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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Gene,
How do I get to your website to see your home?
The only place I seem to be able to find has the Amazon stuff and your eco 
village photos but not your home, by the way when I entered MO, Gene GeRue, 
Heartwood into Google I got 26 items!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
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On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Jeanne Driese wrote:

> Gene,
> In the winter I keep an open container of water on the heater, it
> uses anywhere between a quart and a half gallon per day during the
> coldest part of winter.  Unfortunatly I heat with propane at this
> time, but my house is passive solar heated  so the cost is not too
> high inspite of the cost per gallon.  Wood would be my choice, but
> as a woman turning 73, and having to haul everything up 47 steps or
> down a slope from the woods, and I am not too good with the saw or
> ax either, it is propane.
> Did I mention that my house is only 340 square feet?

I don't recall that, but the small size is a big advantage in many
ways, not least in controlling heat and humidity.

Any chance of using a slide to bring wood in from the high side of the
slope? Back when I was using a barrel stove in the basement I built a
slide by cutting in half the long way a big diameter plastic pipe.
Suspended it above the outside basement steps and center-hung it so I
could swing it to aim into the basement.

I have in the past kept containers of water steaming on wood and
propane heaters. It helps, but is not enough to avoid dry, itchy shims
and elbows.