So I love burning wood for heat. I also enjoy splitting firewood and cutting down useful trees. I bought my first house in April and I'm just now getting the time to start cutting firewood. Most of the wood I cut is mixed species, and a lot of it isn't very efficient to say the least. I split all my wood with an axe. I'm young right now and I can use the workout of swinging an axe, and I also enjoy the work. To me there's something to be said about cutting and splitting your own wood to help heat your home. It isn't my primary source of heat but when I'm home I try to have the stove running as much as possible. I do have a glacier bay coal/Woodstove. The stove came with the house and I'm not too familiar with it aside from the manual I found online. Overall it performs well enough for me to like it. However right now I have less then a cord of wood cut and split. And it isn't all that dry. I plan on doing more cutting and splitting this weekend and I'm hoping I can get about 2 cords cut and split between Saturday and Sunday. I know I'm being optimistic, but I really want half decent wood to burn this year. So how about you guys and gals. Who else burns wood and enjoys a good fire or even cutting the wood to supply that fire? How do you go about doing it and what tips might you have for someone such as myself that's younger and not very knowledgable?