Great, it looks like I'm going to have the trees down this spring and will work them next spring so that should work out. I was planning on sealing the logs with Anchor Seal (I have a bit left over from my first project).
After the trees are down, sealed, and debarked, would it be better to cover the logs with tarps or just let mother nature do what she does?
I was looking at the Gransfors axe so I guess I'm heading in the right direction with that. As for ponding the logs, I like that idea, but I'm not entirely sure about the logistics of how I'd do that.