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@@LivingTraditionsHomestead thank you so much. As per insulation, we have six inch studs which is very insulated. It has dipped down to the upper 30s here at night and have not needed to turn in the heater. We are preparing for that time when we will need to light up the stove. Your video came at the right time. Thank you so much.
We’ve been heating with wood for 11 years. It’s such a wonderful type of heat. Everyone comments that the floors are even warm with wood heat. The farmers have had to clean the ditches around here because trees have grown up around them and have created a problem with water flow. Guess what happens to those big trees they clear out? They give them to whoever heats with wood! We haven’t had to cut (dead) wood in the woods for 2 years now because we were blessed with 2 semi truckloads of logs! Whoohoo!!
I think if you live in a town or county that doesn't allow wood stoves, send your heating bill to the town or county board of supervisors. I'm almost 70 years old and have had a wood stove all my life. I love the constant heat you get. Heat pump or oil furnace they get hot then cool, hot then cool. Great video, be safe much love to everyone
We heat only with firewood (and the sunlight that comes into the house). As soon as the snow leaves our woods in the spring, my husband is out accessing the winter storm damage of downed trees, cutting the trunks and branches down and eventually hauling up to our yard. Our son has been able to assist after university was done each year - however, he graduated this spring - and that has helped to haul it up where we have a wood splitter. From there it gets stacked in "zones" relating to its dryness (or green). Mid September we begin collecting pine-cones and have amassed several bags and continue to collect as we can. My husband cleaned the chimney out and did repairs to some of the chimney bricks (the house is nearing 70 years old). We set up a rack closer to the house in the event of an ice storm but our regular stacked piles are further out in our yard (covered with an old university banner that is 40' long that was thrown out) and we use a wheel-barrow to haul up to the house. I had set the stove last late spring to ready to light this season and re-conditioned the surface of it. We've had 3 nights were it was cold and damp enough to want a fire since, so grateful for the heat! When it is sunny we can normally (during this time of year) get the house warm enough and when we close our curtains to block against the cold, have quilts and layers of blankets, we can go through the night without needing to use the woodstove. We do have a small propane tank that we use for cooking only, but often use the campfire ring to cook or the woodstove top in the winter to cook/heat food. We are blessed.
Really enjoyed the video and it just enforced what our practice has been. For 20 years we heated our 1200 sq ft home in Ok. with our wood burning stove. The purchase of stove was about 1/3 for the price of replacing the entire unit at that time. Paid for wood but still cheaper. We replaced our system 9 years ago but contine to use both. Was great to have in the October 2021 ice storm with no electricity for 10 days.
We moved into our newly built house this spring. We had installed a new wood stove that still needs to be broken in. I can’t wait to get a fire going, to feel the warm hug that real heat gives. Thank you for sharing your experience and suggestions. I’m writing down my shopping list of things needed.
I just pinned a comment with links to all of the items I used in the video if that helps. One thing we’ve noticed with our new house vs. our old house. Much better insulation! Once the house is heated it really stays warm with just a small fire going. Good luck!
This is a great video! We don’t have a wood burning stove yet but it is a great reminder to look at our surroundings and see what God has given for our use! We are a one income family and are always looking for ways to save and/or use our resources available. ❤
Now I'm craving a crackling wood fire and a walk through the pine forest. The part of the video with close up of the pine bow with cones on it gave me Christmas vibes, it will be that time before we know it! This whole video has me anticipating cozy Christmas!
We have a wood cook stove in the kitchen and a wood stove in the livingroom. I use pinecone as a starter also, but I also keep cardboard rolls and stuff the dryer lint in them to use also.
We have an outdoor boiler and love it, it’s paid for itself the past several years. But having an indoor burner would be awesome for if we do lose power.
I make our own Firestarters with scrap wax and tp rolls, cotton or what ever else I have and, strategically placed, starts our fires without kindling eliminating an extra step. Everyone has their own way. Use what you have and what works
Years ago, we put in a Century fireplace (actually a wood furnace that used ductwork, but looked like a fireplace) made in Missouri- it heated our entire house (about 3K sq. ft) with about 1 1/2 cords of wood per year - over 90% efficient, but don't think it used coal. If we build another home in a cooler area (currently in FL where cool is more appreciated) I'll see if those are still available. ... That having been said, I do love that your unit can be used as a slow cooker.
