A Wood Shed

When you heat your house solely with wood, a wood shed project goes rather high on the priority list. We have been covering our wood with tarps since we built our house but have dreamt of the day when a wood shed would make its appearance. Our to-do list is often driven by what can be done seasonally. When it is nice outside in the spring-summer-fall here, we want to be outside! We started talking seriously this spring about the potential for building a wood shed over the summer. Noah did some research and drafted a design to hold 4 cords of wood (2+ seasons worth of wood); we burned less than 2 cords of wood last winter, so we are hopeful with well seasoned wood our usage will be even less. (Remember our ICF R-40 walls? Heating all winter on less than 2 cords of wood is beautiful!). What the photos can't describe is the torture in digging the holes and leveling of each of the 15 concrete pillars. *Sigh* But it is done! Now Mindy and the kids are filling it up with the wood we have split during wood chores this summer (30 minutes each summer morning are devoted to splitting or stacking wood - it is great exercise!).