Warm up by the fire.With winter upon us full-force, many people are drawn to their fireplaces or wood-burning stoves. This year, rather than depleting your local forest, try all-natural hearth hearth symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738] See : Domesticity products from Hearthwise. The Massachusetts-based company offers fireplace fireplace Opening made in the base of a chimney to hold an open fire. The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece). A medieval development that replaced the open central hearth for heating and cooking, the fireplace was sometimes large enough to logs produced from mill waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Wood material is compressed and heated to about 400 degrees, releasing the natural lignin lignin (lĭg`nĭn), a highly polymerized and complex chemical compound especially common in woody plants. The cellulose walls of the wood become impregnated with lignin, a process called lignification, which greatly increases the strength and that binds the logs together. The logs burn longer, hotter and cleaner than traditional cordwood cord·wood n. 1. Wood cut and piled in cords. 2. Wood sold by the cord. Noun 1. cordwood - firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord , and result in less air pollution. These recycled products can be ordered in bulk or for $6.49 a box, which includes a starter stick. CONTACT: Hearthwise, (978)3422740, www.hearthwise.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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