How to Age & Store Fire Wood
- 1). Cut the wood to the length required for your fireplace or wood-burning stove with a chainsaw.
- 2). Split the wood once you've cut it into pieces of the proper length. Split each piece in half several times with the splitting maul until you are left with 6 to 8 smaller pieces.
- 3). Stack the firewood according to specific measurements so it is easy to estimate how much wood is available. Start stacking the wood against a tree, fence post, building or other object that can brace the weight of the wall you construct.
- 4). Cover the wood with a large sheet of plastic or a water-resistant tarp. You don't have to fortify the wood or keep it 100 percent dry as long as it is partially covered.
- 5). Let the firewood sit undisturbed for no less than one year; two years is considered ideal.