Ben Bolton has covered athletics for several universities. He has since embarked on a career as a digital editor, creating media campaigns for major brands. There's nothing quite like the relaxing ...

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 ...

Residents take pride in their timber piles, debate best techniques News is obsessed with the flashy questions: “Is God Dead?” “Who Killed Kennedy?” “What is a Kardashian?” Yet for years, a quieter ...

For some, an unstacked cord is a call from the muse to make site-specific art. A good woodpile should offer protection from the elements, airflow, ease of retrieval, and no chance of toppling over, ...

If you're stacking firewood against trees—especially oak—stop doing it. While this example shows cedar juniper, the warning is mainly about oak. Dead oak wood can still carry oak wilt, a disease that ...

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Summer isn’t the time of year that most people think about firewood. Maybe that’s because their firewood isn’t elegant enough. “When I saw it, I said, ‘That’s beautiful.’ It caught my eye,” is how ...

Thanksgiving is a little late to be thinking about the winter supply of firewood. The woodshed should have been full by the first week of September. However, there were fish to catch and caribou to ...

When you need to run outside and grab some firewood, it might seem ideal to have it stacked against your house. After all, you're trying to stay warm! But this is the last place you should be stacking ...