THIS IS THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS FIREWOOD PROJECT , FOR NOW. I WILL TOUCH MY FIREWOOD ONE OR TWO MORE TIMES AND ITS JOURNEY WILL BE COMPLETE. AS IT GOES UP IN SMOKE .
Don't worry about posting videos of pure rambling,because you always have somekind of wisdom in it anyways and it's really enjoyable to watch. Have a good one Buckin' Billy! Cheers.
Really like the pallets on the ground for stacking, ya need air/ mice under there too! Plus pallets are plentiful and best of all free all over the place. Great stacking tips too, Thanks Really like the pallets on the ground for stacken, ya need air there too! Plus pallets are plentiful and best of all free all over the place
I stack my firewood in a similar fashion, but I also place "tie-rods" between the stacks----4' chunks of saplings----to stabilize the pile. AND my wood comes from the splitter on the bucket of the tractor at a nice back-saving height. Old fat guys don't like bending over even a little bit! Your stacks look real nice guy!
I have found memories or Pop taking his chain saw to a place that people were aloud to collect the downed timber, by the Government here in Australia for Pops old wood stove, funny how things take you back, I just bought ourselves an old one that needs some fixing here as I Love Cooking for the Family so I am thinking over Christmas I will set a place for her and start working on the things I need to fabricate as well it has hot water in it so will end up with 2 birds with one rock, Thinking it should makes some dam fine pizza's as well MMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Stay Safe Well and Blessed You All Dear Friends Love from Oz Garry and Family
It would be awesome if you had a video of how you made those wood shacks! I have been looking into options to stack wood without spending a ton of money. It looks great!
We tend to stack wood about the same height, but a single row, and out in the open. (No cover at all). Quite common in the old days before the new fangled stoves that dont use a lot of wood for heating, and most cooking on electric or gas, to see it stacked all around the house and serve double duty as a fence to keep the cows out! Just keep adding at one end, taking away at the other end. Our fire wood is usually quite dense hardwoods, (eucalyptus / gum trees mostly) we tend to avoid anything from the pine families because of the creosote and it just burns up to quick. I mostly use box and black wattle, which is harvested off my own property. The box burns well, but the black wattle burns really hot, and is really full of oils. When I fell it I burn all the branches dead green, as I toss each branch on the fire it "wooshes" up like I have thrown a cup of petrol on the fire!. Given you have an abundance of wood and can pick and chose what you keep in your line of work - do you have a particular preference on the type of wood you store?
You do a great job cutting consistent sizes. I agree with you on staying ahead. We try and keep a three year supply. Great looking piles. I need to get a shed setup like that.
Just got to have home inspection then moving to New Hampshire first step to me making my life easier and more satisfying nice chunk of land. This didn't happen because of bucking but he got me thinking and then I said I better step my game up and start living my life thanks bucking keep these videos coming I'll be representing bucking army in two states now lol.
I found that with a deep shed like yours that you have to completely empty it before you can refill it. Open ends mean you can at least do half and half. I then built a different style shed with bays eight feet square and sixty feet long. It worked better as you could remove wood from each long side from the front and the back. Then I discovered the holzhausen, and I never looked back. I posted some on your Instagram page. I was out harvesting some wind blown Ash today, with the sound of your harmonica in my mind. Great channel, keep the videos coming. Keep showing knots too. Best wishes from Scotland
Hi from Chicago, I saw you only grabbing two sticks of wood when you're stacking. I think that's a good idea. I need to stop grabbing a full arms load. thumbs up
It's nice for you to share your enjoyment of splitting and stacking firewood for the winter. I pulled the mussels in my shoulder and it was the same with you. Will 8 be able to cut and split my fire wood. It takes me a little longer but I still can
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As always, good advice for the spiritual and temporal side of life. I took a screen shot of the wood shed to build my own at the cabin. I’m sure we’re cousins somewhere back a few centuries.
You just helped me out . Gave me a good idea for stacking my firewood ! Unfortunately some of my wood has mold on it ! I will just burn those ones outside in the fire pit !
Must be nice to be stacking uniform sized pieces of wood. My firewood has knots and stuff that make stacking more of an art.Hey, knots burn good for heat.
