Man has been stacking firewood to season for ten-thousand years or more... tarps have been available for what?? 100 years??
According to popular history, on this continent the white man has been stacking firewood to season for a bit over 500 years... tarps have been available for what?? 100 years??
And likely the white man was stacking firewood to season for at least 300 year in Indiana... tarps have been available for what?? 100 years??
Tarps are a wonderfully convenient, modern invention for keeping
seasoned firewood dry, they should not be used for covering unseasoned firewood. The idea that a little rain water is gonna' stop firewood from seasoning is silly... but tarping it will, especially in humid weather. And ya' can't do squat about the relative humidity... so forgetaboutit.
Best results??
Step #1 - Get rid of the tarps and stack your unseasoned firewood in the most open, sunny location you have, uncovered... preferably in single rows (even a few inches apart is better than butted together). Heck, you're better off using the tarps as a moisture barrier and stacking the wood on top of them, rather than under them.
Step #2 - Don't do a damn thing else for at least one full year (possibly 9 months for certain types of wood under certain conditions).
Step #3 - When the firewood has become fully seasoned (1-3 years depending on too many things to list) cover with a tarp about three weeks before burning... simply so you don't have to handle wet, snowy or icy firewood.
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