Q and A: blower for wood stove and old honey
Blower for wood stove
I have a question about our woodburning stove. We have had it for three years now and it has a blower on it. Unfortunately the blower rarely turns on even...
We had one of “those” days
First off, our 5-year-old six-battery battery bank was quickly dying. It got so we didn't even have enough power to run a CFL to see to get up to go to the bathroom and...
Are any of you getting tired of winter?
We sure are. Yesterday we got four more inches of snow and it dropped to -21° F last night and the high today is -4. But at least the sun is out and that...
The cold weather worked in our favor
While we may moan about the cold winter weather here in northern Minnesota, it did help us. Monday and Tuesday we were busy delivering boxes of frozen beef to our customers from Superior, Wisconsin...
Q and A: seal on a woodstove, planting peppers, and canning cheese
Seal on woodstove
We have a woodstove in our small cabin which is 700 sq. ft. Each year the seal on the inside of the door of the wood burner comes off and causes my...