how to store firewood?

I keep some covered and some uncovered. I just move it to the covered storage several months prior to use if possible. My neighbor just uses a huge tarp and covers his winter supply. Seems to work for him.

mines in the tobacco barn split and un split never wet but always under roof

OK great

thanks for the input and ideas!

It all depends on how u burn. Here, we are coming to the close of our 2nd winter using an outside Hardy water stove. Haven't covered wood yet, even though winter. Just stack it here. Snow and ice on the wood hasn't slowed it down. Then again, I'm not picky on wood selection either. The neighbor just dropped off a dozen old telephone poles 30' long. Gonna go cut em into 2' chunks to be burned

I do what I learned from my grandfather and father when I was growing up. We stacked a couple rows deep to outline an area and just piled the rest in the middle. We would have two areas, one for the upcoming winter and one for the following winter. In the fall we would move about half of the current winters supply into a 3 sided building. Currently I stack the same way, but in the fall I move as much into the basement that will fit. This leaves the wood open for the wind and sun to do all it possibly can to dry the wood out before it heads into the stove.

That, and the threat of moving the wood pile seems to be a wonderful deterrent to keep my kids from acting up too much.

I store mine inside an old chicken coop. But, if you don't have that luxury, I'd make sure the top was covered with something so that the rain doesn't pile up on it. I used to store the wood outisde, and it burned a whole lot better when it was covered than uncovered. If you can, store it up off the ground. Even if you can get some old pallets that'll work. The bottom row will suck up moisture from the ground and rot easily if set on the ground. Termites will find it quickly too. Leave the sides open for air circulation.