Everyone loves the comfort of an open fire.  Young people enjoy the light and heat of a bonfire as they roast hot dogs and toast marshmallows.  Campers wake voraciously hungry to the delectable smell of coffee, bacon, and a wood fire.  Lovers cuddle in front of a fireplace on a cozy winter night, and dream [...]

In this day and age of environmental concern, many people are looking into renewable energy sources.  The classic renewable heating source for homeowners is wood.  Burning wood is an inexpensive and pleasant way to heat your home, and unlike fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, or propane, wood is completely renewable.
So what are the [...]

With rising costs of fossil fuels, the importance of finding renewable energy sources is becoming more and more obvious. As fuel options go, nothing is quite like wood. Using wood as an energy source goes back thousands of years - to the first fires, really! If you’ve ever cuddled up in front of a fireplace [...]

As people look for renewable sources of heat, sometimes a remarkably good idea comes along.  Waste wood manufactured firelogs are one such idea.  Made from sawdust, wax, and recycled wood, manufactured fire logs are a great way to reuse things that would otherwise end up in a landfill somewhere.  And wood products are definitely renewable.
Waste [...]

Burning firewood is something of an art as well as a science, but it will go better for anyone who has a good understanding of how it works.  There are several principles that if followed will help you have the fire you want in your woodstove.
The most critical principle is that wood needs to be [...]