I don’t have a wood stove yet or a wood shed, but I stack wood for my fire pit. And that’s one problem I always have, it eventually leans over and she tumbled lol I stack mine right on the ground between a couple old stumps, so perhaps I need a better foundation to start er off with
I envy you with that woodshed. I have to stack most of my wood outside and cover the stacks with loose sheets of old corrugated iron. I have a small open two bay shed that holds about six cubic metres.
Thanks Billy Ray good video. I just got about a cord of oak today. In another state for winter got here with no wood so i am a little behind. Catching up though...
I do mine the same, with one exception, every now and then, i'll stash a little split pitch pieces of pitch in with the wood, so that way if i need some pitch when i go out to get wood, its in the pile ready to go.
A space for a mouse good advice if you've gone to the trouble of splitting it why pack it in tight. Also you know what eats mice, snakes I can remember since I was a little tacker that you all ways hat to be careful for snakes around the wood pile ... And the shearing shed and the hay shed and the chook pen come to think of it they were bloody everywhere ha ha thanks again buckin
I been lookin for a good pair of romeos and yours looked killer... high enough to keep a few stray chips out...and fast on and off..I'm using your she'd as a schematic for my own
oh that s funny I literally just passed one ,, it said ,, no kiddin,,, ''how to splitt wood '' properly'' and it is a complete joke , I mean bordering on a laugh
Hey Buckin - what are your vertical posts/trees resting on? Are they right on the ground or do you have them on pilings of some sort? Thx for the vids!
My feeling about heating your home with wood. First I really like the "warmth". Second,even if you do not have to pay for the raw product there is a substantial cost to heating with wood. Let's say you do have to "pay" for the product (even if it is just a permit) then the cost for crude oil based fuel for the equipment (including trucks) then the actual equipment and maintenance. Then there is your time. Even though you are not cutting yourself a check do you realize how many hours you are putting into this task? These hours have to be payed for somehow,someway. I do think that many times it boils down to "well if I want to live in this location I must bear the cost associated with heating by wood as there is no alternative", just do not fool yourself into believing that it is a low cost method of heating your home.
Im a carpenter during summer fall and spring. Dont work in the winter so I cut wood. It doesnt cost me anythinh and keeps me fit and busy. Depends how you view your time for me I love heating with wood and having low electricity bills during the winter while I dont work is great.
Have to ask you buckin, you ever run a echo Timberwolf if you haven't you've got to. I'm a big stihl and Husqvarna man but it's my new favorite saw. It's light and so balanced I top trees with it with a 24 inch bar all day long and don't even notice it. And power-wise pound for pound there's nothing that will touch it I don't think I've got stihls & Husqvarna all around it power-wise I mean it'll go through twice to Wood that 441 Magnum Stihl will cuz I tried them out both of 24-inch bars in New chains the ms310 as the same size saw and it's no comparison it's like driving a Ranger compared to driving a full-size Ford you got to try one out
mATT DONT NO HOW i MISSED THIS , SORRY PAL iF THERE IS NO MOISTURE IN THE WOOD YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS WHEN YA TURN ER DOWN AT NIGHT .. THAY USAULLY WHEN SOOTE BUILDS ,, CHEERS, THX
you no chance ,, I truely am a old growth fir man , thjere is more to just the burn for me, its about the whole journey , from stump to dump workin with fir is quite enjoyable and it just so happens that fir throws the perfect amount of btu's for me as well , arbutus is nice in a real cold snap
I don't want to live where you can't cut wood out your back door. I don't want to live in a country where a grouse is considered big game. Hey Buckin, couldja show us the properway to stack firewood? Ha Ha!
