Archive for November, 2009

Know fireplace options as season approaches - DesMoinesRegister.com

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Know fireplace options as season approaches
DesMoinesRegister.com
A high-efficiency wood insert. This is basically a wood stove that gets inserted into your chimney. You get to enjoy the crackle of a real fire and the

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One wild tree - Eureka Times-Standard

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The tree looked so good, there in its natural setting. Thirty years later, I’m guessing it was a hemlock, standing about 8 feet tall in the woodlot from which we’d been harvesting firewood in the months before. My older brother Fred and my Dad had …


A positive step - Rutland Herald

Monday, November 30th, 2009
A positive step
Rutland Herald
Those conditions are choking down the economy as surely as closing the damper slows a woodstove, and they will take a concerted effort to overcome.


Word from the Hills - North Adams Transcript

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

The 2009 Vermont deer season started out insidiously. Opening day, it rained all day long, and anyone foolish enough to venture out was soon thoroughly drenched. I spent the entire day in camp reading fascinating deer tales and keeping the wood stove …


Pets saved as family left homeless - Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

BLOSSBURG - A stubborn house fire that burned out of control Sunday afternoon for nearly two hours destroyed a Canada Road property, leaving a former Canton volunteer firefighter, his fiancee and a daughter homeless. “There were heavy flames coming …


Annual Harvest Festival featured big crowd, big fun! - East Texas News

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

A GREAT Harvest Festival Weekend Perfect weather for a Fall Festival contributed to the success of the 21st. Annual Harvest Festival at Heritage Village Museum October 16-18. Beginning with a wonderful Kids Day on Friday with over 350 students from …


Fire destroys west-end home (UPDATED) - Sault Star

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Fire destroys west-end home (UPDATED)
Sault Star
Part of the problem was the large stores of wood the tenant kept in the basement for his woodstove. “It was hard to put that down,” Coulter said.


Jury rejects discrimination suit - Gilmer Mirror

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Crittenden said the precinct one barn is “heated by a wood stove” with no insulation in the workplace portion of the structure.


Small house lives large: Money saved on energy goes to bungalow … - MLive.com

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

David H. Curl | Special to Hometown Gazette Kara Keller and Tonka, the tiger cat, relax in the fireplace room that adjoins the TV front room. Both rooms are decorated in earth tones. KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP — Kara Keller has turned an 86-year-old …


Sustainable Living: A real game-changer in home heating - NRToday.com

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

We native Oregonians have another word for it: firewood. Our family has used firewood for heat and hot water most of our lives; it is part of our rituals of the seasons. We cut or buy the wood in the winter, let it dry the next summer, and burn it …