Here I am in the garage on this cold April morning. I pull on my husband’s serious, heavy-duty work gloves, clamp blood-red protectors over my ears and don paint-splattered goggles. My look is ...

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...

September is a harbinger of winter soon to come. And in preparation for the season of cold, blustery weather, I have begun readying my yearly supply of wood. From chain-sawed trees to quartered logs, ...

Burning green pine or cedar coats your chimney with creosote faster than anything else. Fresh softwoods contain high moisture and resin levels, and when these don’t burn completely, they create thick, ...