it looks to me you burn a lot of pine and iam sure you have no issues. iam in the thumb of Michigan and people here don't want anything to do with burning pine. I really don't burn it either but after watching this iam not going to pass any pine up as long as it's seasoned well it should give me no issues. All we burn up here is Ash, oak and maple
Douglas fir still a soft wood full of pitch I don't care how long you dry it what is your real firewood Rock maple good old Curly Yellow Birch Beach cherry let me see you split that stuff like you do that softwood s*** and you'd burn about a quarter of the wood
a nice little stack of wood you have there , I hope you got paid for all that wood , to me that is the best part of being a tree guy . arborist . cutter / pick up / clean up guy / . thanks for sharing t.c. be safe , have fun bcoz life is short
I was talking about the tree's you cut down & got to clean up & keep the wood .................so you got paid right ? or do you cut tree;s for free if so I need some done
THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING IN THE VERY 1ST POST BUT SOME REASON YOU READ / TOOK IT A DIFFERENT WAY , BUT THATS O.K. SOMETIMES HARD TO SAY OR COMPREHEND WHAT WE READ ON THE INTERWEB
Ha ha. I'm a big un-fan of the word proper. I catch myself using it once in a while, but I think if it was eliminated from the language about 90% the world would be a better place. Never and always also raise red flags for me. They have more of a place, but they are way overused and often the more vociferous and adamant users of them are the less informed repeating some kind of boyscout rule they read that has exceptions. Again, I catch myself wanting to use them, but I find that most of the time if I examine what I'm saying closely, they aren't justified and I'm just talking out my ass. I have notes sketched out for a video rant on that very subject because someone needs to say it. All of those types of words close doors instead of opening them and keep us thinking in boxes rather than contextually. I don't have to leave space between my wood stacks generally, but my weather is vastly different than yours. Context is king. The biggest mistake I see people make stacking wood is just being sloppy in general. Once you have a pile fall over, you learn that it's a skill like everything else and requires a certain amount of attention for good results. In my zone the wood is so twisty and limby that you really have to pay attention when stacking.
Can you do a vid in the design of the wood shed!?
Don't worry about posting videos of pure rambling,because you always have somekind of wisdom in it anyways and it's really enjoyable to watch. Have a good one Buckin' Billy! Cheers.
right on thx for that
I like the way you put your shed up; looks sharp and stout.
it was fun to build,, thx
I like the old timer lesson to stackin the wood and makes perfect sense to give the air flow. learn sumpin new everyday pal thanks
absolutley my pleasure
Really like the pallets on the ground for stacking, ya need air/ mice under there too! Plus pallets are plentiful and best of all free all over the place. Great stacking tips too, Thanks Really like the pallets on the ground for stacken, ya need air
there too! Plus pallets are plentiful and best of all free all
over the place
Glad I found this old gem. Good stuff, buckin'
Just popping in on this older video, thanks for the tips on the stacking buckin.
Being kind
I stack my firewood in a similar fashion, but I also place "tie-rods" between the stacks----4' chunks of saplings----to stabilize the pile.
AND my wood comes from the splitter on the bucket of the tractor at a nice back-saving height. Old fat guys don't like bending over even a little bit!
Your stacks look real nice guy!
thx pal
I have found memories or Pop taking his chain saw to a place that people were aloud to collect the downed timber, by the Government here in Australia for Pops old wood stove, funny how things take you back, I just bought ourselves an old one that needs some fixing here as I Love Cooking for the Family so I am thinking over Christmas I will set a place for her and start working on the things I need to fabricate as well it has hot water in it so will end up with 2 birds with one rock, Thinking it should makes some dam fine pizza's as well MMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Stay Safe Well and Blessed You All Dear Friends Love from Oz Garry and Family
nice comment thx Adjuster
Thank you my Dear Friend for bringing them back
It would be awesome if you had a video of how you made those wood shacks! I have been looking into options to stack wood without spending a ton of money. It looks great!
We tend to stack wood about the same height, but a single row, and out in the open. (No cover at all). Quite common in the old days before the new fangled stoves that dont use a lot of wood for heating, and most cooking on electric or gas, to see it stacked all around the house and serve double duty as a fence to keep the cows out! Just keep adding at one end, taking away at the other end.
Our fire wood is usually quite dense hardwoods, (eucalyptus / gum trees mostly) we tend to avoid anything from the pine families because of the creosote and it just burns up to quick. I mostly use box and black wattle, which is harvested off my own property. The box burns well, but the black wattle burns really hot, and is really full of oils. When I fell it I burn all the branches dead green, as I toss each branch on the fire it "wooshes" up like I have thrown a cup of petrol on the fire!.
Given you have an abundance of wood and can pick and chose what you keep in your line of work - do you have a particular preference on the type of wood you store?
thats a fine shed !! gonna build one for my fire wood! thanx bro! again if we spread this fun and kindness our world will grow!
