I finally got around to putting the new door gasket on and cleaning out the stove. I am burning Red Maple for the first fire of the year.
When the temperature gets to the life threatening range I make the kids carry winter gear with them. I used to live in Alaska and every winter...
A damp cloth works fine most of the tine. Occasionally if the glass is very black I either use some ash as others have suggested, or I burn a...
You know why I wear a jacket when it is cold? Because when I was a kid I didn't wear one and eventually went out and froze my butt off one too...
There is practically zero chance that someone you know has a live, thriving American Chestnut tree in their yard. it is almost certainly one of...
I'd look for Beeches that are crowded and drop a few to create space for the ones left standing. That way you are dropping trees in the interest...
That oak looks old but solid. Good stuff.
It looks like Yellow Birch to me. Careful about rot in the trunk. Birches have a tendency to rot, and any type of tree is likely to have soft...
For me it is more a question of what wood do I want to save for the really cold nights? Oak, locust, hickory, and Sugar Maple all are saved for...
I cut and haul wood to my yard for processing. First I cut only as much as necessary to allow me to pick up the logs and load them into the...
I have about 12 cords c/s/s and about two more in the yard being processed. 14 cords total.
No, the 1250 doesn't have the extra secondary air holes that he 1750 has. Why? In the later stages of the burn I open up the air to keep the...
That tree looks like an Aspen. The same thing happens with dead aspen here in central PA. I see it mainly in winter and early spring, and it seems...
I have three full years split and stacked, and probably at least another year's wood in rounds or logs down at the stacking area. That means about...
Birch is the primo firewood in Alaska. In most of Alaska there is only Birch and spruce, plus a few Cottonwoods. I think you should be charging...
My firewood stash is available for immediate sale at $500 a cord. It is split, season, and artistically stacked. For $500 a cord I'll even stack...
The frac industry here complain constantly about the low price of natural gas. Basically fracing has worked so well and produced so much gas that...
I am sure lots of people around here cut in the fall so they can burn the same winter, but a fair number of my neighbors are at least a year ahead...
Those are odd looking cuts at the base of the biggest log and also at the base of the cedar. Did you see the guys cutting?
I am about to start burning for the winter in my Lopi 1250 non-cat stove. This stove has secondary air tubes at the top of the firebox, and is...
