. still they are fun in snow too

 

[Whitespider]

I'm thinking of an outdoor structure, used to cover firewood that could help here. Any idea what I'm talking about Spidey? :msp_razz:

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talkin' 'bout... and it appears the "no woodshed" thing is gonna' bite me this year.
The stacks outside are drenched, it's been raining all night and supposed to keep raining and/or snowing all weekend. Because the topsoil is frozen solid, and all the snow acting as a dam, they're standing in several inches of water... and now all the snow on top of the stacks has soaked up as much rain as it can hold, slowly releasing it onto the wood. It's a huge mess... I don't even know if I could get to them through the snow drifts and lake of water, let alone find any firewood near dry enough to use... if there is any it would be in the center of the stacks, which are likely frozen into a solid mass anyway... or will be soon.

This is all I have left in the basement... a mix of elm, ash, oak, and some odds and ends.
Unless we get some warmish days with sun and a bit of wind to thaw and dry stuff out... it ain't lookin' good, might be burnin' the furniture by week's end.

 

[cnice_37]

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talkin' 'bout... and it appears the "no woodshed" thing is gonna' bite me this year.

I am in same boat except I top cover with metal roofing. I got to a bad batch though, lot of sizzling start ups. I might call it quits for this year soon. It's oak and been split and stacked for almost 2 years, but it was in the shade under a bunch of white pines. I have since started stacking out in the open and might need to move these few cords.

 

[stihly dan]

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Plenty of snow left, just finished getting a fresh 10 inches. Wood nice and dry tho. Rubber roofing working great. And if it didn't, I would take from here. This shelter logic is working great, wind tunnels right thru, acts as an oven in the summer. Wish I tried this years ago.

 

[jack_90125]

hell thats about two weeks worth of wood for me if not more.
I am in the same vicinity and seen the monsoon forecast which we did not get and looked where I store my wood and said hmmm not gonna last so out to the open stacked wood and brought it up to the wood store and filled her up . now do not have to worry for the rest of the season. (HOPEFULLY). and with the higher temps coming and breezy days should dry out the open stacks in the meantime.

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talkin' 'bout... and it appears the "no woodshed" thing is gonna' bite me this year.
The stacks outside are drenched, it's been raining all night and supposed to keep raining and/or snowing all weekend. Because the topsoil is frozen solid, and all the snow acting as a dam, they're standing in several inches of water... and now all the snow on top of the stacks has soaked up as much rain as it can hold, slowly releasing it onto the wood. It's a huge mess... I don't even know if I could get to them through the snow drifts and lake of water, let alone find any firewood near dry enough to use... if there is any it would be in the center of the stacks, which are likely frozen into a solid mass anyway... or will be soon.

This is all I have left in the basement... a mix of elm, ash, oak, and some odds and ends.
Unless we get some warmish days with sun and a bit of wind to thaw and dry stuff out... it ain't lookin' good, might be burnin' the furniture by week's end.

 

[brenndatomu]

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talkin' 'bout... and it appears the "no woodshed" thing is gonna' bite me this year.
The stacks outside are drenched, it's been raining all night and supposed to keep raining and/or snowing all weekend. Because the topsoil is frozen solid, and all the snow acting as a dam, they're standing in several inches of water... and now all the snow on top of the stacks has soaked up as much rain as it can hold, slowly releasing it onto the wood. It's a huge mess... I don't even know if I could get to them through the snow drifts and lake of water, let alone find any firewood near dry enough to use... if there is any it would be in the center of the stacks, which are likely frozen into a solid mass anyway... or will be soon.

This is all I have left in the basement... a mix of elm, ash, oak, and some odds and ends.
Unless we get some warmish days with sun and a bit of wind to thaw and dry stuff out... it ain't lookin' good, might be burnin' the furniture by week's end.

That pile might only last a week?!?! Dang it man, you do need a different furnace! Whaz up with the black mold on the wall and the creosote runnin across the floor? :hmm3grin2orange:


Nice firewood hangar there stihly dan! :msp_thumbup:

 

[Blazin]

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talkin' 'bout... and it appears the "no woodshed" thing is gonna' bite me this year.
The stacks outside are drenched, it's been raining all night and supposed to keep raining and/or snowing all weekend. Because the topsoil is frozen solid, and all the snow acting as a dam, they're standing in several inches of water... and now all the snow on top of the stacks has soaked up as much rain as it can hold, slowly releasing it onto the wood. It's a huge mess... I don't even know if I could get to them through the snow drifts and lake of water, let alone find any firewood near dry enough to use... if there is any it would be in the center of the stacks, which are likely frozen into a solid mass anyway... or will be soon.

This is all I have left in the basement... a mix of elm, ash, oak, and some odds and ends.
Unless we get some warmish days with sun and a bit of wind to thaw and dry stuff out... it ain't lookin' good, might be burnin' the furniture by week's end.

