It's back! A federal tax credit for the purchase and installation of a high efficient wood stove is available through December 31, 2020. Just make sure you invest in a high efficiency heater like Kuma's new line of low emission wood stoves.
"Home is where the Wi-Fi connects automatically"? Too often, I am finding myself sitting on the couch connected to Wi-Fi browsing the latest news stories that Google tells me I want to read. All the while I have a beautiful crackling fire on the hearth...
The easiest way to clean up a wood fire is to burn it hot, so many manufacturer's use thermal combustion (hot secondary combustion) to make their stoves burn clean. The problem is...
Over the life of a stove (let's say 15 years for example) Investing in Kuma's efficient Hybrid Technology would save you nearly $2,000 in fuel costs, which is equal to 23,000 lbs of wood that you do not need to chop, stack and haul into the house.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, or until the end of March or so, after its kept you warm all winter! (It’s been quite a few years since my woodshed has had only firewood in it. Or wait, it looks like something non-firewood snuck in there before I snapped this picture! Do you see her? That’s Sapper! I don’t know about you, but I consider firewood a thing of beauty. I like to snap pictures of anybody and everybody’s firewood store, whether it be a pile in process, a neatly tarped stack, a sturdy shed full, or a convenient porch stash.
Happy Birthday Mark, and Happy Autumn to the extended Kuma Family! October 12, is the boss’ birthday. He grew up on a 90 acre almond farm, his family being part of the network of Blue Diamond growers. Many a day as a youth he spent pruning miles of trees.
I recently decided that our selection of BBQ seasoning and rubs needed to be refreshed. In looking around a bit, I discovered Bugoni’s Spices, and decided to give their Superior Steak Seasoning a try. Now, I am sure you are perceptive enough to see that the above photo is actually chicken! When I opened my Bugoni’s Steak Seasoning and gave it a sniff, I decided it smelled like it would also be delicious on chicken…
If you are like some of our kids, then you may not appreciate kale in a cooked vegetable side dish sort of way. So, we have found the following ways that even they can enjoy kale:
1. A bouquet, as photographed above, accentuated with a flower...one of the kale non-appreciators is a girl.
2. A smoothie. For some reason kale smoothies are trending right now....one of the kale non-appreciators is a teenager.
3. And our recipe for today… Kale chips on the Kuma grill!
We made these last night, and they got the stamp of approval from everyone in the family- including the non-appreciators
A couple months ago, my family took a trip to the East Coast to visit some of America’s historical sites. This is a picture taken from the Lincoln Memorial looking toward the Washington Monument.
I have been purchasing hay from Twin Lakes Farm for years now, and have recently been happy to learn that they now offer high quality beef for sale as well. I decided to put this package of 90% lean ground sirloin to use with a simple meatloaf recipe on our Kuma Pellet Grill.
