Wood Stove Wizard Blog
The Wood Stove Wizard Blog helps you keep up to date with the latest changes to our site, including our personal Woodland Diary, where we keep track of our daily activities and observations in our new piece of woodland, Elfric Wood. We'd love your comments and contributions particularly any suggestions you might have on worthwhile woodland activities.
Jan 21, 2012
I heat my 1800 sq. foot home with a barrel stove
No story... lol it works better than a cast iron stove I had. I clean the chimney and pipe every 3 weeks. It does eat wood too;we get about a 10 hour
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Jan 21, 2012
Using Drier Lint As Tinder
Lint from your dryer is great to start a cold start fire in the wood stove - it burns hotter and longer than newspaper or cardboard and I can use bigger
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Dec 18, 2011
double barrel inside barrel woodstove
30 gallon barrel inside a 50 gallon barrel. Air circulates around 30 gallon with squirrel cage fan located on bottom. Two outlets on top to hook up to
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Nov 16, 2011
TLUD Biochar Making - backyard scale
It's not my story. I found somethig similar surfing the web, but it seems more professional and maybe more developed. It's John Rogers presents Making
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Nov 16, 2011
Fire Safety - 26 years of burning wood
Hello,my name is Bernie,I have had experience burning wood primarily. It is the best not the cleanest but not the worst. I have never had a close call
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Nov 4, 2011
Acacia erioloba
Yes, I know you can't get it in Europe! But when it comes to firewood I think this one is the king. The Acacia erioloba or camelthorn tree is native to
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Oct 28, 2011
GOBURN
We sell a barrel stove kit which has the door assembly flu and damper collar and a pair of legs.The kit comes with full instructions and is easy to complete
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Oct 27, 2011
Imagine Zambia
De-Forestation in Zambia is skyrocketing due to urbanization and charcoal making to the tune of 120 tons per day, we are busy with national development
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Oct 3, 2011
garage woodburner
Got a double in my garage. Had it 92° in my garage, on new years eve in Chicago
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Aug 30, 2011
Firewood Shed Plans
Our firewood shed plans and building photos
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Jul 24, 2011
barrel stove additions.
I have spent many months in Alaska when I was guiding hunters and dealt with barrel stoves but never made mental notes about the many modifications I had
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May 27, 2011
Barrel Stove - It burns everything and is HOT
Had a barrel stove in my workshop years ago. I inherited from someone else that no longer needed it. Was made from an old style iron ringed drum from WWII
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Apr 17, 2011
Barrel Stove Kits & Heat Shields
I have built several drum stove over the years but not with these kits. The ones I made were from the Sotz kits. They were truly air tight units and I
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Apr 17, 2011
Natural Quench Method
I started making bio char by fast burning dry, green whatever old rotten wood and feeding fire regularly with medium to small branches just keeping it
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Apr 17, 2011
Stacking Wood Between Trees : Not Such A Good Idea
This may sound like a great idea but think about what happens to those trees when the wind blows; they move. I spent two to three hrs stacking a buitiful
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