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    no hot coals in the morning

    What we do in our house is easy. I play a wizard game on Facebook really late at night, and hubby wakes up early. So we have no long night time...
    Post by: colsmith, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    anyone else getting the itch to start burning!!!!!!!!!!

    I am totally behind on splitting wood, so no, I am not getting the itch to burn at all. I am instead starting to think about some kind of wood...
    Post by: colsmith, Aug 11, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    End of the season chat...

    Long time no see, everybody, I have been wasting my time playing School of Wizardry on Facebook. :-) We used almost every last bit of split firewood...
    Post by: colsmith, May 14, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Burning 24 hours 7 days a week, when applicable, and/or heating your house continuously with wood un

    We burn 24/7. We tend to have a lot of "fluffy" wood, i.e., not very dense, so we have to load the stove quite frequently. Fortunately, hubby gets...
    Post by: colsmith, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Husband dissed "MY" stove.

    I have a different problem with my hubby and the stove. He has a theory that the fire heats up the stove more if it is further back in the stove and...
    Post by: colsmith, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Which is more polluting... A car or a wood stove?

    As folks say, you can't drive anyplace in your stove, so what is the point of this comparison? Anyway, I picked the stove as the answer, just...
    Post by: colsmith, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    Raised Planting Beds

    I have quite a few raised beds. 6 inches isn't really enough. I have a couple that are only that deep. A lot of my plants don't amount to much...
    Post by: colsmith, Apr 18, 2010 in forum: The Green Room
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    Making kindling

    We never split wood to make kindling. We bring home corn crates from a local produce stand and fill them with the small bits of branches that are on...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 6, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    How Can I Tell?

    When I started a thread called "Darn Snow on Firewood all the time" http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/14994/ I was...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 6, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Tried the tire trick for 1st time

    I was just searching for something I posted recently and found this followup to what I wrote. I will have to have my hubby read it. He isn't the...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 6, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    How Can I Tell?

    I hesitate to disagree with Backwoods Savage, but he said I believed this for a while, but kept having snow covered wood in the winter. Seems you...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 5, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    colder weather means more air needed to burn?

    Seems like there are a lot of cheeseheads here. I am another big supporter of cheese and beer. Have to support the local economy. :-)
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 5, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Night time damper down causes smoke?

    I would agree that getting a lot of smoke suggests you are dampening down too much. The dampening down is meant to make it burn more slowly, but...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 1, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Cooking on a soapstone stove.

    I have a Hearthstone Phoenix, which is somewhat similar to the Heritage. We heat water in a teapot on the stove, and simmer soups and or heat water...
    Post by: colsmith, Dec 1, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    How far is too far for free wood? (pic)

    Wouldn't emerald ash borer only travel in ash wood? I thought they didn't like other trees. If it is an oak and maple or whatever, is there really...
    Post by: colsmith, Nov 4, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Gardening question

    Onions from seed would work, but it takes a lot longer and more effort. Since onion sets are so cheap, I would say just buy them. Plants work well,...
    Post by: colsmith, Nov 2, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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    Gardening question

    Gooserider, as for your onions, sounds like you planted them too deep. If not enough of the onion is above ground, they just do the green onion...
    Post by: colsmith, Oct 31, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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    Gardening question

    Once you get a raised bed made and filled, maintenance is low. After a few years they only subside about an inch a year, and that is easily made up...
    Post by: colsmith, Oct 28, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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    Observation on wood scrounging and drying.

    I like the burning best, definitely. Of course I am a pyromaniac since childhood . . . I feel powerful when I split wood, but I wish there wasn't...
    Post by: colsmith, Oct 27, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Making you're own firebrick.

    The spelling/grammar police feel obligated to pop into your thread. Making YOUR own firebrick. The use of you're implies "making you are own...
    Post by: colsmith, Oct 27, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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