Wood heat

The charm of farm life is being able to control your comfort level by plowing in sweat equity. Heating with wood is a classic example. You toil away cutting and stacking your heat. But the payoff comes in November when you come in the house and it is toasty.



Each wood stove has it's personality. I now have a new Consolidated Dutchwest. I researched the unit carefully. But as with all my stoves over the last 30 years, the C.D. does not perform exactly as the product literature describes. But it has lots of adjustments which pleases a wood heat fan.



So I tweak away. It is an activity that warms one thoroughly.



I hope I have staying power to keep this flow of conciousness going. Thanks to my friend Bob Folzenlogen for his encouragement. See his great blog at naturesblog.