We only heat with wood in southern Manitoba Canada. We have 2 wood stoves that we can light, if it’s really cold. We have a large home and can go through 5 to 7 cords a wood during the winter season depending on how cold the winter is. We are fortunate that my husband can cut our own trees on our property so don’t even have to buy the wood. It’s such nice heat and you can roast a marshmallow anytime you want. Lol
Tip for electric baseboard heat- I was taught this and it was amazing, cut my bill in half, litterally! In the fall when you first turn it on, you set the heat to the lowest you can set it and be comfortable.This might take some adjusting over a few days, but once you have it, do not touch it again! Electric systems do not work like gas or oil and that was what I was used to. And I would always turn down the heat at night to save on gas and oil...that works for these systems. I was doing the same with the electric and had huge bills! Until my neighbor told me to do this. No joke , this made my bill be less than half! I also put pretty river and field rocks (not too big or heavy but good size) on top of the baseboards and lean them against the wall in some cases. These rocks absorb the heat and slowly release it when the basebords cycle into their cooling phase. This makes it so efficient! Traditions from the Ancestors used in our modern homes. (This traditional technique of using stones works with all heating systems) And it helps to have humidifiers, some types sit right on top, or clip on the front, of the electric basedoad. These are my favorite, but for little money, you can pick up little aluminium baking tins at dollar stores or at the grocer and use those filled with water. They work great, as well
What has started bothering me….. PLEASE understand,I am not “downing” anyone,nor am I jealous. I am always glad when people are doing well. Having said that….. Almost every (95-97%) channel I started watching years ago about homesteading,mini-farming,gardening etc… etc…Have prospered exponentially. Again…. I am glad for them…. But I have unsubscribed from most now. Not everyone can do a RUclips channel. Not everyone is able to function in front of a camera. The largest percentage that I once watched were at one time fairly close to me economically. Then RUclips started paying well for content and new appliances popped up,then EVERYONE got freeze dryers,then tractors,then barns,then bigger farms,more cattle,pigs,chickens….etc… I once again REPEAT…. I am glad for them. BUT,I no longer have anything in common with them. I am still a widow on a very fixed income that is barely scraping by. My friends have all passed on,most family is gone too. So,I have been watching animal videos,once in a while a video,like this one pops up. God Bless ya’all!!!!!
Hi there! I am originally from Northern Virginia and the Southern Maryland area. When My Dad & I built a house on 6 acres he bought a HUGE WOOD STOVE. IT WAS REALLY CLASSIFIED AS A FURNACE, SINCE IT WAS LARGER THAN A RESIDENTIAL refrigerator. The traditional house was heated with oil, but when the oil ran out ( the gage was broken and extremely hard to read) we could heat the whole house ( 3500 sq ft) but as I lost my Dad and I no longer wanted to do the process of cutting, splitting and carrying wood. I moved to NE Florida.
It helps to put stones around the stove and put a stone wall behind the stove, as well. The stones/rocks absorb heat and will release this heat gradually as the area cools. Its a tradition from Ancestors. You get more out of your stove's heat. I have electric baseboard heaters and put stons on them and it works like a charm! Used to use river stones on the rought iron hot water radiators at another place I lived.
I grew up with only wood heat. It was such a mess in the house. We use electric heat and 2 of our neighbors have wood stoves. Unfortunately my husband and my allergies go crazy when they are burning. But we can’t do campfires either. Glad that it works for you though. It seems like so much time gathering wood for the year.
We moved out of town a little over a year and going into our second winter with a woodstove and I LOVE IT!!!!! I would love to see a video on cooking with the woodstove. ❤
I also use pinecones to start fires,hardly ever buy anything for that. Pinecones are free here. A tip,if you have mulberry trees,the small dead twigs are great and burn easily. I have several surrounding my yard and gather periodically for using to start also. Great information!
