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Gathering Firewood: Five Tips to Keep in Mind This Season

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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 solution is to find a reliable seller and simply purchase firewood, but that’s often expensive. Understanding how to properly scout and cut your own firewood could save you hundreds of dollars each year, and more importantly, bring you one step closer to total self-sufficiency.
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Central Heating Wood Cookstoves – Stylish, Affordable, Functional, Efficient

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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 available on the North American market. Introducing the ABC Concept 2 Max Hydro and Tim Sistem North Hydro Wood Cookstove with central heating capabilities.
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The Creosote Problem: Chimney Fires & Chimney Cleaning

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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 fireplace itself.
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The Pizza Oven Evolution

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At Obadiah’s, wood cookstoves have been our bread and butter for many years. They’re a staple of life for those in the country and other remote locations, where electricity is sparse and hauling in bottles of LPG is both cumbersome and dangerous. Not only is a cookstove the best option for many folks, but having one offers them the potential for total self-sufficiency in both heating and cooking. There’s a great sense of freedom in knowing that you rely on no one but yourself for two of the most essential parts of daily life, and Obadiah’s is proud to have helped so many people realize their off-the-grid dreams.
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Imported Cookstoves: Why They Are Taking Over

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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 and gas heating, and the ease of cooking with modern stoves. Cookstoves capture a basic desire in all of us for the simple life, and that’s why they are still with us.
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Antique Cookstoves: What to Know

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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?
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Making the Most of Wood Ash

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Wood heat is messy. Limbs from the tree leave piles of debris everywhere, small pieces of the rounds fall off during splitting, bark crumbles off and gets all over the house when you bring it inside, and last but not least: There’s a pile of ash left in your stove after every burn. Most of us learn to accept all these little side-effects of heating with wood, the trade-off being quality, inexpensive warmth for our house. But what if there were a way to turn some of that mess into something useful?
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Domestic Hot Water and Wood Cookstoves: What To Know

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Many folks who want to live the self-sufficient lifestyle know how to handle their food: Hunting, gardening, and building a fire. Mastering the methods behind each of those tasks means you’ll never have to worry about starving, no matter the situation. But what about water? Specifically, hot water?
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Firewood: Six Tips For Better Burning

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If you’re new to wood heat, you might be tempted to just grab the nearest block of wood, throw it in the fire, and call it good for the day. But those of us who have lived season after season by the light of the fire know the most important aspect of wood heat: Firewood. Here are six tips to help you get the most out of your firewood and keep that fire burning bright and hot all winter long.
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Choosing Your Cookstove

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When you picture a cookstove, what do you see? An old, dusty piece of equipment from a time gone by? An oddly shaped woodstove? Or maybe just an ordinary old stove? Whether you’re looking for a new cookstove or just curious about what’s out there, there’s a whole world of designs and features to investigate. The following is a short list of cookstoves that demonstrate the kind of variety in visual and mechanical quality offered today, all of which we recommend to anyone choosing the cookstove life.
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