- 1). Choose a location in which to store the firewood. It should be an area with lots of sunshine and enough room to allow for airflow around the stack.
- 2). Chop the pine firewood to 8 inches in diameter and 16 inches in length.
- 3). Stack the firewood, bark side down, on top of a pallet or metal rack so that it is not sitting on the ground. Don't allow the wood to touch the side of the house.
- 4). Cover the stacked pine firewood with a waterproof tarp if rain is expected.
- 5). Determine whether the pine firewood has dried sufficiently by pulling off some of the bark. If it is tightly attached, then the wood is not dry. Experts at the University of Georgia suggest that another way to determine whether your wood is dry is to cut open a log. If the center of the wood is darker than the edges, the wood has not sufficiently dried.
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