We live in the high desert area of SoCal. We just spent $1,100 on 3 cords of firewood to get us through the season. That comes to about $200 per month during cold winters. We only have a single natural gas wall heater that we never use because the cost would be $400 per month. By the end of the season, I am tired of making and maintaining a fire so spring has extra special meaning for me besides my garden. edit to say, we don't have nearby natural resources.
We used to do that every winter. I love wood heat. Makes you feel warm all over! Unfortunately, we are getting older & can no longer cut our own wood. Had to say goodbye to my warm winters! 😊
DS makes a great stove we have an Athra-Max XV16 coal/wood burner in our basement. When we built the house we installed extra cold air returns, so to create natural convection in the house. My wife was skeptical at first, but now she loves running around the house barefoot in winter time. It's an inexpensive way to get heated floors.
This is good however we have a fireplace that was disconnected when set up and we have been here 20 years. Have not been able to use it and there is no way it will force heat out the front . Wish I could use this post for us. Hearts and flowers coming your way. ❤️💐
Thanks Kevin for the heating info and I like the idea of a wood burner with a catalytic converter that re-burns gases to purify air exhaust. Should keep the "greenies" off our backs.
We keep our firewood for the next week stored on our front porch as well. We have a ramp on the porch left over from when my Dad was living with us, which makes it much easier. Looks like you have a ramp, too? We use a large wheelbarrow.
I live in Greenville, SC. With the destruction of Hurricane Helene, there are A LOT of trees down. All I could think of that there was a lot of firewood! Pinecones everywhere! Living in an apartment, I have no use for a wood burning stove. It would be helpful, though.
WHEN YOU ARE ALWAYS SHORT TO BEGIN WITH, THERE IS NOTHING TO SAVE EXCEPT GROCERY MONEY, SO FOOD BANKS CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL. RECIPES THAT STRETCH A MEAL.
Agree! I donate surplus from my garden and other things when I can, and there are times when I am grateful for groceries from them. They are such blessings! (Don't think you are meaning this, but when you use all caps, it means that you are yelling) ❤💕
Yes the stove with two options is great. If weather shows a major storm lasting a week or more with below freezing temps. That's the best time xfer stove setup for coal.
It depends on air quality in many areas. Yes, people have used wood for many years. BUT there were a LOT less people. Many areas have restrictions because the air quality is unhealthy during the winter due to burning woods.
I grew up with wood . We were poor. My grandmother and mom used a wood stove for cooking, heating water, and canning. We had 1 electric i light in the livingroom. My brother and I picked up pinecones and sticks to heat the house. I appreciate that in these days there are wood splitters and other conveniences but seriously lacking those things are excuses. I have been getting my wood for the past 8 years as mill ends for $20 a load, about half a cord. Also, I get trailer loads from the travel trailer manufacturer for free just for picking it up. So, make excuses or look around and pick up pallets, break them down with a crow bar and hammer. Use your head. LivingTraditions can give you ideas and options but YOU HAVE TO WANT TO PUT IN THE EFFORT. I am hurt and ill. This may be my last winter and this summer I gathered wood!! I knew last December that I have stage 4 cancer. I knew and know that I may not be here 6 months from now. No excuses. Yes!!!! Pinecones and sticks!! Free heat.
yeah, you made a pretty good video. Minnesota here! Watch your damper like a hawk! Because you are actively heating. And yes, buy a humidifier! ha! cozy heat. ha!
Hi Kevin. I just want you to know that you can save your ash to amend your growing containers. All of the nutrients are still in the ash. You can also save any coal pieces to make home made water purifiers. Search yt for diy water purifiers or purification. I realize you have a well system but it is really a good idea to have back ups for your resources. God Bless.
I just load the wood in the bed of my Polaris Ranger, back up to my porch, release the dump lever, and dump it on the porch as I need it. Spent too many years carrying and dragging fire wood. Love wood heat, but we don't burn much anymore.
I think you passed by one of the best natural fire starters picking pine cones. The big stump looks like a pine lightered stump. If so it would provide years of fire starter.
I so much want to use wood to heat - can't beat it - but at 77 lugging wood has become too much for me -- I have a fireplace with insert in the living room and a woodstove in the basement - I also keep a small supply of wood just incase the electric goes out -- my main source is propane and I keep house temp in the mid 60's
It would be wonderful if you could find a younger person and trade them perhaps home-baked goods in exchange for help toting firewood. Whatever your skill set is try to use it to barter for labor to help you get your firewood! God bless!
