On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:59:20 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
wrote:

"Steve B" wrote in :

What signs do firewood exhibit when it is dry enough to burn well?

Hold the log by one end, and rap the other end on your driveway. Dry wood makes a
characteristic ringing sound -- a baseball bat gives a great example of this -- but if you hear a
dull thud, the wood is still pretty damp.

Exactly. The end will be checked also as it dries. If you want wood
sooner than later, split it smaller and then move it indoors. It will
dry in a couple of weeks in the basement in most houses.