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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Just noticed that miraclefarmslandscaping.com has green cords of firewood, delivered to Moultonborough or Meredith for $195. Is that a low price and will geen turn to seasoned in about 4-5 months?
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Unless you're good at IDing wood species, this may or may not be the answer you want to hear.
Seasoning times vary greatly by species. Since seasoning is the process by which firewood loses its natural moisture content, it stands to reason that naturally wetter wood takes more time.
Ash, for example, has a low moisture content and may be burnt green. Conversely, red oak tends to be moist; and being a tight-grained wood, the moisture takes more time to escape.
So if I'm splitting now (actually I've been set for this winter since last Dec) any ash or dead standing trees would go in this winter's supply. Any oak would be stacked in the 2010-11 pile to get the wood's full potential.
Since most dealers sell "mixed hardwoods" the response to your question is a definite maybe.