Is this already seasoned?

[stewie1046]

Hi - hope someone can help on this. We have moved to a lovely property in the Lakes and had lots of conifers -ash etc professionally cut down- I’ve been chopping these and storing. Appreciate they won’t be seasoned till next winter. Thinking about this winter- we have stuff fallen and a large oak branch that has broken off- don’t know how long all this has been on floor. Is it a case of checking when my moisture meter arrives- or buy some seasoned stuff- which I really don’t want to- see photos 

[GarethM]

Salvage whatever you can for next year, but expect lots of wood wasps and other creatures.

[sandspider]

Anything lying on the ground is unlikely to be anywhere near dry. If it's off the ground with good airflow, if you cut and split it ASAP and keep it somewhere dry and windy it may possibly be burnable by this winter. Better by next winter, however.

[Steven P]

So first off, if you are wanting to use it then get it back to the wood store, cut and split as soon as you can - cannot dry any more as it is. What is under the sheeting can be taken out and cut to length. The idea is lots of air flow through the wood will dry it quicker.

 

As for how dry it is, cannot really tell but i could be getting there. If you are getting a moisture meter then test it out on this branch when you get it.

 

Could look for the soapy bubble trick before then.