Thank you Collin. I'm glad someone else out there besides me thinks that "seasoning" timbers is a waste of time.
If you have received all your timbers for your frame from the sawmill, and you are starting to cut the joints, the last timbers you cut will most likely be somewhat "seasoned" by the time you get to them. And the first timbers you cut will be "seasoned" somewhat by the time you finish the last ones.
I personally don't intensionally season any timber, any length of time. If wood drys at the rate of 1" in thickness per year, how much drier is it if you let it "season" for a few months? Not enough to make any noticeable difference.
There are more important things to be concerned about in regards to cutting your frame then the amount of time it should be "seasoned".
And I still can't understand how less support to a pile of timbers is better.......