Get your firewood early

The earlier in the spring or summer you buy your firewood the more seasoned it will be. It is not necessary to cover the firewood until the fall months before the heavy rains. During the summer months the ran then drying out is part of the seasoning, but in the fall the temperatures do not rise high enough for the wood to dry out before winter.

Purchasing your firewood earlier in the spring allows you to season the wood. Firewood dealers get firewood in the early spring and summer months from fallen trees during storms or clearing land for construction. They cut and split the wood and sell it all year round. Firewood that is cut and split early in the spring will be more seasoned than wood that is cut late summer. That is why you should lay in your supply of firewood early in the year. By the fall when the demand is heavy the prices go up and the wood might not be fully seasoned.