I wouldn't start bashing your firewood dealer.
You needed non-standard 12" wood that they cut and split on order - and delivered in early December.
If this was an open hearth wouldn't be a huge deal, running a wood stove/insert requires dry wood.
I grew up in southern Maine - firewood sellers are a different breed, and they smell (used to be called yuppies) out of staters a mile away.
Most of these folks want clean looking wood and have no idea about moisture content as they typically burn in open hearths.
In the mean time see if you can source some pallets or look for construction sites nearby and ask the builders if they have any cutoff piles you could scrounge.
Mix the dry with some of the splits or bricks for now.
If this dealer didn't short you or was reasonable price, call and get him to deliver now for next year, and if you can afford it buy multiple cords
You needed non-standard 12" wood that they cut and split on order - and delivered in early December.
If this was an open hearth wouldn't be a huge deal, running a wood stove/insert requires dry wood.
I grew up in southern Maine - firewood sellers are a different breed, and they smell (used to be called yuppies) out of staters a mile away.
Most of these folks want clean looking wood and have no idea about moisture content as they typically burn in open hearths.
In the mean time see if you can source some pallets or look for construction sites nearby and ask the builders if they have any cutoff piles you could scrounge.
Mix the dry with some of the splits or bricks for now.
If this dealer didn't short you or was reasonable price, call and get him to deliver now for next year, and if you can afford it buy multiple cords