In North-Central VT, I keep 6 cords of dry stacked wood on hand, burning 3-4 per year. When I get around to building a larger woodshed, I want to have 8 on hand, be a full year ahead. I like to fell in late Oct and November, after the leaves are all off and before the heavy snows. Buck and maybe haul then if I have the time. Dec-Feb are for staying warm, plowing, and sledding with my son. March melts the snow but the ground is too wet to get to the wood, some forests roads are officially closed to loggers by the State. April and May, haul, buck, split, and have everything cleaned up by June.