MishMouse
ArboristSite Operative
This year it has been a terrible year for seasoning wood for me.
It has been a cool, cloudy and damp summer.
We still had heavy frost in June, and we were already dipping into the 30's in August. September was one of the warmest months we had this year, though with the warmth came heavy thick fog that normally lasted till around noon.
Some time ago I asked the question does wood season better in the Winter or Summer. Typically the obvious answer would be Summer, but for the past couple of years for me it actually has been Winter. The main reasons in Winter we have low humidity compared to the high humidity of Summer, in Winter we have more days of clear sunny weather (though it may be -20, it is still sunny) compared to our Summer. So under a tarp or black plastic, Winter does seem to season it faster then Summer at least of the global cooling weather we have been getting lately.
It has been a cool, cloudy and damp summer.
We still had heavy frost in June, and we were already dipping into the 30's in August. September was one of the warmest months we had this year, though with the warmth came heavy thick fog that normally lasted till around noon.
Some time ago I asked the question does wood season better in the Winter or Summer. Typically the obvious answer would be Summer, but for the past couple of years for me it actually has been Winter. The main reasons in Winter we have low humidity compared to the high humidity of Summer, in Winter we have more days of clear sunny weather (though it may be -20, it is still sunny) compared to our Summer. So under a tarp or black plastic, Winter does seem to season it faster then Summer at least of the global cooling weather we have been getting lately.