[Erakad]

I mainly heat my house with wood as well with supplement of a natural gas boiler first thing in the morning. I'm in Colorado. The plus is the fireplace is a high efficient model that will heat the house to 80 degrees (if I choose) with abundant logs. However, with just 3-5 logs a night the house stays a comfortable 70-72. I use aspen and pine (from the property). The downside is cutting the trees, cutting, splitting and stacking. Last summer it was 15 trees (small to large). The dead aspens I use right away, but wait 2 years for the green (read pine) to season. That's how I spent my "summer vacation". I find it does keep my gas bills down...which can hit up to $250 dollars in Jan then tapers off as the year warms up. I can't see doing this at 70, soooo, can see buying wood in the future. Here, a cord of pine runs about $150 aged, $100 green.