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Getting More out of Your Fireplace
Our uncle and cousin used common materials and Savage ingenuity to increase the efficiency of their fireplace. Continue reading
Posted in Savage Energy Savings
Tagged creative solutions, energy savings, woodburning
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Carmen’s Clever Wood Stove Conversion
Carmen Davis-Stevens, our honorary Fiercely Frugal Savage Sister, recently sent us pictures of her stove-conversion project. Jennifer and I are impressed. We thought you would be, too. Carmen purchased an old wood-burning cook stove to use in her summer kitchen.* … Continue reading
Posted in Carmen's Corner, Resourceful Recycling
Tagged broken, creative solutions, mending, recycling, trash to treasure, woodburning
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Fiercely Frugal Fire Starter
One chilly morning I struggled to start a fire in the wood stove. I would remove a newspaper from the recycle basket, crumple it, light a match, and try to get the flaming paper to last long enough to ignite the … Continue reading
