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A cozy fire in a woodstove is one of our favorite parts about the fall and winter for many reasons: The smell of burning wood, the way the heat gently wraps around you, the soft crackling sounds, and perhaps most of all, the flickering light of the fire. The way a woodstove lights up a…

We all know the feeling: Summer is nearing its end, the air is getting crisp, the days are shorter, and you’re beginning to feel like the nights are just a bit too cold for your liking. It’s time to fire up the woodstove, right? Before you do, there are a few important steps you should…

Living the self-sufficient lifestyle means, among other things, knowing how to store your wood and properly operate a woodstove or cookstove. But what about gathering firewood? It’s the crucial first step in the process of creating total independence for yourself when it comes to heating, but it’s also arguably the hardest part. For many, the…

For years our customers have been asking for a wood burning cooking stove that can plumb into hydronic central heating, and Obadiah’s has finally found the perfect solution to your heating, cooking, and baking needs! We are now offering contemporary wood-fired baking ovens with boiler jackets, which are some of the only UL/ULC listed products…

The combustion process when wood is burned is never complete. The smoke from a wood fire usually contains a dark brown or black substance which has an unpleasant odor. This tar-like substance is called creosote and is found almost anywhere in a wood heating system, from the top of the chimney to the stove or…

Today, many homes in North America have some kind of backyard entertainment area, be it a patio, a gazebo, a simple pergola-covered patch of stone or brickwork, or something similar. It’s a place for families and friends to converge, socialize, and often most importantly, share food. That’s where the pizza oven comes in, a massively popular centerpiece for any outdoor area that’s as easy to buy today as a new lawnmower.

Cookstoves are part of a deeply rooted tradition in the United States, combining the peace of socializing around a flickering a fire and the partaking in delicious home cooking. It’s no wonder that we still have demand for these stoves here, a demand that has remained consistent for decades despite the growing popularity of electric…

You remember it: Going up to Grandma’s, the quaint cozy household, the smell of homemade cooking, and most importantly, the cookstove. Not only did that stove make countless delicious meals, it also cooked up a lifetime of fond memories with the family. Can you ever hope to recapture that?

What if there were a way to turn wood ash into something useful? Well, there is. Wood ash provides phosphorous, potassium, calcium, boron and other elements to the soil that growing plants crave. Hardwood ash in particular contains a higher percentage of nutrients than softwood ash (Doug Fir, Pine, etc.).