Cedar dries pretty quickly relative to hardwoods. Bring it inside and stack it so pleny of air can pass over it. Let it sit for a few weeks. A fan will help accelerate the drying. Try planing it to thickness. If the wood is dry enough, it will plane nicely. Wet wood will tear and get fuzzy. If the wood seems to be planing well, try cutting a few strips. Again wet wood will get a fuzzy surface, however, the fuzz is really the only problem so you can cut all the strips at this point if you don't mind the fuzz.

After all the strips are cut, stack them on stickers so they get airflow and let them dry for another week or so. Then you can plane the strips to thickness and run the cove and bead.

> I picked up some Western Red Cedar from a local sawmill. The boards are a
> full one inch by four inches. They haven't made it to the kiln yet. I am
> letting them dry out in my house. How long should I leave them to dry?
> They are a still rough sawn, should I plane them smooth before I rip them
> into strips. I am going to use the C&B method. Can't wait to paddle,
> thanks in advance.