Storing Wood

[Vyxxin]

As some of you may have noticed, due to the advantage of a heavy apple season ripping branches from trees...I've had a surplus of apple this year which I've passed on to the chin community.

In preparing SO much wood I've learned a lot. However, I was hoping to get some views on proper long term storage of processed wood. I KNOW I read on here that even when processed wood really needs good airflow. That storing in boxes is not terribly ideal as the wood in the "lower levels" do NOT get enough airflow.

Can you all "wood veterans" give some tips to me (and others reading) on properly storing wood for "the long haul"? I generally only process a little at a time so have never had to store wood long.

 

[AZChins]

If you have the room, it's best to just sort of stack the wood out in the open. It does need to breathe and really should be in a nice dry area free of, umm, water and pests.

Once you cut it to size, it does alright in boxes. Anything that is clean, dried and cut I keep inside the house in the toy parts closet so that it stays nice. The house is air conditioned, of course, and that means that everything stays dry...plus I'm always messing with all the toy stuff so nothing ever stays in there too long. Most of the time I run out of wood and have to get it ready each time I need it...

I never store anything in plastic though...always in cardboard boxes...I wonder if that's something that helps? The plastic bags just get in the way when I need to get to something right away.

 

[Brittany]

I have open whicker baskets that I store all my wood in.

 

[Vyxxin]

That's actually not a bad idea...wicker has much better airflow than cardboard...open top?

I personally store all processed wood on "oven type" racks.

 

[Brittany]

That's actually not a bad idea...wicker has much better airflow than cardboard...open top?

I personally store all processed wood on "oven type" racks.

Open top, mine have larger spacing, they're not tightly woven. Some of them are very decorative looking too, so I have them placed around the house. Some people decorate with potpourri, I decorate with chin chews :laughitup:

 

[Vyxxin]

So THIS is how one stores wood all over the house without looking like a "crazy wood hoarder lady" LOL

 

[Twilight Chinchillas]

I store my processed wood in cardboard boxes and it's in a corner of my living room. Tacky, but functional! I also leave the tops off the boxes, probably doesn't matter one way or another, but the wood generally doesn't last long as it is.

 

[mercynursie]

I've had pretty good luck using the big plastic bins.I buy them cheap as I can.Then take a great big drill bit and make swiss cheese out of the pretty little bins!Yes there are some boogered holes and cracks when I'm done,but the wood doesn't mind and it gets to breath.Like I said so far so good!I have all different sizes of applewood that I prepped last winter and(goes to check.phew) it still looks good today.

 

[Whimsy]

I use stackable plastic bins.
The larger amounts are in bins with air holes.
Silica gel packs (the kind found in medicine bottles, rose hips, etc. also help keep the moisture down to reduce the chance of mold).