Tip to make heating systems more efficient - place rocks on or around your heating radiators and they will absorb the heat and slowly release it when the heaters cycle into their cooling phase. You get more out of your heating system from using this ancient technique from the Ancestors . Thank you Ancestors ♥️💕
As long as we’re forced to pay taxes, especially property taxes, we’re not free. Our govt is the ruling class and, in reality, they don’t have to follow the laws that we do. We peasants are not ruled by one king, we’re ruled by thousands of kings. Same system, just spread out.
I have an old woodpile I inherited and found a black widow, (and if you know this species, you know where there is one, there are many). When I saw it (was moving and sorting at the time, removing rotted wood, etc) I just stopped and havent gone back to it. Do you have any thoughts or guidance about how to handle this?
Do you have termites where you live? Are you worried about keeping a pile of wood near the house? If termites are in your woodpile that might not be a great idea. Or carpenter ants either.
When I saw the pine cones hanging I thought what a beautiful tree! Each branch looked like a “ceiling” decorated with hanging pine cones, all at the same level! The beauty created by God is amazing, if one chooses to look about their surroundings! Have a Blessed day! And stay warm, with that nice fireplace!
I think you go through the purchase, adding the code at checkout. I'm sure if you call them they will walk you through both- adding the code and setting up the layaway plan.
My insurance company frowns on wood stoves. So, I'm saving up for a nice DV gas (propane) fireplace 😊 I've considered the pellet stoves but the dust wreaks havoc on my allergies. Your kindling splitter sure beats the old fashioned way 😊
We put a wood stove in our home 5 years ago and it was the best decision we've made. My husband is in construction and brings home all the scrap and cut off 2x4, 2x6...they stack neatly and dont make a mess.
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@@LivingTraditionsHomestead thank you so much.
As per insulation, we have six inch studs which is very insulated. It has dipped down to the upper 30s here at night and have not needed to turn in the heater. We are preparing for that time when we will need to light up the stove. Your video came at the right time.
Thank you so much.
We’ve been heating with wood for 11 years. It’s such a wonderful type of heat. Everyone comments that the floors are even warm with wood heat. The farmers have had to clean the ditches around here because trees have grown up around them and have created a problem with water flow. Guess what happens to those big trees they clear out? They give them to whoever heats with wood! We haven’t had to cut (dead) wood in the woods for 2 years now because we were blessed with 2 semi truckloads of logs! Whoohoo!!
Lint stuffed in toilet paper and paper towel tubes work well too for fire starters.
Yes! We have done that too.
Learning to be a wise steward of one's available resources is something just about anyone at any age can learn.
I think if you live in a town or county that doesn't allow wood stoves, send your heating bill to the town or county board of supervisors. I'm almost 70 years old and have had a wood stove all my life. I love the constant heat you get. Heat pump or oil furnace they get hot then cool, hot then cool. Great video, be safe much love to everyone
We saved thousands of dollars over the 35+ years we burned wood. Lots of work and mess, but so worth it. Love the warm heat to the house!
We heat only with firewood (and the sunlight that comes into the house). As soon as the snow leaves our woods in the spring, my husband is out accessing the winter storm damage of downed trees, cutting the trunks and branches down and eventually hauling up to our yard. Our son has been able to assist after university was done each year - however, he graduated this spring - and that has helped to haul it up where we have a wood splitter. From there it gets stacked in "zones" relating to its dryness (or green). Mid September we begin collecting pine-cones and have amassed several bags and continue to collect as we can. My husband cleaned the chimney out and did repairs to some of the chimney bricks (the house is nearing 70 years old). We set up a rack closer to the house in the event of an ice storm but our regular stacked piles are further out in our yard (covered with an old university banner that is 40' long that was thrown out) and we use a wheel-barrow to haul up to the house. I had set the stove last late spring to ready to light this season and re-conditioned the surface of it. We've had 3 nights were it was cold and damp enough to want a fire since, so grateful for the heat! When it is sunny we can normally (during this time of year) get the house warm enough and when we close our curtains to block against the cold, have quilts and layers of blankets, we can go through the night without needing to use the woodstove. We do have a small propane tank that we use for cooking only, but often use the campfire ring to cook or the woodstove top in the winter to cook/heat food. We are blessed.
