Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Putting up firewood the old way—no machines, no shortcuts, just time, effort, and doing it right.
In today’s video, Sweetloaf and I start filling the new woodshed with freshly cut Douglas fir. This is real-world firewood work here in the Pacific Northwest—cutting, stacking, and setting it up to cure properly for the coming season.
We go over:
Why airflow matters when stacking firewood
How wood actually dries (and why most people get it wrong)
Using mill offcuts to keep wood off the ground
How much wood you can realistically stack in a day by hand
The simple, traditional method that still works better than anything else
There’s something different about doing it this way. Slower, maybe—but better. No noise, no fuel, no hydraulics. Just work, and the satisfaction that comes with it.
If you heat with wood, homestead, or just appreciate doing things the right way, you’ll understand.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Starting the new woodshed
0:36 – Why this wood is still green
0:58 – The slatted design (airflow matters)
1:20 – Setting the base (keeping wood off the ground)
1:49 – Fire-starting resin from Douglas fir
2:30 – “Trucks are tools”
7:59 – How much wood is in one stack
8:31 – How firewood actually dries
9:03 – Airflow and curing explained
10:04 – Goal: 10 cords by hand
🔧 KEYWORDS (BUILT INTO TEXT)
firewood, stacking firewood, drying firewood, how to stack firewood, wood heat, homestead, off grid, chainsaw work, Pacific Northwest, Douglas fir firewood
📌 HASHTAGS
#firewood #homestead #woodheat #offgrid #logging #chainsaw #pnw #selfreliance #outdoors
Putting up firewood the old way—no machines, no shortcuts, just time, effort, and doing it right.
In today’s video, Sweetloaf and I start filling the new woodshed with freshly cut Douglas fir. This is real-world firewood work here in the Pacific Northwest—cutting, stacking, and setting it up to cure properly for the coming season.
We go over:
Why airflow matters when stacking firewood
How wood actually dries (and why most people get it wrong)
Using mill offcuts to keep wood off the ground
How much wood you can realistically stack in a day by hand
The simple, traditional method that still works better than anything else
There’s something different about doing it this way. Slower, maybe—but better. No noise, no fuel, no hydraulics. Just work, and the satisfaction that comes with it.
If you heat with wood, homestead, or just appreciate doing things the right way, you’ll understand.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Starting the new woodshed
0:36 – Why this wood is still green
0:58 – The slatted design (airflow matters)
1:20 – Setting the base (keeping wood off the ground)
1:49 – Fire-starting resin from Douglas fir
2:30 – “Trucks are tools”
7:59 – How much wood is in one stack
8:31 – How firewood actually dries
9:03 – Airflow and curing explained
10:04 – Goal: 10 cords by hand
🔧 KEYWORDS (BUILT INTO TEXT)
firewood, stacking firewood, drying firewood, how to stack firewood, wood heat, homestead, off grid, chainsaw work, Pacific Northwest, Douglas fir firewood
📌 HASHTAGS
#firewood #homestead #woodheat #offgrid #logging #chainsaw #pnw #selfreliance #outdoors
