Do you cover your firewood? | General Homesteading Discussion | Forums

I do not.

The old adage is you need a woodshed or tarp it so that your wood stays dry.

I have only tarped my wood one year, and the wind totally destroyed the tarp.

We buy dry wood and just stack it on the pathway on the side of the house.

Here is why I think this is the better way. Yes it takes longer to light initially, but once you have a good ember going, it flares up just as well as covered wood.

It burns a little slower due to this, but I don't think it creates extra creosote because the wood isn't "wet" just the exterior is wet.

Once the cold sets in and everything freezes, there is this little thing called sublimation, it's why you can hang clothes on a clothes line outside during winter and they still dry and don't just end up as stiff as a board. The wood continues drying in freezing conditions.

Drying laundry in freezing conditions

Laundry may be dried outdoors when the temperature is well below the freezing point. First, the moisture in the laundry items will freeze and the clothing will become stiff. Then the frost on the clothes will sublimate into the air leaving the items dry. It takes a long time and it is usually much quicker to dry them indoors; however, indoor drying removes heat from the air so it is a trade-off between speed and energy efficiency.

http://en.wikipedia......conditions

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