Heating Your Home with Wood

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Things to Know Before Purchasing Firewood
The NH Division of Weights and Measures would like consumers to be educated before purchasing firewood.
Information for consumers looking to purchase firewood. Learn More
stacked firewood
What You Need To Know Before Buying Firewood
The NH Division of Weights & Measures, would like consumers to be educated before purchasing firewood for the 2019-2020 season. Cord: The term ... Learn More
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Staying Safe in the Woods
There are multiple facets to woods safety, any one of which can be described in great detail. But there are some basic rules to staying out of harm’s ... Learn More
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Cutting Firewood? It's Not What You Cut
The best firewood comes from tall, straight, limb-free hardwood trees like oak, maple, ash, birch and hickory—those are the easiest trees to fell, buc... Learn More
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Drying Firewood
All wood burns, but wood that's cut green (between 50 and more than 100 percent moisture content) burns with more difficulty, because the water in the... Learn More
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Cutting Your Own Firewood
Many folks harvest firewood from their own woodlots, using the activity to thin out lower-quality trees, thereby improving the forest. If you plan ... Learn More