Blaze King Princess: Eyes Bigger than Woodstove
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 16. Mar, 2009 | 12 Comments
Cameron was already asleep upstairs, so it was definitely my duty to shut the house down for the evening. Specifically, this included making sure the woodstove was full to ensure a nice, long, overnight burn.
The woodstove was two-thirds full; it needed another log or two to be added to the stove before I could leave [...]
Firewood Consumption
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors on 26. Feb, 2009 | 14 Comments
As the temperatures dropped and winter started to set in this year, we were a little nervous for three reasons:
1. Insulation – We’d never been through a winter trying to heat this house before. We’d taken our house from 0% insulated to 100% insulated, but the only way we were going to find out whether [...]
Winter Outside, Spring Inside
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors on 20. Nov, 2008 | 7 Comments
Our woodstove is working like a charm. It’s -4 celcius outside. With the wind-chill it’s -9c, and we are a toasty 21c inside our house, which we heat with wood heat only.
Although outside I can still see vestiges of the recent dusting of snow, it feels like spring from where I’m sitting.
It’s a far cry [...]
Wood Heat: A Girl and Boy’s Best Friend
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors on 28. Oct, 2008 | 19 Comments
If you’ve been following our tribulations, you’ll know that the sighting of a wood-stove on our property is a good thing.
Yes, the long-awaited for wood-stove has arrived!
Once we received the call that our wood-stove had arrived at the dealership, we immediately dropped everything and drove to pick it up. It was almost a three-hour drive [...]
It’s Getting Cold and We Are Nowhere Near Ready! Seriously.
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 23. Sep, 2008 | 11 Comments
Well, we had our blissful summer. We took a few days off here and there, and we grew a few veggies. We got a lot of work done on the exterior of the house.
But last night was cold, and we realized that winter is coming fast and we are so not at all anywhere near [...]