How do you season wood outside?

dllive

Hi

I recently chainsawed a fallen tree (ash). How best to season the logs? I dont have any space in my garage, so will need to be kept outside. Is it enough to just leave them in a big pile for a year, or should I cover them with some tarpaulin? 

Perhaps everyone has their own way of seasoning wood, but Id like to hear some comments/advice. I think Ive got some spare pallets somewhere, so I will certainly at least keep the piles on pallets so theyre off the ground. 

Thanks 

MyRealNameToo

Top and bottom covered but sides open to allow air circulation. Ideally the top extends beyond the ends of the logs to stop driving rain getting on them but the reality is a bit of splash from the occasional storm won't materially change the drying the centre of the logs etc

twopenny

I made a store under an evergreen tree.
Old panel at the back and chicken wire each side. The ground at the base was mostly dry from the tree and logs.
I slung a plastic tarpaulin over the top in winter.

If you think about how they are stored at a country supplier they just stack them. 

sheramber

Do a Google search for “wood store”. That will give you ideas. 

LessImpecunious

Or look up references to the book Norwegian Wood, by Lars Mytting - how they do it in Scandinavia...