Thank you both for always sharing you two are awesome God Bless
God Bless!
Enjoyed the video ..
How to cut the cost on dreaded heating bills.
1...grow your groceries
2... Heat with wood.
Good solid tips
Absolutely!
Kevin, I appreciate you sooooo much! You're SUCH a great teacher! (Sarah as well). Thank you for all you do to share your lives with us!
Really enjoyed the video and it just enforced what our practice has been. For 20 years we heated our 1200 sq ft home in Ok. with our wood burning stove. The purchase of stove was about 1/3 for the price of replacing the entire unit at that time. Paid for wood but still cheaper. We replaced our system 9 years ago but contine to use both. Was great to have in the October 2021 ice storm with no electricity for 10 days.
We moved into our newly built house this spring. We had installed a new wood stove that still needs to be broken in. I can’t wait to get a fire going, to feel the warm hug that real heat gives. Thank you for sharing your experience and suggestions. I’m writing down my shopping list of things needed.
I just pinned a comment with links to all of the items I used in the video if that helps. One thing we’ve noticed with our new house vs. our old house. Much better insulation! Once the house is heated it really stays warm with just a small fire going. Good luck!
This is a great video! We don’t have a wood burning stove yet but it is a great reminder to look at our surroundings and see what God has given for our use! We are a one income family and are always looking for ways to save and/or use our resources available. ❤
Now I'm craving a crackling wood fire and a walk through the pine forest. The part of the video with close up of the pine bow with cones on it gave me Christmas vibes, it will be that time before we know it! This whole video has me anticipating cozy Christmas!
It’ll be here in no time!
We have a wood cook stove in the kitchen and a wood stove in the livingroom. I use pinecone as a starter also, but I also keep cardboard rolls and stuff the dryer lint in them to use also.
About a lot of different things, they do and say, many times the Government forgets that they work for us, instead of us working for them!
Very true!
Thank you for sharing this video. May the Lord continue to bless your family.
Same to you!
We used a couple wood dollies for our firewood too!! Makes lugging firewood soooo much easier! And I used my grands to collect pine cones!
We have an outdoor boiler and love it, it’s paid for itself the past several years. But having an indoor burner would be awesome for if we do lose power.
Thanks for sharing with us Kevin and Sarah, enjoyed the review very much. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.
Thanks Fred!
I make our own Firestarters with scrap wax and tp rolls, cotton or what ever else I have and, strategically placed, starts our fires without kindling eliminating an extra step. Everyone has their own way. Use what you have and what works
Great idea!
Years ago, we put in a Century fireplace (actually a wood furnace that used ductwork, but looked like a fireplace) made in Missouri- it heated our entire house (about 3K sq. ft) with about 1 1/2 cords of wood per year - over 90% efficient, but don't think it used coal. If we build another home in a cooler area (currently in FL where cool is more appreciated) I'll see if those are still available. ... That having been said, I do love that your unit can be used as a slow cooker.
We only heat with wood in southern Manitoba Canada.
We have 2 wood stoves that we can light, if it’s really cold.
We have a large home and can go through 5 to 7 cords a wood during the winter season depending on how cold the winter is.
We are fortunate that my husband can cut our own trees on our property so don’t even have to buy the wood.
It’s such nice heat and you can roast a marshmallow anytime you want. Lol
Your moisture meter is also good & usable to verify your freeze dried items are dry. You need to clean the metal probes before touching food.
You can also collect your lint from the dryer
I love a fire in winter! When Texas had stormaggedon a few years back we were very thankful to have a fireplace!
I bet! That was quite an outage.
My hubby likes to find pine knot in the woods to use as fire starter.
Tip for electric baseboard heat- I was taught this and it was amazing, cut my bill in half, litterally!
In the fall when you first turn it on, you set the heat to the lowest you can set it and be comfortable.This might take some adjusting over a few days, but once you have it, do not touch it again!
