How Midwest Farm Families Kept a Woodpile Dry All Winter Without a Shed

In 1940, wood was still the main heating fuel in nearly one out of every four American homes, and a wet woodpile in January could mean a cold house by supper. Today a delivered cord of firewood runs about three hundred and fifty dollars, a bundle of kiln dried logs at the gas station costs nine dollars, and every fall the stores sell woodsheds, racks, and covers that cost more than the wood. In this video you get 20 old Midwest farm tricks for cutting, splitting, stacking, and burning firewood: the green wood rule, the bark up roof, the pole floor, the crib end, the knock test, the top down fire, and more. Always use eye protection and gloves when splitting wood, keep ashes in a metal bucket with a lid, and have your chimney inspected before you burn. New episodes every day. Subscribe for more forgotten American skills the modern world left behind.