Another great video! thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge
Cool...greetings from Germany Peter 😮
Great video buckin I love going back snd watching these old videos
You do a great job cutting consistent sizes. I agree with you on staying ahead. We try and keep a three year supply. Great looking piles. I need to get a shed setup like that.
thank you
Thanks friend, no problem your a busy man, I appreciate the info, lots of spruce out here in southern Ontario, I'll try heating with it, thanks again
ahh , pitchyy , dry er right out,, appreciate yer pressence here
Just got to have home inspection then moving to New Hampshire first step to me making my life easier and more satisfying nice chunk of land. This didn't happen because of bucking but he got me thinking and then I said I better step my game up and start living my life thanks bucking keep these videos coming I'll be representing bucking army in two states now lol.
the ambassador of my channel... ha haa love yo buddy.... simplify,, great news
I found that with a deep shed like yours that you have to completely empty it before you can refill it. Open ends mean you can at least do half and half.
I then built a different style shed with bays eight feet square and sixty feet long. It worked better as you could remove wood from each long side from the front and the back.
Then I discovered the holzhausen, and I never looked back. I posted some on your Instagram page.
I was out harvesting some wind blown Ash today, with the sound of your harmonica in my mind. Great channel, keep the videos coming. Keep showing knots too.
Best wishes from Scotland
Hi from Chicago, I saw you only grabbing two sticks of wood when you're stacking. I think that's a good idea. I need to stop grabbing a full arms load. thumbs up
Love the video, great advise and straight to the point.
It's nice for you to share your enjoyment of splitting and stacking firewood for the winter. I pulled the mussels in my shoulder and it was the same with you. Will 8 be able to cut and split my fire wood. It takes me a little longer but I still can
thats the main thing
new subscriber here from Virginia Beach Virginia. really like your Channel and attitude. please keep up the great work. Kevin and Karen
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Staying a head is the name of the game for sure. Well done!
you got it my brother , good to see yer name poppin up steady in the comments buddy
Great looking woodshed Buckin!
This was the first video of yours I ran into while surfing youtube.. It led to another then to another and another... NOW I'M HOOKED!!
GOTCHA HA HAAA
a trick : you can watch movies at flixzone. I've been using it for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.
@Timothy Wyatt Yup, I have been watching on flixzone} for since december myself =)
Love your shed! Wish I had one just like it
I like the way you made that shed. I'm going to make something like that for my firewood.
Do it Taylor wade
Thanks Buckin', Good info!
Great information, if ahead then always ready, great set up you got there, thank you for the videos
Keeghan ya buddy
Good man Buckin.. Love you buddy
As always, good advice for the spiritual and temporal side of life. I took a screen shot of the wood shed to build my own at the cabin. I’m sure we’re cousins somewhere back a few centuries.
right on Douglass
Great videos! Thank you for sharing.
YOU BET MIKE
Great video Buckin' now subscribed
Nice job Billy Ray!
Nice Gym workout!! Good stackin Buckin!!
That's exactly how I feel production the less you touch the wood the better for get it done .
I love the way you think buckins
RITE ON BILLY BOY THX
You just helped me out . Gave me a good idea for stacking my firewood ! Unfortunately some of my wood has mold on it ! I will just burn those ones outside in the fire pit !
subscribed, you seem like such a thoroughly good chap, great videos and its so good to see someone so passionate about what you do... (UK)
DARREN WELCOME BROTHER LOVE MY FRIENDS FROM THE UK.. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTERTAIN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Here in southern Ohio they judge a man's wealth by the size of his wood pile, you my friend are filthy rich!
Must be nice to be stacking uniform sized pieces of wood. My firewood has knots and stuff that make stacking more of an art.Hey, knots burn good for heat.
I See What You Did There
Great video really helped me thanks 👍
I don’t have a wood stove yet or a wood shed, but I stack wood for my fire pit. And that’s one problem I always have, it eventually leans over and she tumbled lol I stack mine right on the ground between a couple old stumps, so perhaps I need a better foundation to start er off with
I envy you with that woodshed. I have to stack most of my wood outside and cover the stacks with loose sheets of old corrugated iron. I have a small open two bay shed that holds about six cubic metres.
love the ending brother...keep up the good work
ill try big brother thx for yer support here , you are a positive force here.
