Heating and cooking with wood, a renewable energy source. Harvesting and storing wood for use; types of wood; methods of splitting. Everything about wood.
Key considerations for sustainable living in cooler climates are space and hot water heating. And of course, in any climate it is also important to consider how we cook our food.
In our converted barn in the Scottish countryside, we have made the decision to opt for a Rayburn. This is a wood-burning cast iron stove that, in winter, is our cooking stove, with a back boiler that heats our hot water and links to radiators for space heating in other rooms of our home. The Rayburn is, in the colder months, designed to be the hub around which we run our home. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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