There are certain woods that just don't NEED to be seasoned a year. Some that probably need more. Wild cherry and ash come to mind as ones that will burn pretty shortly after being cut..and split. Especially if they are cut after the leaves fall off the trees. Sour gum is one that probably needs to be cured for more than a year...under cover as it will rot in the open. It also is almost impossible to split. Burning wood for more than 35 yrs has taught me that when cutting this years firewood up...to cut the trees down for next years. Course I had my own woods back east. Out here in Wyoming I have been cutting some fire killed dottonwood for the stove. Burns good but the trees are somewhat large with the rounds being 30-50 inches in diameter. I load them in the trailer with the loader on the tractor. I also have about 40 cords of fair sized Russian olive to cut. Burns good but it really does need to be dried for at least 6-8 months. Merry Christmas y'all!!
