Amid rising gas and electricity costs, many people are looking for creative ways to stay warm without hefty bills or environmental impacts. The Amish, who have lived off-grid for generations, have ...

LANCASTER COUNTY COMPANY COMPANY. BUSINESS IS HOT AT MACHINE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE AMISH OWN COMPANY MANUFACTURES AND SELLS ANTHRACITE COAL AND WOODSTOVES PRODUCTS, OFTEN USED IN AMISH HOMES. NOW ...

Call it an Old World solution to today’s energy crisis. Motivated by the high cost of home heating oil, many South Shore residents are using wood-burning stoves to heat their homes. Building ...

When the temperatures outside begin to drop there's nothing we'd rather do than curl up by the fire, sip hot cocoa, and read a good book. But if your home doesn't have a traditional fireplace, this is ...

Nothing beats a warm fire on a cold winter day, especially when you are burning firewood you cut, stacked and stoked yourself. As homesteaders surpassing year five, we know a thing or two about ...

If you have a wood stove or a fireplace for back-up heat, or as your main heat source, you’ve probably already thought to tune it up for winter. But cleaning your chimney and hearth and using ...

When many people think of wood-burning stoves, the chances are that they imagine bulky cast-iron boxes, smoky chimneys and soot-blackened glass. The models that were a mainstay of old cottages and ...