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 ...

FIRST THING — WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT? A pile of rounds and chunks that you plan to split later always takes longer to knock down than you think it will. It’s convenient to drop the wood as ...

A firewood shed for drying and storing wood, made from old pallets. I have built two firewood sheds for seasoning and storage of fuel wood using pallets and sheeting I found in free wood piles at a ...

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 ...

You’d think that with 14 cords of firewood already split and stacked — enough to heat our house for three winters —I’d finally give my saw, my axe and myself a rest. But no, there I was the other day, ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

Editor's Note: Are you proud of your woodshed? Send us a photo and few words about it to [email protected]. We’ll publish a collection of them here and online at newsminer.com FAIRBANKS - In one ...

Nothing beats a crackling fire, but there are downsides to storing firewood on your property. This is how to store firewood without attracting termites and other pests.

Building a backyard shed is a way to add an extra room for hobbies or increase a property’s storage capacity for tools, seasonal items, or gardening supplies—especially when there’s no garage. Sheds ...

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 ...