Electric systems do not work like gas or oil and that was what I was used to. And I would always turn down the heat at night to save on gas and oil...that works for these systems. I was doing the same with the electric and had huge bills! Until my neighbor told me to do this. No joke , this made my bill be less than half!
I also put pretty river and field rocks (not too big or heavy but good size) on top of the baseboards and lean them against the wall in some cases. These rocks absorb the heat and slowly release it when the basebords cycle into their cooling phase. This makes it so efficient! Traditions from the Ancestors used in our modern homes.
(This traditional technique of using stones works with all heating systems)
And it helps to have humidifiers, some types sit right on top, or clip on the front, of the electric basedoad. These are my favorite, but for little money, you can pick up little aluminium baking tins at dollar stores or at the grocer and use those filled with water. They work great, as well
Thanks for another great video and have a blessed week!
What has started bothering me….. PLEASE understand,I am not “downing” anyone,nor am I jealous. I am always glad when people are doing well.
Having said that….. Almost every (95-97%) channel I started watching years ago about homesteading,mini-farming,gardening etc… etc…Have prospered exponentially. Again…. I am glad for them…. But I have unsubscribed from most now. Not everyone can do a RUclips channel. Not everyone is able to function in front of a camera.
The largest percentage that I once watched were at one time fairly close to me economically. Then RUclips started paying well for content and new appliances popped up,then EVERYONE got freeze dryers,then tractors,then barns,then bigger farms,more cattle,pigs,chickens….etc…
I once again REPEAT…. I am glad for them. BUT,I no longer have anything in common with them. I am still a widow on a very fixed income that is barely scraping by. My friends have all passed on,most family is gone too. So,I have been watching animal videos,once in a while a video,like this one pops up.
God Bless ya’all!!!!!
Hi there! I am originally from Northern Virginia and the Southern Maryland area. When My Dad & I built a house on 6 acres he bought a HUGE WOOD STOVE. IT WAS REALLY CLASSIFIED AS A FURNACE, SINCE IT WAS LARGER THAN A RESIDENTIAL refrigerator. The traditional house was heated with oil, but when the oil ran out ( the gage was broken and extremely hard to read) we could heat the whole house ( 3500 sq ft) but as I lost my Dad and I no longer wanted to do the process of cutting, splitting and carrying wood. I moved to NE Florida.
😊
It helps to put stones around the stove and put a stone wall behind the stove, as well. The stones/rocks absorb heat and will release this heat gradually as the area cools. Its a tradition from Ancestors. You get more out of your stove's heat.
I have electric baseboard heaters and put stons on them and it works like a charm! Used to use river stones on the rought iron hot water radiators at another place I lived.
I would love a wood stove. I live in a townhouse, so no chance of heating with wood! 😞 My dream is "one day..." 😊
Great video!! 💕
I grew up with only wood heat. It was such a mess in the house. We use electric heat and 2 of our neighbors have wood stoves. Unfortunately my husband and my allergies go crazy when they are burning. But we can’t do campfires either. Glad that it works for you though. It seems like so much time gathering wood for the year.
We moved out of town a little over a year and going into our second winter with a woodstove and I LOVE IT!!!!! I would love to see a video on cooking with the woodstove. ❤
Thank you
I also use pinecones to start fires,hardly ever buy anything for that. Pinecones are free here. A tip,if you have mulberry trees,the small dead twigs are great and burn easily. I have several surrounding my yard and gather periodically for using to start also. Great information!
Thank you for the video 😊🙏🔥♥️
We live in the high desert area of SoCal. We just spent $1,100 on 3 cords of firewood to get us through the season. That comes to about $200 per month during cold winters. We only have a single natural gas wall heater that we never use because the cost would be $400 per month. By the end of the season, I am tired of making and maintaining a fire so spring has extra special meaning for me besides my garden. edit to say, we don't have nearby natural resources.
We used to do that every winter. I love wood heat. Makes you feel warm all over! Unfortunately, we are getting older & can no longer cut our own wood. Had to say goodbye to my warm winters! 😊
Another great video very interesting thank you for sharing 🙏
Very informative! Thank you!
