I'm in a suburb here - I'm not sure of the official size of our lot, but it is somewhere around 1/3 acre if I remember right. We have some 'common woods' behind the house where four properties come together and it has been left wild - it gives the illusion of lots of space. Basically is making it really hard for me to find a legal place to put a shed since I have to watch out for property lines. Where do I stack my wood? Well, I have a series of stacks along one edge of my property that is "next years" wood. It is stacked tighter than most would do - on pallets, and about 5.5-6' high as I have to make the most of the space. Then I have my main stack next to the driveway. Funny thing there is that this stack that is the current year stack is actually on my neighbor's property but the way the ground is landscaped you would never know looking at it. We both know and I have their permission so it is all ok - at least until they move or get upset with us and I suddenly have to move 4+ cords of wood in a hurry... ug.
I process my wood on the end of the driveway and when logs are delivered they go on the lawn. I plan to stack the 2-year out wood in the back woods (the common zone) and try to keep it all on my property or at least close enough for "plausible deny-ability" so nobody will care. The space back there isn't used by anyone and all neighbors have said I can harvest if I want so I hope a few stacks won't bother them either.
Yes I have lots of incentive to keep everything neat and clean as well as to keep the smoke down. I use brown tarps when I cover and do my best to square off the piles. When I process wood I pay attention to the hour of the day and clean up the mess each time so nothing piles up. Whenever I find ants anywhere I treat for them with gusto and eliminate then asap with ant bait. Since nobody around me burns I expect it would not take much for someone to complain and I then might find myself facing the town with whatever BS they can throw my way - that is the greatest risk I see in this since right now all my piles are visible from the street.
I process my wood on the end of the driveway and when logs are delivered they go on the lawn. I plan to stack the 2-year out wood in the back woods (the common zone) and try to keep it all on my property or at least close enough for "plausible deny-ability" so nobody will care. The space back there isn't used by anyone and all neighbors have said I can harvest if I want so I hope a few stacks won't bother them either.
Yes I have lots of incentive to keep everything neat and clean as well as to keep the smoke down. I use brown tarps when I cover and do my best to square off the piles. When I process wood I pay attention to the hour of the day and clean up the mess each time so nothing piles up. Whenever I find ants anywhere I treat for them with gusto and eliminate then asap with ant bait. Since nobody around me burns I expect it would not take much for someone to complain and I then might find myself facing the town with whatever BS they can throw my way - that is the greatest risk I see in this since right now all my piles are visible from the street.
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