How do you stack a "teepee" of firewood?

we start start with our tallest pieces and have someone help us hold them...three to start then add more until stable...add all the smaller pieces of wood by sliding into open spaces...sidebar: I saw this in VT in the middle of a giant field...it burned for weeks...people kept adding to it

Here's a tutorial to help you: https://www.firewood-for-life.com/teepee-fire.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUN6Yo5Dkrw more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niHEMszTMBU another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrW54IPsw4E one more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUN6Yo5Dkrw

Do you want to make a fire or store firewood for the winter? The above answers are for making a fire (honest, I did not watch the youtube videos, so guessing about that.) If you want to store firewood, you start the same way. 3 pieces leaning into one another at the top. Then stack other pieces on end, closely fitted to the center pieces, around the outside , leaning in. Takes a bit of practice to not knock over the center but after a bit, the stack stabilizes. When the round is just about at the end of your reach from the outside edge to the center, place an even layer of wood ON TOP of the stacked wood, radiating out like a roof. As you move the woodpile outward in a circle, overlap the top wood in new rows so you have weather protection for the standing wood underneath. Some people can even do a second level on top but I have never had much luck with that. I inevitably find the one unstable "roof" piece and the not quite tight standing piece, and put my foot through. You can make the round as large as you want but it is a good idea to not make it bigger than the tarp you have to cover the whole thing.

As you use it during the winter, just take from the edge until the "roof" has to come down. Carefully take that and use it, too. Your standing wood should only be damp on the ground end, and, if you have done it right and a river of rain does not run through the pile (bad choice of spot on your part), all of it should be dry and ready to burn,

Mice and snakes will shelter in the dry home you have made for them so be aware as you empty the teepee.