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The Natural Philosopher

wrote:
Basically you just need to keep the (worst of the) rain off. Any kind
of open storage is good. Windswept to reduce humidity better. Sun
exposed even better. I'm sure an old caravan would be fine, as would a
bit of plastic sheeting weighted down on top of a log pile.

I use an old canvas topped landriver. It runs just enough to get down
the garden to the raw pile of logs, and we cut a cople of weeks worth at
a time.

Within two weeks the sopping logs are dry enough to burn easily.

In fact the sopping logs are still actually at lower moisture content
than green wood, and if started with a little dry kindling, burne well
enough once they stop hissing.

We have a system whereby its

fell and roughly stack completely exposed.. Leave a year minimum

Cut and split into landrover.

Take enough for a couple of days inside and stack in inglenook.

Burn.

There is no real need to keep teh rain off at all, apart from it being a
bit of a sod to catch te wet wood. But its not GREEN wood, after a year.

All you need is some way to keep rain off for any wood store. Its less a
matter of keeping dry, as a matter of retarding rot.