FYI: I’ve found that even cherry leaves (used sparingly) have the same sweet scented smoke as the cherry wood. I usually use a spilt of cherry in...
I know it is s tall order to heat a house with an insert, but it is so much fun chopping and hoarding, I figure why not. I have done a pretty...
Could it be the four letter word of firewood?elms
Here is my first grab in a while.. pretty meek, but the soft wood was harder than the hard wood. I’ve stopped by the “honey dump” a handful of...
I know, not a lot of space to work with. That’s why I was thinking the ash trap could be ducted to bring up air to the blower.[ATTACH]
Awesome, this will give me a lot to think about, and I’m sure I’ll be rereading it a few times. Thank you for the input. And I think that is just...
“Sealed ducting” is debatable. I’m not sure when the ducts were put in, but temperature distribution isn’t great within the house even on the same...
I am thinking a supplemental fan to the HVAC, to distribute the air between the floors without multi-$k contractor to balance the HVAC and...
And you really don’t smell it much in the stove. You can’t beat it for grilling salmon or steak on… though I never tried pear wood, or nut woods...
Holly smells real nice burned or if it you put a split in front of the stove as if to dry it out. My wife said the smell was overpowering, kind...
Poplar is my fav because it dries so quick, but this year I am looking at a lot of red maple, and cutoffs and chunks and bark, and heat treated...
Insert woodstove is directly above hvac room. Also, I have a heat-pump water heater in the hvac room (small, with louvers).
My idea is to move cold air upstairs when there is a differential of more than say, 5 degrees. I would like to push the air in near the woodstove...
Poplar is one of my favorites. It splits so easy, and although it burns fast, it is like built in kindling. Throw a dry split on some coals in the...
I’d like to spread some black walnut ash around the patio and see if it keeps the weeds away.
I think it is just people with yard trees thinking they are just sitting on money, without any work or knowledge of lumber.
Awesome! Don’t forget to take some pics.
Yeah, but more like “Angry clouds!”
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I make beer rather than cider (most of the time), but I’ve had some success pressure fermenting with kveik...
My chicken carcasses, I save in the freezer to make broth with in the pressure cooker, but then there are the leftovers from that. …Kind of hard...