You're ####ed by the looks of things OWB don't care about wet wood

 

[Jere39]

Firewood season is nearly over here. I was out pruning Apple trees and a crazy ornamental in front of my house that seems to spit a dozen twigs on the end of every branch every year. Anyway, bright sunshine, shirt sleeve working weather today:

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[Whitespider]

I am in the same vicinity and seen the monsoon forecast which we did not get

SAY WHAT!
It's still raining here (3:30 PM) and been picking up for the last hour!
Now I'm hearing rain all night, into tomorrow, changing to snow tomorrow night with 4 to 8-inches possible on top of all the slop.
My yard and driveway look like a flooded river... ankle deep water across most of the yard.

 

[Iska3]

Should I tarp next year, Build a wood shed or follow the advice given below?

I don't always have time to check out the forum so I missed this one. This OP seems to have some good advice on another link. In the past I heated with an indoor furnace and several times during the colder part of the winter I'd need to go outside and bring in more wood. I now changed over to an OWB and covered all my seasoned wood with tarps for the heating season. Someplace in this posting I saw a few neat ideas for wood sheds and thought of making one because I hate those darn tarps.

After reading the comments below, I'm not so sure I need a wood shed or any tarps..

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I'll be 55 in January... I've been burning wood for heat in the house since my early 20's (with a couple of short hiatuses). Before that, both my Granddad and dad burned wood in stoves and fireplaces; so really, I’ve been around in-home wood burning since I was wearing diapers. We never “covered” firewood, and I still don’t… with the exception of (sometimes) laying some old boards or such, only on the stack(s) I plan on using that heating season, just before first snow. I don’t do it to keep the wood “dry”, it’s more so I can easily throw the ice and snow off before hauling it to the house. Some years I don’t even bother with that and just brush the snow off when I do the cars. Granddad had a woodshed (lean-to) that he would move some fully seasoned firewood under just before first snow… but that was more to keep Grandma out of the weather when she stepped outside to grab an armload.

I’ve never had a problem with “wet” firewood. Sure, when it rains the top couple of rows and maybe the ends on one side of the stack (wind and rain) get a little wet, but it dries right off in a day or two… even in sub-zero weather. Rain water doesn’t “soak in”, heck most of it runs off and drips on the ground; and like I said, I rarely find wet wood any deeper than two or three rows anyway… even after three days of rain. Really, storing firewood in a shed or covering it just keeps the rain and snow off it… but it can’t stop damp, humid, foggy atmosphere from getting to the wood (unless your shed is climate controlled).

Until I joined AS I’d never heard of storing unseasoned (fresh-cut/split) firewood under cover or in a shed. A woodshed is where you stored the stuff after it had fully seasoned in the open for a couple years… and few people even bother with the shed anyway.

Take those covers off your firewood so it gets plenty of air and sun when it shines… it will stay dryer in the long-run. If ya’ know a healthy rainstorm is on the way just haul enough wood under cover to last for a couple days… and if ya’ don’t it ain’t a big deal… three rows down will be dry firewood, and the wet stuff will be dry tomorrow. Heck, haul some rain-wet firewood in the house and set it by the hot stove, it’ll be bone-dry in an hour or two… even less than an hour, depending. For that matter, just toss it in the hot stove; it ain’t like ya’ do it every day, and the wood is only “wet” on the outside… it ain’t like you’re tossing “green” firewood in there.

If ya’ want a woodshed then you should have one… but only use it to store fully seasoned firewood.
Personally, I don't care to handle and move mine that much.

 

[jack_90125]

it has gone north and south of me has hardly rained above me. still lots of snow on ground.
see the snow coming from the north west and west may get some of that. looks like it will be sooner than morning.

SAY WHAT!
It's still raining here (3:30 PM) and been picking up for the last hour!
Now I'm hearing rain all night, into tomorrow, changing to snow tomorrow night with 4 to 8-inches possible on top of all the slop.
My yard and driveway look like a flooded river... ankle deep water across most of the yard.

 

[blacklocst]

Iska3 did you just serve a slice of humble pie to WS?:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[slowp]

Every climate requires different methods. I cover my green wood with a tarp and roofing just on the top.
About this time of year, I shift wood around in the woodshed, and in goes the partly seasoned stuff. Our PNW climate is wet and cool except for August and September can be warm and dry and parts of July and maybe October. When it is warm, that woodshed heats up nicely and it helps to speed up the seasoning.

If you don't cover wood and get it dry, mushrooms erupt from it. I just pack a few armloads from the shed each day and keep that on the covered porch. Then repeat each day.

It was in the 60s here today--shorts weather. I planted peas and lettuce. We'll see if I'm too early. I've had seeds wash away.

 

[Whitespider]

Iska3 did you just serve a slice of humble pie to WS?:hmm3grin2orange:

Smart Azz!

 

[Whitespider]

This OP seems to have some good advice on another link.

Geeeezzz... I hate it when that sort'a stuff gets tossed back in my lap.

 

[Whitespider]

7:30 AM
Still raining :frown:

 

[Chris-PA]

Yesterday I was splitting white ash (another gift from Sandy I need to clean up) with no shirt on, enjoying the warm sun on my back. Gonna have some coffee and go at it again - man am I out of shape after being holed up for the winter! I'm sure we have lots of wet coming, and some cold too, but I'm enjoying the break. I've switched to the small stove for now.

Hang in there, it's almost done. Soon you'll be saying you can't wait to light a fire again!