> How to fire a wood stove
> Regarding Blair Pollock's Feb. 22 column:
> My dad grew up in Philadelphia heating with
> coal and, later in Vermont, with wood. My
> mother grew up on a farm where wood supplied
> all the fuel for heating and cooking. When I
> was young, my parents constantly argued about
> how to fire the stove. I now have years
> experience firing a wood stove and I too am
> stubbornly opinionated. Here goes:
> Burn small, hot fires with dry wood in your
> stove. Wood needs to be cut up into small
> pieces and stored several months under cover
> before it goes in the stove. Most of the time
> you shouldn't be able to see smoke from your
> chimney. Any kind of wood will do unless it's
> pressure treated or painted. Don't send waste
> wood to the landfill, burn it. Reserve some of
> the dollars you save to get a high efficiency
> (and cleaner) stove. And don't send your ashes
> to the landfill either. Wood ashes are good
> fertilizer for all but acid-loving plants.
Small hot fires are fine for the spring or fall, but in the winter I
need a full fledged charcoal producing fire.
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> Regarding Blair Pollock's Feb. 22 column:
> My dad grew up in Philadelphia heating with
> coal and, later in Vermont, with wood. My
> mother grew up on a farm where wood supplied
> all the fuel for heating and cooking. When I
> was young, my parents constantly argued about
> how to fire the stove. I now have years
> experience firing a wood stove and I too am
> stubbornly opinionated. Here goes:
> Burn small, hot fires with dry wood in your
> stove. Wood needs to be cut up into small
> pieces and stored several months under cover
> before it goes in the stove. Most of the time
> you shouldn't be able to see smoke from your
> chimney. Any kind of wood will do unless it's
> pressure treated or painted. Don't send waste
> wood to the landfill, burn it. Reserve some of
> the dollars you save to get a high efficiency
> (and cleaner) stove. And don't send your ashes
> to the landfill either. Wood ashes are good
> fertilizer for all but acid-loving plants.