The only hope for Ash trees is that eventually enough diseases, parasites, and predators of EAB build up that the EAB is controlled. It seems...
I don't know much about the mechanics of raising the stove, but I like the ideal of extending the hearth. The existing hearth is way too small and...
With my stove it is possible for ash to accumulate above the "roof" of the firebox, in or in front of the doghouse air intake, and perhaps in...
I'd get a large, or at least medium sized, cat stove. The tube stoves can't be turned down as low as the cat stoves, and with the smallish space...
I say Yellow Birch.
I have burned less than last year, but not a whole lot less. My stove isn't large enough or very well situated (its in the basement) so I can burn...
It will be warm here through Christmas. Everyone around here is claiming this is very rare, but I can remember lots of Christmases that weren't...
Hey Butcher, I have a stove that is about as small as stoves get in the US, and mine generally hold plenty of coals overnight for a restart in the...
A heat pump is a device that moves heat from a cooler spot to a warmer spot using the compression and expansion of a fluid as the mechanism for...
Whenever I am out in Lodgepole Pine country I wonder how easily those tall, straight trunks split, and I wonder how they sometimes manage to grow...
I wear mine all the time. If I get lazy I google images of chainsaw injuries and scare myself straight. Mine aren't very convenient for walking...
I know lots of guys who cut firewood in the woods and have never heard of any type of incident where a gun would have been useful. I can't imagine...
Get a splitting axe from Fiskars - the super splitter, x27, etc. It is lighter and easier on your joints than a heavy maul, but will split most...
The pine is already cut to length. I'd take just the pine if that were the only thing there.
No. I stack my wood outside, uncovered, and it is mostly quite dry. I am burning Red Maple that has been outside, split and stacked, for almost...
I agree with those who say Red Elm. It does resemble Red Oak, but the absence of medullary rays rules out oak. We'd definitely be able to see the...
There are a few kinds of mold that can be a health threat, but there are thousands of kinds of mold. Most molds don't present any threat at all. I...
I don't have very strong draft, so I can't shut my air control very much without choking the fire. On a reload (when my flue is hot and draft is...
Last week I finally started burning because that is when I finally did some needed maintenance and inspection. I have a through-the-wall flue, and...
Hardly any. I fired up the stove last week, and by the weekend it was too warm for a fire. It still is too warm. I expect to resume burning later...
