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Warm Resolve

I’m entering the new season with a sense of resolve: I intend to keep my home warm. Even though we’ve been heating exclusively with wood since moving to the homestead, I find that I tend to think of wood as … Continue reading

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Don’t Alter Your Wood Stove: A Cautionary Tale

When we bought our homestead, it already had a woodstove. It was a fairly large, ‘70s-era Earth Stove that was nearly burned out. The former owners told us they had removed some of the fittings, including heat baffles and firebrick … Continue reading

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