We use a dolly with a wood box strapped on to haul wood. Then take the box off when needed for other uses
DS makes a great stove we have an Athra-Max XV16 coal/wood burner in our basement. When we built the house we installed extra cold air returns, so to create natural convection in the house. My wife was skeptical at first, but now she loves running around the house barefoot in winter time. It's an inexpensive way to get heated floors.
That wheel wood dolly would be good for hauling groceries in too
Love the open music
This is good however we have a fireplace that was disconnected when set up and we have been here 20 years. Have not been able to use it and there is no way it will force heat out the front . Wish I could use this post for us. Hearts and flowers coming your way. ❤️💐
Thanks Kevin for the heating info and I like the idea of a wood burner with a catalytic converter that re-burns gases to purify air exhaust. Should keep the "greenies" off our backs.
😀
I love your videos, they are always informative. What is your best way of cleaning the indoor stove pipe, any tips?
Great video! Thanks for the info!
We keep our firewood for the next week stored on our front porch as well. We have a ramp on the porch left over from when my Dad was living with us, which makes it much easier. Looks like you have a ramp, too? We use a large wheelbarrow.
Great advice if it is an option for you.
I live in Greenville, SC. With the destruction of Hurricane Helene, there are A LOT of trees down. All I could think of
that there was a lot of firewood! Pinecones everywhere! Living in an apartment, I have no use for a wood burning stove. It would be helpful, though.
❤great information
You can't save when you don't have enough 😏
I HAVE SAME STRUGGLE, FOOD BANKS HAVE REALLY HELPED ME AND RECIPES TO STRETCH MEALS
I agree
True,
With my finances, it's all about puttin' OUT the fires!!--and some still burn!--lol--from the pain... .
Increase income?
Thanks for sharing. What is the optimal reading for moisture in wood?
WHEN YOU ARE ALWAYS SHORT TO BEGIN WITH, THERE IS NOTHING TO SAVE EXCEPT GROCERY MONEY, SO FOOD BANKS CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL. RECIPES THAT STRETCH A MEAL.
May your local food bank be plentiful. ❤
Agree! I donate surplus from my garden and other things when I can, and there are times when I am grateful for groceries from them. They are such blessings! (Don't think you are meaning this, but when you use all caps, it means that you are yelling) ❤💕
Nice Kevin 😊
Some people I see use a small fan😊
Yes the stove with two options is great. If weather shows a major storm lasting a week or more with below freezing temps. That's the best time xfer stove setup for coal.
It depends on air quality in many areas. Yes, people have used wood for many years. BUT there were a LOT less people. Many areas have restrictions because the air quality is unhealthy during the winter due to burning woods.
I grew up with wood . We were poor. My grandmother and mom used a wood stove for cooking, heating water, and canning. We had 1 electric i light in the livingroom. My brother and I picked up pinecones and sticks to heat the house. I appreciate that in these days there are wood splitters and other conveniences but seriously lacking those things are excuses. I have been getting my wood for the past 8 years as mill ends for $20 a load, about half a cord. Also, I get trailer loads from the travel trailer manufacturer for free just for picking it up. So, make excuses or look around and pick up pallets, break them down with a crow bar and hammer. Use your head.
LivingTraditions can give you ideas and options but YOU HAVE TO WANT TO PUT IN THE EFFORT. I am hurt and ill. This may be my last winter and this summer I gathered wood!! I knew last December that I have stage 4 cancer. I knew and know that I may not be here 6 months from now. No excuses.
Yes!!!! Pinecones and sticks!! Free heat.
yeah, you made a pretty good video. Minnesota here! Watch your damper like a hawk! Because you are actively heating. And yes, buy a humidifier! ha! cozy heat. ha!
Could you just keep water on top of the stove for humidity?
I can’t wait for Trump to be back in office either!!!! Awesome videos! Thanks so much to both of you!!!
Hi Kevin. I just want you to know that you can save your ash to amend your growing containers. All of the nutrients are still in the ash. You can also save any coal pieces to make home made water purifiers. Search yt for diy water purifiers or purification. I realize you have a well system but it is really a good idea to have back ups for your resources. God Bless.
