I burn 11-12 face cords a year which I guess is about 4 cords. I just buy 2 trailer loads that apparently is 6 cords. The first year I had no idea about face/full cord. This is only my 3rd winter burning wood. I lived my whole life before this house in the suburbs and some of my friends still don't understand how the wood stove "works". I have let it go out a few times this year but last year I lit it once in either October or November and it burned until I went away for a few days towards the end of march and then restarted for a few more weeks. At the start of the year I will get the odd little harmless spider but that's about it. At my old location in Southern Ontario I'd get lots of house centipedes due to the humidity of having several reef tanks but they don't exist up here in the north.
My neighbour who is probably close to 40 years older than me spent much of the summer chopping with an axe, although I get the feeling he was getting ready for more then just one year. I was tired just watching him. This year my big thing was stacking the wood closer to the house so it would be slightly earlier. I don't plan on living here forever. Next house will be back to adjusting the thermostat and paying the gas bill.
Example of how much wood we bring in for a few days :
And to keep it on topic the tank you can just barely see across from the wood
And because this is a mess of a newly setup tank, here is one of my main display :
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