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A few weeks ago my neighbor and I were talking firewood. Specifically, we were talking about whether to stack with the bark up or the bark down. He’s a rugged, quiet, mid-western Norwegian type. “Well ...

Nothing beats a crackling fire, but there are downsides to storing firewood on your property. This is how to store firewood ...

A neighbour took down a big pine in his backyard last week and rolled the chainsawed rounds out to the curb. He said, “Help yourself.” The rounds were thick-waisted, some of them as big as bass drums.

Martin Fritz Huber is a frequent contributor to Outside who previously wrote the In Stride column about running culture. He also works as a tree care professional in New York City. New perk: Easily ...

A stack of firewood is so much more than just a pile of logs. It’s a rustic manifestation of hard work completed, a symbol of coziness to come. Changing shape with the seasons, it embodies both the ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

Anyone who has spent even a handful of winters in Maine knows that stacking firewood to dry in the elements before woodstove season is no mere chore, but an existential statement. Author Lars Mytting ...

I love our wood stove. It is cost effective and gives a nice intense heat that accommodates my large, old house. Yet I am pretty green when it comes to cord wood stacking, trying to find the best way ...