Ok I know we you guys have heard this question alot but here is my delema. I worry about this every day during the summer. I had some hickory and sugar maple delivered in early March. It was cut down when it was delivered. I split and stacked it all in the month of March. Its stacked on pallets in the back yard. The pile is stacked loose with plenty of air gaps so air could work through it. Will it be seasoned enough by October to burn? That's about 7 months. I just used some of it over the weekend to make some camp fires while camping and I really didn't have a problem with it at all. It smoked for just a bit and then fine. Here in NJ we have had nothing but 90 degree days for a while. Unfortunately I dont have enough room to be 2 years ahead so I cant keep any more than a years worth of wood at a time. Also my wood pile is not covered with a tarp. Do you think I will be ok to burn it. I'm planning on covering it in early October. Good or Bad