What does $500 of firewood look like?

We ordered a cord of wood for the soon-to-be-approaching Canadian winter in our cozy cottage.

Did you ever wonder what exactly a cord is? It is 128 cubic feet of stacked wood. So you just measure your stacked pile, and multiply the Width x Height x Length and divide that by 128. That will tell you how many cords you have. And as you can imagine, there is a huge difference between a full cord of firewood, and other types of wood - most likely with a lot less space between the pieces.