Ever since we started heating with a wood stove, we’ve become acutely aware of what the weather’s doing, and especially what’s happening with the sun. With a bank of windows on the south side of our house, we can go the entire day without burning any wood at all if the sun is shining, even […]
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One of the biggest changes for us since starting a farm in Upstate New York is our new closeness with the elements. That’s especially true as winter wraps its arms around us. Our comfort–even the viability of our living arrangements here–depends on maintaining a fire in our wood stove and an adequate supply of firewood […]
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When the sun is shining on a cold fall day, this is where I want to be: sitting on a five-gallon bucket with a hatchet, turning odd pieces of firewood into kindling. The chimney expert who installed our new wood stove assured us that commercial fire starters would turn any standard-size log into a roaring […]
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