So far I HATE my wood stove

EDIT: I AM NOT BURNING GREEN WOOD

I bought a Cleveland Iron Works Huron that's supposed to heat 2500 square feet. Thus far I absolutely despise this thing. I constantly have to add wood, it's hard to get it up hot enough to do a secondary burn. The one time I did get it hot enough it was too hot and turning the "damper" on, or whatever the hell this thing on the front is, didn't seem to cool it down much. So it's either way too hot or not hot enough to burn efficiently.

Not being able to close the damper all the way is very annoying. I got a cord of wood delivered that was unseasoned (I made a thread about that) and overall my experience has just been a headache. I want to load this thing with logs and not have to touch it for hours. That has NOT been my experience AT ALL. Am I just an idiot? Probably. Let me know