It’s long been an English tradition for the whole family to wrap up warm with their scarves and gloves and make their yearly trip to their local garden centre, Christmas tree farm or nursery to pick out the perfect Christmas tree. If you are lucky enough, you might live near an actual Christmas tree farm where you can choose your tree before it has even been cut. Now you can’t get much more freshly cut than that! Below are…
Christmas trees are the centre of all Christmas decorating traditions. But many people are tired of buying a tree year after year, only to have them left at the local recycling point for them to be chipped and recycled. They are also getting more expensive than ever too. Another alternative to buying a cut tree is actually buying a pot grown Christmas tree that can be brought inside the home or left outside and decorated…
If you have a wood-burning or multi-fuel stove you will quickly realise that it is easier to keep the glass clean by cleaning it regularly. However, if you burn your fuel efficiently then you should not need to clean your glass too often. From experience, there are two ways that are very effective at cleaning the glass on a stove, one includes using ash from the stove, this works amazingly well and I cover this…
When it comes to burning wood in a wood-burning stove or open fire, it is essential that you only use what is known as seasoned wood. Seasoned logs have a low moisture content, which means the fire burns efficiently, and with dry firewood, you will get the best combustion and it gives you the best heat output. It is important to note that just adding more wood to a stove will not give more heat,…
I remember when I got my first wood-burning stove. I had access to free logs so it was a no-brainer for me, and there is no better feeling than sitting in front of a wood-burning stove. The problem comes when you have to actually light it. It never quite seems as easy to light it as you think it would be, especially when you are lighting it for the first few times and are new…
