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Olden Days Are Here Again: Woodstove 101
Over the past two weeks, temperatures have dropped well into the 30′s at night! Luckily, I have welcomed a new tenant into my home…a refurbished Vermont Castings “Vigilant” Woodstove!
She’s a beauty, and keeps the whole kitchen and living room warm on chilly nights and mornings! I get to keep my thermostat down and conserve oil, too! Welcome back, “olden days”!
What I’ve Learned So far:
1. Burn paper/cardboard to build up some ash in the bottom on the stove. (Protects the iron plates from direct flame.)
2. Build a fire slowly, as you do a campfire.
3. Keep the damper (panel in the top that tilts up and down) open while building the fire.
4. Once fire is roaring, shut the damper. Smoke will escape out a vent in the BOTTOM of the stove.
5. Let her roll! Operating temp is about 500-600 degrees! Hot damn!
My delivery of 2-yr-old dry pine. Mmmm…toasty!
(To be stacked indoors later today…)
Written by robin on 10/05/2009 in AITA In The Wild | AITA Original | Blog | Folk Art | Food | History | The Farm | Theory/Criticism
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