Why Our Firewood Dries in One Summer and Yours Takes Two Years (The Norwegian Way)

A farmer in the Gudbrandsdalen valley explains why a birch tree felled in late March can go into the stove the same October, while a rank of oak cut a year ago last spring still hisses in the firebox. The difference is not patience and it is not the weather. It is what happens to a woodpile in the weeks after the drying is already finished, when every guide ever written has stopped talking. Six common habits, in order of what they cost. #firewood #seasoningfirewood #woodstove #woodshed #moisturemeter