It’s true that an awning keeps your house cool and lowers your heating bills, but maybe you don’t want to shade your yard or garden. Or perhaps you enjoy the look of your interior blinds or curtains, but want to be able to open your windows without the wind blowing your window treatments around. Available…
What’s so eco-friendly about heating with wood, anyway? Firewood is a renewable resource, and sustainable harvesting practices allow woodlot owners to balance high yield with long-term growth. Harvesting wood responsibly involves clearing naturally-fallen wood before new growth (intermediate thinning), planting new trees to replace harvested ones, and maintaining a variety of tree species in each…
Benefits of Heating with Wood Why heat with wood in the first place? To begin with, wood is a very cost-effective fuel source. In central VA, wood costs next to nothing (or nothing at all, for many people!), and is vastly cheaper than gas, fuel oil, or electric heat pumps. Even when the power goes…
