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How to Keep Your Fire Pit Safe and Fun
Sitting around a fire pit with loved ones on a cold night has become a staple for most people. It enables you to have quality time with the people you love while you enjoy the warmth of the blazing fire. However, before you set your fire pit ablaze, it’s important to...
The Added Value Sustainable Logging Brings Landowners
Landowners who own woodlands have an opportunity to make use of their land as a long-term source of income. Cyclical harvesting systems that provide ongoing income on a regular basis particularly maximize the long-term monetary value of forests, while retaining their...
What Does “Sustainable Logging” Mean?
We hear “sustainable” a lot these days. Sustainable paper products. Sustainable produce and farming. Sustainable energy generation. Clearly, “sustainable” has become a bit of a buzz word. It’s important to understand what sustainability actually is and why it...
Finding the Best Firewood For Your Need
Heating with firewood is an ancient practice. The first people to heat their living space by burning wood did so more than 300 millennia ago. We’ve come a very long way from campfires and burning deadfall as a serious source of residential heating since then. ...
What To Know Before Buying Firewood For Your Wood Burning Furnace
If you’ve purchased a wood furnace to heat your home, whether it’s an indoor or outdoor model, you are probably excited for the predictability and sustainability of your solid fuel: Firewood. While you can certainly harvest your own trees, cut them into logs, split...
What is “Sustainable Logging?”
The logging industry has changed a lot in the last several decades. With sustainable forest management guidelines put out by the USDA, and real research put into what approaches to logging are best for the environment, the days of indiscriminate clear-cutting are...
6 Tips For Stacking Your Firewood Perfectly Every Time
If you’ve ever tried to stack green firewood yourself, you know that it can be very frustrating. Piles collapse, orderly rows bend or fall over, and hours of work are erased. This is the experience of almost every wood stacking novice. The good news is that it gets...
The Advantages of Kiln-Dried vs. Seasoned Firewood: Which is Worth the Cost? (Updated for 2023)
If you’ve been shopping for firewood and seen the typical options for firewood: green, seasoned, and kiln-dried, then you’ve probably noticed that kiln-dried wood generally costs more than seasoned wood. If you’re asking yourself if kiln-dried firewood is worth the...
In-Home Fire Safety Tips
If you’re heating your home with firewood, as so many New Englanders do, you should take some extra precautions to make sure you’re safe all winter. The US Fire Administration estimates that wood stoves are involved in more than...