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Our Esse Ironheart daily burn
‘What do four good sized logs look like?’, you might ask. I’ve mentioned in a number of posts, including yesterday’s about the positioning of our woodstove, that on a typical winter’s day we would go through four good sized logs. … Continue reading
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Positioning our Esse Ironheart woodstove
I’ve been meaning to do a post about how we decided to position our Esse Ironheart woodstove, but have been reminded by a new reader who is about to purchase an Ironheart and is curious about how best to site … Continue reading
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The month in wood
We have learned an awful lot about our Esse Ironheart woodstove this winter, our first one heating our home exclusively with it. We have more learning to share, more recipes to post (including my husband’s tried and true bread recipe … Continue reading
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Esse Ironheart and baking temperature
While out on our own for a glorious two hours on Saturday afternoon my husband and I found the oven thermometer that we’ve been needing to put inside the oven box of our Esse Ironheart. Why? So that we can … Continue reading
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Half-baked on the Esse Ironheart woodstove
I couldn’t resist the title, as we have been at half-effort in terms of cooking and baking consistently with our Ironheart woodstove. That’s been down to unseasonably warm weather in November (our warmest ever and nearly our driest ever), as … Continue reading
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Getting back to the woodstove
Without a doubt, I have raised a baker. Late last night my thirteen year old and I sat at the island in our kitchen and reviewed what he plans to tackle for Christmas baking. That list included ten different types … Continue reading
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Cooking on the Esse Ironheart woodstove
In late 2010 we moved into our new ICF (insulated concrete form) home: it’s a bungalow with a walk-out basement that was built into the side of a hill and to maximize southern exposure. Although we installed a natural gas … Continue reading
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Esse woodstove challenge 2011
In late 2010 we moved into our new ICF (insulated concrete form) home: it’s a bungalow with a walk-out basement that was built into the side of a hill and to maximize southern exposure. Although we installed a natural gas … Continue reading
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Weekend work: cold, wet and productive
Saturday dawned cold and dreary. We had to pull on jackets and scarves before heading out to collect a pile of scrap metal from a junk heap in the far reaches of our property. Once that was delivered, we headed … Continue reading
Filed under Farm life, Growing food, Local food, Raising children, The joy of recycling
Tips on heating a home with and cooking on an Esse Ironheart
Now that the warm weather is here and seems as though it may be getting set to stay, I figure that I won’t have much cause to write about the Esse Ironheart woodstove until the fall. I thought I’d log … Continue reading
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