Thanks for the tip!
Great video
I love my wood stove. I just use a wheelbarrow and stack the wood on my porch
I just load the wood in the bed of my Polaris Ranger, back up to my porch, release the dump lever, and dump it on the porch as I need it.
Spent too many years carrying and dragging fire wood. Love wood heat, but we don't burn much anymore.
I think you passed by one of the best natural fire starters picking pine cones. The big stump looks like a pine lightered stump. If so it would provide years of fire starter.
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Around here they call those litter knots.
I so much want to use wood to heat - can't beat it - but at 77 lugging wood has become too much for me -- I have a fireplace with insert in the living room and a woodstove in the basement - I also keep a small supply of wood just incase the electric goes out -- my main source is propane and I keep house temp in the mid 60's
It would be wonderful if you could find a younger person and trade them perhaps home-baked goods in exchange for help toting firewood. Whatever your skill set is try to use it to barter for labor to help you get your firewood! God bless!
Freedom. Amen!
Great video....
On another note. Do you have a video on the building of your deck? I see parts of it but would love to see the whole thing.
You could be selling that pine straw to bed keepers for their smoker's
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Do you ever have soot accumulation on your ceilings or walls?
Tip to make heating systems more efficient - place rocks on or around your heating radiators and they will absorb the heat and slowly release it when the heaters cycle into their cooling phase. You get more out of your heating system from using this ancient technique from the Ancestors . Thank you Ancestors ♥️💕
Thanks everyone for you help but I still did not find the exact thing they used t cove their cabbage with!!!! ☹
As long as we’re forced to pay taxes, especially property taxes, we’re not free. Our govt is the ruling class and, in reality, they don’t have to follow the laws that we do. We peasants are not ruled by one king, we’re ruled by thousands of kings. Same system, just spread out.
Does this heat all your bedrooms and kitchen as well?
It sure does!
I was looking for a link for the butane torch...I use a butane lighter but think a torch would be better. Brand you use, por favor?
I have an old woodpile I inherited and found a black widow, (and if you know this species, you know where there is one, there are many). When I saw it (was moving and sorting at the time, removing rotted wood, etc) I just stopped and havent gone back to it. Do you have any thoughts or guidance about how to handle this?
Do you clean your stove?
Fire extinguisher?
We do have a couple just in case.
does your stove have an outside air intake?
Another interesting video. Very informative.
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Some insurance will not cover if u if u heat with wood.
Do you have termites where you live? Are you worried about keeping a pile of wood near the house? If termites are in your woodpile that might not be a great idea. Or carpenter ants either.
We used locust seed pods for fire starters.
i wrapped dried pine cones in newspaper, and dose it with lighter fluid on sale.
Great idea!
I use a couple pine cones works good
Great tutorial Kevin on how you manage and use your wood stove. All the best.
When I saw the pine cones hanging I thought what a beautiful tree!
Each branch looked like a “ceiling” decorated with hanging pine cones, all at the same level!
The beauty created by God is amazing, if one chooses to look about their surroundings!
Have a Blessed day!
And stay warm, with that nice fireplace!
So true!
Don't the pinecones have sap on them? Won't that gunk up the chimney?
Good morning Kevin and Sarah,we also heat with wood and love it,but we have a fan behind ours,what do you use to circulate the heat
Does storing fire wood in or close to the house bring bugs in the house?
Awesome Video! Can I use your affiliate code for layaway of a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer? Or do I have to outright buy it to use your affiliate code?
I think you go through the purchase, adding the code at checkout. I'm sure if you call them they will walk you through both- adding the code and setting up the layaway plan.
Always love watching your videos. So informative and I learn a lot. One of these days I hope to live a more simple lifestyle.👍👍👍
My insurance company frowns on wood stoves. So, I'm saving up for a nice DV gas (propane) fireplace 😊 I've considered the pellet stoves but the dust wreaks havoc on my allergies.
Your kindling splitter sure beats the old fashioned way 😊
We put a wood stove in our home 5 years ago and it was the best decision we've made. My husband is in construction and brings home all the scrap and cut off 2x4, 2x6...they stack neatly and dont make a mess.