In 2012, I spent a season on a wildland firefighting crew based just outside California’s Sequoia National Park. Our first assignment wasn’t a wildfire but a cleanup project at Devils Postpile ...

As spring arrives, it's time to secure new firewood and let it dry over the summer. You could make an ordinary woodpile. Or ...

⚠️ Before cutting with a chainsaw, familiarize yourself with chainsaw safety rules and always wear safety gear. Heating with wood is a study in stubborn self-sufficiency. It’s hard work, but as with ...

How long does wood take to dry? Use this guide for wood stacking techniques and all you need to know to get the best well-seasoned firewood for your time and money. Firewood is better than money in ...

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 ...

Stacking and storing firewood properly ensures that it's dry and usable come wintertime. Try this simple technique, which is ...

The National Association of State Foresters has published an article debating whether to stack firewood bark up or bark down. They concluded that there are benefits and drawbacks to both ways. When ...

A neighbour took down a big pine in his backyard last week and rolled the chainsawed rounds out to the curb. He said, “Help yourself.” The rounds were thick-waisted, some of them as big as bass drums.