Make sure your fireplace is prepped and the flue damper is open. Then, start stacking firewood using either the log cabin or ...

Smoke Alert Home Fire Safety reports that regular chimney sweeping prevents fires, carbon monoxide buildup, and improves heating efficiency.

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On the hunt for the best pizza oven for dining al fresco? These days you can take your pick from hundreds of wood-fired, gas-fired and even electric pizza ovens. Wood-fired ovens deliver the classic ...

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Plimoth Patuxet Museums lets you walk through a whole village from the 1600s. The houses have thatched roofs that look like giant wigs made of straw. People there cook over real fires and tend gardens ...

Martin Pitt continues his series on the history of coal, looking at coal gas, balloons and the fuels that lit the world ...

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In addition to calcium, wood ash contains 5-7% potassium and 1.5-2% phosphorous, both key nutrients for plants. Although it can be a decent fertilizer, McKinley points out that other fertilizers might ...

Turn old newspapers and scrap paper into eco-friendly paper fire logs. This simple DIY project helps you recycle while ...

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing 40% of the nation’s crude oil — also has an ...