Thanks Billy Ray good video. I just got about a cord of oak today. In another state for winter got here with no wood so i am a little behind. Catching up though...
good good
Love this video
I do mine the same, with one exception, every now and then, i'll stash a little split pitch pieces
of pitch in with the wood, so that way if i need some pitch when i go out to get wood, its in the pile ready to go.
A space for a mouse good advice if you've gone to the trouble of splitting it why pack it in tight. Also you know what eats mice, snakes I can remember since I was a little tacker that you all ways hat to be careful for snakes around the wood pile ... And the shearing shed and the hay shed and the chook pen come to think of it they were bloody everywhere ha ha thanks again buckin
anything for you pal, ha ha , pls follow yer heart to where ever it pulls you , the rest are details friend
Helluva good workout.how many cord you typically go thru in the winter?
Lookin good brother!
Thx Jake
Great video :)
Love that you did not say "THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS"..
batsonlogging that would just be completely false information if I did say that ha ha thanks for watching buddy
Nice bit of stacking ,more splitting to fill it 👍
YA NIGEL
I been lookin for a good pair of romeos and yours looked killer... high enough to keep a few stray chips out...and fast on and off..I'm using your she'd as a schematic for my own
pls do
Hard-Workin' man!
I got one speed pal, ha ha , cheers brother
THANK YOU... "the proper way".... oh, that burns my biscuits
oh that s funny I literally just passed one ,, it said ,, no kiddin,,, ''how to splitt wood '' properly'' and it is a complete joke , I mean bordering on a laugh
Do you guys use anything other than wood for heat Billy?
It’s a beautiful thing
I've never seen that much cut wood in my life...if anybody knows wood ...you do!
Nice
thx Ter
that's a nice shed
You are right give it some space
Buckin i would really love to see how your wood shed was built so i can build two of them one for spruce and birch. I live in Alaska
Nice >:]
looking good my friend, any Macs on the bench lately?
YA THERE IS ACTUALLY I SHOULD HAVE A REPORT ON YER DESK , THIS WEEK SOME TIME SIR,, HA HA HAAA
Buckin how cold does it get there in BC? You ever get any snow? I always think of BC as WET WET WET!
It’s a little strange seeing the different wood you guys have there. Here is all hard wood red oak white oak black oak. All the maples
Hey Buckin - what are your vertical posts/trees resting on? Are they right on the ground or do you have them on pilings of some sort? Thx for the vids!
little concrete blocks
Right on - thx.
Nice job on the stacking! Looks good, what kind of wood is it?
my favorite ,, Douglas fir
Heck of a job well done in only 6 1/2 minutes. See if you can beat 6 minutes next time.
I live in Tennessee. we have a lot of red oak and hickory. have you ever cut any big red oaks
My feeling about heating your home with wood. First I really like the "warmth". Second,even if you do not have to pay for the raw product there is a substantial cost to heating with wood. Let's say you do have to "pay" for the product (even if it is just a permit) then the cost for crude oil based fuel for the equipment (including trucks) then the actual equipment and maintenance. Then there is your time. Even though you are not cutting yourself a check do you realize how many hours you are putting into this task? These hours have to be payed for somehow,someway. I do think that many times it boils down to "well if I want to live in this location I must bear the cost associated with heating by wood as there is no alternative", just do not fool yourself into believing that it is a low cost method of heating your home.
Dan R it’s free for me. free wood is everywhere. I split it on my days off.
Im a carpenter during summer fall and spring. Dont work in the winter so I cut wood. It doesnt cost me anythinh and keeps me fit and busy. Depends how you view your time for me I love heating with wood and having low electricity bills during the winter while I dont work is great.
Have to ask you buckin, you ever run a echo Timberwolf if you haven't you've got to. I'm a big stihl and Husqvarna man but it's my new favorite saw. It's light and so balanced I top trees with it with a 24 inch bar all day long and don't even notice it. And power-wise pound for pound there's nothing that will touch it I don't think I've got stihls & Husqvarna all around it power-wise I mean it'll go through twice to Wood that 441 Magnum Stihl will cuz I tried them out both of 24-inch bars in New chains the ms310 as the same size saw and it's no comparison it's like driving a Ranger compared to driving a full-size Ford you got to try one out
Really, so as long as it's dried good there will be no issues with the chimney?
