Diary of a Wood Burning Stove!

The milder weather of the last few days has meant we're back to lighting the stove in the early evening rather than earlier in the day during chillier weather.  Perfect for keeping the chill off the room as it gets dark and making it cosy for relaxing later in the evening.

If you havn't read it already, we have now reviewed the previously mentioned paper log maker.  The Eko-Mania was a Christmas present and has proved itself very useful!  You can read more in our full review, but this is a simple way of using waste paper and newspaper to make 'logs' for your wood burning stove.  Particularly good for getting the fire going after the kindling.  Let us know if you've used this or a similar product and what you thought.

Our wood store is starting to look at bit bare now, with mainly less seasoned wood left.  We might buy some more seasoned wood to keep us going until the end of the colder weather and then need to make sure we chop some bigger pieces of wood we have so they can season over the year.  We have been making more use of the Homefire 'coals' we first tried back in November as our wood supplies have dwindled, and these do a great job.  You can actually put a couple on with the kindling and then add a few more when the fire is hot.  They retain their heat for a long time so are also handy if you're going out for a while.

Keep checking back for the next installments of our diary and read previous entries from the list below...

PREVIOUS DIARY ENTRIES

6th February - Keeping the fire in overnight
31st January - Disadvantages? Not really!
18th January - Fireguards

5th January 2012 - Too much draught!

21st December - Christmas Eve plans

13th December - Cleaning blackened glass

5th December - Laundry drying!

21st November - More fuel types and a feathery visitor!

14th November - Trying out some different fuel

7th November - Warming the house

31st October - Cosy living room

12th October - Where to keep all that wood...

19th September 2011 - The first lighting of the season!