tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post635541767641176644..comments2023-07-04T06:34:33.249-07:00Comments on Life Through The Cracks: Outdoor FurnaceRuth Trowbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-31613745877095897132010-12-25T08:05:07.021-08:002010-12-25T08:05:07.021-08:00Scary! I hope to never experience a chimney fire! ...Scary! I hope to never experience a chimney fire! Thank the Lord you and your house survived! <br /><br />I am looking up hornbeam too.Sheryl at Providence Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127223943390691667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-43111671323401843052010-11-12T08:23:53.791-08:002010-11-12T08:23:53.791-08:00Ruralrose .. can you direct me to a post about gra...Ruralrose .. can you direct me to a post about grape growing? I'm interested in planting grapes next year. Hugs,Mrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-44993284784230318302010-11-11T18:37:13.159-08:002010-11-11T18:37:13.159-08:00This is our first year heating with wood, the new ...This is our first year heating with wood, the new house and all. We have not yet had to fire it up- it has been so mild and the passive solar plus 8 inches of concrete in the walls are doing their jobs! Perhaps this weekend...Hickchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569529847455539317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-43048973991830217272010-11-11T11:34:10.180-08:002010-11-11T11:34:10.180-08:00It has been wonderful, warm and worry free! I hav...It has been wonderful, warm and worry free! I have never heard of hornbeam before, (yipee another tree to learn about, now I am growing or have seed for 30 different trees which produce food or fruit in my zone). Mike I will post more pictures and a couple links for what to look for when buying one. It is labour (Canadian accent, eh) intensive, but we hired a machine to dig for an hour $65, it was worth it. Hope you are all as warm as I, am off to take down my concord crop today (then a batch of wine and tons of juice to freeze), the grapes are 3 weeks late and they still aren't properly sweet but frost is getting too hard to gamble any longer - PeaceRuth Trowbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-49102049955364892242010-11-11T09:41:58.123-08:002010-11-11T09:41:58.123-08:00This may sound strange but I have never heard of t...This may sound strange but I have never heard of this before and just finished reading all about how they work. Now I am really interested as we also worry about chimney fires and actually had one a while back...pretty scary stuff. Thanks for turning me on to this alternative heating method.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-83681055162895268412010-11-11T01:11:45.488-08:002010-11-11T01:11:45.488-08:00There is a law here that every chimney needs to be...There is a law here that every chimney needs to be cleaned by the chimney sweepers, so people don't get these fires, or even worse, CO getting beck to the house.<br />It look as your new furnace is a good investment! People here usually burn hornbeam or ash tree for heat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-19435482100183704062010-11-10T11:28:40.273-08:002010-11-10T11:28:40.273-08:00I can se your furnace is outside. There's a e...I can se your furnace is outside. There's a even a waterfall and tree near it!. ;) Seriously, sounds a good system.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-71178573452073267012010-11-10T08:51:48.339-08:002010-11-10T08:51:48.339-08:00I bet having the radiant heat under the floor is s...I bet having the radiant heat under the floor is so nice. What a scare you had with the chimney fire.Mrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-19834239396168800202010-11-10T08:43:25.825-08:002010-11-10T08:43:25.825-08:00Rose I'm so excited for you! We read up on th...Rose I'm so excited for you! We read up on these last year and have pretty much decided that's what we are going to use also when the time comes for us to make our move. Enjoy!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.com