mATT DONT NO HOW i MISSED THIS , SORRY PAL iF THERE IS NO MOISTURE IN THE WOOD YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS WHEN YA TURN ER DOWN AT NIGHT .. THAY USAULLY WHEN SOOTE BUILDS ,, CHEERS, THX
Leave a space for a Mouse. haha, good advice Buckin' What is your favorite wood to burn?
you no chance ,, I truely am a old growth fir man , thjere is more to just the burn for me, its about the whole journey , from stump to dump workin with fir is quite enjoyable and it just so happens that fir throws the perfect amount of btu's for me as well , arbutus is nice in a real cold snap
+Buckin' Billy Ray Smith Right on Buckin' Funny thing my wedding ring has a band of old growth fir in it!
kool buddy
I don't want to live where you can't cut wood out your back door. I don't want to live in a country where a grouse is considered big game. Hey Buckin, couldja show us the properway to stack firewood? Ha Ha!
Thanks for the Knowledge about stacking! The space for a mouse is beautiful.
ya Brother not bad eh .. ol fella told be thaat hheeehehehehe
Love my wood. Aye is that you on the harp?
INDEED IT IS FRIEND
Do you burn pine?
Which one is it? All about airflow, Or :All about the least amount of times you touch the wood? eh Sven? maybe all about the blues...
Stack so the mouse from the house can run through it ,but the cat cant follow,,,
is the old saying I remember
YA THERE IS ACTUALLY I SHOULD HAVE A REPORT ON YER DESK , THIS WEEK SOME TIME SIR,, HA HA HAAA
>:] nice
it looks to me you burn a lot of pine and iam sure you have no issues. iam in the thumb of Michigan and people here don't want anything to do with burning pine. I really don't burn it either but after watching this iam not going to pass any pine up as long as it's seasoned well it should give me no issues. All we burn up here is Ash, oak and maple
I burn zero pine ,, Douglas fir sir ,, not big on pine really,, thx for watchin.. I love my fir
Douglas fir still a soft wood full of pitch I don't care how long you dry it what is your real firewood Rock maple good old Curly Yellow Birch Beach cherry let me see you split that stuff like you do that softwood s*** and you'd burn about a quarter of the wood
ur wood sheds are real cool. i like usin logs on whatever my wife will let me get away with. ha ha
ha i here ya brotha
Sometimes it's best to do stuff now, that way you don't have to do it later
got that right
can you make more staking video
a nice little stack of wood you have there , I hope you got paid for all that wood , to me that is the best part of being a tree guy . arborist . cutter / pick up / clean up guy / . thanks for sharing
t.c. be safe , have fun bcoz life is short
paid ? BIG man . thats my wood shed . definetly paid
I was talking about the tree's you cut down & got to clean up & keep the wood .................so you got paid right ? or do you cut tree;s for free if so I need some done
i was born at night BIG MAN but not last night,, ha haaa ha the woo d is some time up for grabs after i am paid for doin tree workn, that is correct
THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING IN THE VERY 1ST POST BUT SOME REASON YOU READ / TOOK IT A DIFFERENT WAY , BUT THATS O.K. SOMETIMES HARD TO SAY OR COMPREHEND WHAT WE READ ON THE INTERWEB
BIGMAN FROM MICHIGAN TRUE STATEMENT MY FRIEND, SUPER GOOD BUDDY , STAY WELL
nice or something
Ha ha. I'm a big un-fan of the word proper. I catch myself using it once in a while, but I think if it was eliminated from the language about 90% the world would be a better place. Never and always also raise red flags for me. They have more of a place, but they are way overused and often the more vociferous and adamant users of them are the less informed repeating some kind of boyscout rule they read that has exceptions. Again, I catch myself wanting to use them, but I find that most of the time if I examine what I'm saying closely, they aren't justified and I'm just talking out my ass. I have notes sketched out for a video rant on that very subject because someone needs to say it. All of those types of words close doors instead of opening them and keep us thinking in boxes rather than contextually. I don't have to leave space between my wood stacks generally, but my weather is vastly different than yours. Context is king. The biggest mistake I see people make stacking wood is just being sloppy in general. Once you have a pile fall over, you learn that it's a skill like everything else and requires a certain amount of attention for good results. In my zone the wood is so twisty and limby that you really have to pay attention when stacking.
our arbutus is like that , great to hear from ya SkillCut
never and always are fantasy