A fireplace reminds me of home For starters, there’s the nostalgia factor. I grew up with a wood heater in the den in my house, and a fireplace in the basement. I liked fire then and I still do, though I haven’t depended on wood for heat in many years. I like the way a

Here are some updates of a few among the many projects myself and my family are currently involved in. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) One day soon the field they’re plowing in the picture above will be supplying my family with vegetables. I’m planning to plant

Toss aside that squirt bottle of lighter fluid, my friend, you don’t need it any more. That slight tang of gasoline your 10 oz. filet once had? It’s a thing of the past. And no longer do you have to smell chemicals while you grill. No, the chimney starter has solved that

One day, Homo sapiens discovered fire, and since then we’ve been doing pretty good. And now we’ve got at least eight or nine different methods for creating fire, and only a few of them require friction and/or a blood sacrifice. Whether you’re going camping or hiking