Heating with wood

It's a bit ironic to have been stacking wood today after last evening's film Burned. I am under no illusions about it, although they made the point last evening that heating your home with wood is a way more efficient use of the energy contained in wood than is turning the wood into pellets and shipping them to Europe to be used to generate electricity! But that is just stupid, and even more stupid is the government subsidization of it, in the name of  "green" energy. (Our tax dollars at work!) There is no ideal form of energy. They all have "cons," though some have many more cons than others.

I am also aware that if we in fact sell this house next year. and Paul builds us a 600 sq. ft. house at Putney Commons, which is the plan, this just might be the last time I stack wood! I have mixed feelings about that. I have loved heating with wood these 44 years, but the whole labor-intensive process is also becoming a burden. 

Here's a visual of the process:

What we've stacked so far - this is seasoned wood ready to burn this year. I ordered two cords. 

  The dry wood still needing to be stacked 

The big picture - the original pile made by the two cords was BIG. We've whittled it down a lot - with Ellen doing the lion's share. Thank you Ellen!

Last year's wood that now needs to be moved over to join the other dry wood. When that is done we'll have 3 + cords of good seasoned wood under cover by the front door. 

Then this pile of "green" wood - cut this year - will get stacked, becoming next year's wood. Maybe someone else will actually burn it!