Another excellent and informative video. Does the lumber need to be somewhat dry before putting it out? There is some pretty wet lumber at the big box stores. If viewers do not have plants in their yard like white sage, various size reeds can be purchased online at sites like Crown Bees.
My guess would be that while dryer would be better, unless the lumber is very, very wet still, it will not make much of a practical difference. These features will be outdoors, so though we create overhangs to keep the nests a bit on the dry side, the wood will be exposed to the weather. My only reservation would be that occasionally a pallet of wood at the store will be so wet that you can see some fungal growth due to both the moisture and the lack of air circulation when the wood is bound up in the palette. In those cases, I'd look for dryer wood.
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Another excellent and informative video. Does the lumber need to be somewhat dry before putting it out? There is some pretty wet lumber at the big box stores. If viewers do not have plants in their yard like white sage, various size reeds can be purchased online at sites like Crown Bees.
My guess would be that while dryer would be better, unless the lumber is very, very wet still, it will not make much of a practical difference. These features will be outdoors, so though we create overhangs to keep the nests a bit on the dry side, the wood will be exposed to the weather. My only reservation would be that occasionally a pallet of wood at the store will be so wet that you can see some fungal growth due to both the moisture and the lack of air circulation when the wood is bound up in the palette. In those cases, I'd look for dryer wood.