Wood stove sees me growing

Even now, I can clearly remember as a kid warming up to a fireplace at night and early in the morning. Now living in the south, the winter's so harsh and the summers are a bit longer. So we seldom use the burning stoves. Even this, there is still a multi fuel stove in the house I live.

I seemly have a special affection on the wood burner. Every time when I saw a picture of modern wood stove in of plane magazines, it brought me back to my childhood. It is not due to its style, but dancing flames of inset stove. I think that, maybe, I’ve treat it as one of friends. Because besides my parents, and my brothers, it is the “only person” that sees me growing. Wood stove sees me growing.

In the harsh winter, do you use the stove, the wood stove, gas stove, electricity stove or the multi fuel stoves? For me, I love the wood burning stoves. On my usual time, I will sit around the stove to watch TV program or do my homework. This reminds me that when I was a child in primary or junior school, it is quite cold. And my grandma will fire a lighter in cast iron fireplaces. Due to the small size and moveable function, grandmother often move the fireplace beside me as she worries about that I’m fearful the coldness.

I love wood fireplace. It’s like a friend in my life.

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Various Usages Of Wood Ashes

Various usages of wood ashes

Whether you have a wood stove, an open fireplace or even a pellet stove; you will have to regularly remove the ash. One of the big complaints home owners have about heating with wood is the mess that can be generated - bark and dirt brought in on the fire wood or ash from clearing up. Is this also your complaint for your wood stove?

Modern stoves are usually designed with ingenious moving grates and trays to make ash clearing easier and some simple tools can help keep the place tidy. Do you know that even the wood ash? It also can make a huge difference. Today, I will introduce some main usages of wood ashes.

Fertilizer. If you have a garden, you can take your wood ashes and spread them on the garden before you till up your garden. Ash contains potash (potassium carbonate), phosphate, iron, manganese, boron, copper and zinc and can be quite beneficial as a natural fertilizer... sometimes. Ash of multi fuel stoves increases the PH or alkalinity of soil, so use sparingly. Ashes have a special element in them, lye. Some soils need added lye for better harvests. Lye is good for crops like potatoes. Healthy potatoes need lye in the soil.

Fire helper. Left over charcoal (the black chunks, not the grey/white ash) can be reused for your next fire building. Moreover, you also can use it in the summer barbecue.

Pest deterrent. Sprinkle the ash around the border of garden beds to repel snails and slugs. This will need to be applied after rain.

Ice. Wood ash can be used as an anti/de-icing agent - a little more environmentally friendly than salt or other chemicals used these days

Cleaning. Dip a damp rag into ash and use to clean silverware, brass and glass. Ash added to a scourer can also give your scouring a bit more oomph.

Know of any other uses for ashes of log burning stoves? Please share your ideas below. In addition, you can read these wonderful posts about stoves:

Main Wood Stove Parts

Suggestions before purchasing a stove

There are two main different usages of a stove, heating rooms and cooking foods.

Buying a certified stove completely reduces the chances of your chimney catching fire. On usual time, try to keep the chimney clean, over the years the chimney will accumulate creosote and this can cause a fire if not cleaned frequently. In addition, the chimney must be checked for an excess of soot deposited on its inside. Every pot belly stove has a chimney that is attached to let the smoke out.

Well, there is a suggestion for you if you are deciding to buy a stove. Your stove must be capable of operating with alternate fuels in case if there is a shortage of a particular fuel. So, it would be a wise decision to choose multi fuel stoves that can operate with different fuels efficiently. As the name of it implies, multi fuel stove can operate with different fuels such as wood, coal and peat, we call it wood stove, coal stove, and peat stove. Wood stove comes with a nice feature that catches the ashes it is called the ash drawer. With its fine design and elegance, a contemporary wood stove is sure to add various styles and class to any room. Wood stoves were used in ancient America for many household and general purposes. Therefore, when you are choosing a stove, you should be clear about the usage you want it.

If you just want it for cooking, you should consider the output of the stove, because it have a directly influence on your cooking process, and output provides more output.

Except the purpose of the stove you should consider before purchasing a stove, another factor you can’t forget is the fuel consumption. Make sure that the stove you select consumes less fuel.