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About our firewood
We season our wood in 20 foot log lengths for at least a year. We then cut and split the wood a few months before you receive it. It sits and further seasons in a large pile. Because the wood is recently split and we may be pulling from the center of the pile that day we recommend the following:
1. Stack the wood in a sunny, dry location as soon as possible, stacked wood dries much faster than piled wood
2. From the time you stack the wood allow 1 to 4 weeks for the wood to completely dry out and be ready to burn. Although, a lot of the wood is usually ready to burn upon delivery. It really depends on the species of wood.
3. Put a tarp on the top quarter of the wood only. Do not cover the wood completely, to allow for air flow.
4. During the winter months, bring the wood indoors one week prior to burning.
5. Re-order wood 1 month before you run out.
Seasoning wood
The more wood surface exposed to air, the faster it dries. Stack the wood in loose piles off the ground. A wood rack, pallets or 2x4's are highly recommended. The best place is a storage area exposed to sunlight and air flow. Covered storage, open on the sides, helps prevent rewetting from rain or snow. Cover only the top 1/4 of your wood pile with a quality tarp to allow for air flow.
Types of wood
We sell only clean local hardwoods. Ash, Oak, Maple, Locust, Cherry, Walnut, Beech, Birch and Hickory are the most common. No soft woods such as pine, tulip or sumac, unless upon request. We do not sell wood with rot or insect damage.
How to buy firewood
Most wood is purchased by the cord although for your convenience we now offer firewood by 1/3 cords, 1/4 cords, ricks and bundles and more. However, a cord is the most common unit or measure.
A standard cord is 128 cubic feet (Figure 1). This may be 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet or 4 feet by 2 feet by 16 feet or any other combination yielding 128 cubic feet. A measure of one eighth, one quarter, one-third, one-half cord commonly has been called a "rick," although a rick is really only a pile of wood. 
Figure 1
Standard cord of wood
Actual wood volume of solid wood in a cord varies from 65 cubic feet for small, crooked sticks, increasing with the size and straightness of the sticks up to about 90 cubic feet.
Average for this region is about 80 cubic feet. The shrinkage in volume between a cord of green wood and a cord of seasoned wood is about 8 percent.
Another common measure used in selling firewood is the "face cord" (4 feet x 8 feet x the length of the wood in inches) (Figure 2) For 24" firewood this would be 2 rows deep. However, depending on your supplier, the length may vary from 16 inches to 24 inches. If the wood is 24" long 1 cord would consist of 2 rows of 24" wood stacked 4' deep X 8' long. Therefor if you were kneeling down looking at the first row of wood (or the face of the pile) that first row is the "face" cord: 4 x 4 x 24". If it were 16" wood, there would be three rows of wood stacked 4' high x 8' long. That first row would be a face cord, or 1/3 of a cord. 
Figure 2
Face cord
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