It’s snowing but the wood stove is roaring!
We seem to be finally getting the snow that has been hitting much of Europe over the past week or so. It only started an hour ago here but the forecast is for more to come.
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Are Waxlings too pretty to burn?
The Waxling eco-firelighters are starting to acquire an enthusiastic following...and some of our members are admitting that they enjoy looking at them almost as much as they enjoy burning them!
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Carbon Credentials
Looking out of the window at yet another grey, soggy day, it's hard not to feel depressed about the probability that the extremes of weather experienced in 2011, in the UK as well as worldwide, have been caused, at least in part, by man's reliance on fossil fuels.
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Windy weather and stove management
Gusts of 60+ mph have been rattling the roof tiles today - and the chimney has been roaring as it sucks the flames upwards!
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No mess, no hassle, and no spiders! And they look good, too.
One thing we're not missing about the logs is the mess...the bits and bark that always seem to sneak out of the log basket, even when you line it.
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Wild and windy… but the marigolds are still flowering!
It's been such a mild November...scarcely any frost and many flowers that would normally be long gone are still hanging in there.
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Why wood briquettes are so carbon-friendly
When setting up the Wood Fuel Co-op we decided to supply wood briquettes and pellets, rather than firewood logs, for a number of reasons.
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It’s not just heat – the aroma’s important too
I wandered back up the path to my little studio in the dark last night, listening to the owls calling and even though there's scarcely any moon right now, trying not to use the torch in order to preserve the atmosphere.
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Bark briquette after 8 hours burning
Wow! This is half a bark briquette after 8 hours' burning in the small woodstove.
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Black puddings: a hot tip!
Bark briquettes rock! Last night was the coldest for a while and I tried out what looks like a big black pudding: one of the SWF bark briquettes! It's also been likened to an elephant poo but we won't go there.
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