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Wood Stoves for Heat and Cooking

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Greetings sisters in Christ, We woke to a rainy day which is a blessing to take a break from physical labor outside. Brother Jim filled this wood bin for us yesterday: ...and this one will be filled soon, with wood cedar chunks. That will be my job to fill as brother Jim cuts 3" round disks, I'll take the hand ax and chop them.  I was chopping small fire sized pieces of cedar so that I can dip them in wax this winter for fire starters.  I like to use cedar to boost the fire either when we're first starting it to get the heat going, or to flare it up for quicker cooking.  We have LOTS of cedar that we got when we had our carving business so I should be able to cook for many years on it. I'm actually doing this post about wood stoves so I can add it to my post I've been working on with multiple links about preparing for troubled times.  It just gives ideas on how a person could prepare for troubled times before they potentially hit. Not only d