Sentences with phrase «of firewood»

Though the scene hardly varies — it's one end of the aluminum - sided house, with two rectangular windows over two garage doors — signs of changing seasons are visible: A barbecue grill appears in one photo; a big stack of firewood in another.

They have been too little concerned with the simple technological changes needed for more efficient use of firewood as a fuel for cooking.

You can see by the nice stack of firewood outside the front door, the beach life here doesn't necessarily mean warm sand between your toes... it most often implies being cuddled up inside by the fire!

Guests receive 8 pieces of firewood on arrival, and have access to a picnic and braai area.

That said, I firmly believe Rush is on the fast track to hell, I'm sending a couple of cords of firewood to Satan to prepare things for the serial misogynist.

In the foreseeable future, Kenya will need access to sustainable sources of firewood, charcoal, and other forest products at a massive scale, if any natural forests are to remain.

In South Australia, where I live, gum trees (Eucalypts) can produce useful amounts of firewood in under ten years; they have been successfully introduced to many other countries with temperate climates.

The phrase originated in the American deep south in the mid-19th century and was used to describe fugitive slaves who hid in piles of firewood as they fled north to Canada.

She wears many hats, including that of a member OffSquare Theater, an inveterate crocheter, resident faculty for the conference, and a keeper of two dogs, two horses and lots of firewood at a cabin down a long road in Jackson Hole.

However, we discourage our groups from using water heated by wood, as lack of firewood in villages is a big environmental concern in Nepal.

WHEN I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, I assist by burning fire control belts around the local village and assist with the supply of firewood for ceremonies and funerals.

Fully made up with quality linen and toweling, and with plenty of firewood on hand, Cottage on the Mall is ready for you to just walk in and begin enjoying your holiday.

I've worked out in my mom's basement using a block of firewood as a weight before!

Enough power for transporting some four cubic metres of firewood on the pickup bed and a sail boat hooked up to the trailer coupling, for example.

Clean technology for small - scale burning of firewood could drastically decrease black carbon emissions, as would forest fire prevention and stricter limits on oil and gas flaring.

Link is able to cut down trees to gather blocks of firewood that help with along the way in various ways.

You could spend all week, or maybe all months, involving yourself in the contemplation of any of these installations, with their vulgar neon clouds, polished rocks, strewn rugs, bundles of firewood wrapped in porn photos, Indian dream catchers, cowboy hats, porcelain burros and mules; junked but functioning auto electronics, blatting out top - 40 radio, and hundreds of categories of other things.

The shortage of firewood is not a function of obvious injustices in ownership and distribution.

The women you do see in the market are often carrying heavy loads of firewood.

«I used to wander and wander in search of firewood when I was using traditional stove.

Project two: A buddy of mine has been after me to come get some firewood from him, so one half - hour later, I have half a bed full of firewood stacked in the back.

Just like the rest of Africa, Zimbabwe, a country where 80 per cent of the 10 million population rely on wood to cook their meals, is running out of firewood.

They burned 1.1 million tonnes of firewood in 2016, which provided 5.34 TWh of direct heat — and that might have affected the climate more than previously believed.

Filling the fireplace with candles instead of firewood is a great idea for adding light and charm in warm summer months.

Services include a champagne and canapé reception, a private chef and chalet host, breakfast, afternoon tea and gourmet dinners, in - resort chauffeured transport, a concierge service, daily cleaning and replacing of firewood for the fireplace.

I decorated my vintage ladder with a couple of garlands (the snowball one was a gift from my parents last year), a chalkboard, a candy cane stripe picket, and then I added a useful crate of firewood.

First bag of firewood supplied - extra wood @ R25.00 p / bag rate Units to be serviced @ a daily rate of R150.00 p / unit The perfect getaway venue to restore «mind, body and soul».

Any notion that Roberts, Klein or Romm will come up with a communication approach or political innovation or «Occupy» - style campaign that could produce the pace of change they seek where it matters (think, again, of India, China and regions with no energy choices outside of firewood, dung or kerosene) is as doubtful to me as my notions of fostering a culture of innovation, care and connectedness may be to them.

But fire - related trauma abounds, triggered by anything from the smell of firewood to a sudden high wind alert to ongoing stress over rebuilding.

Illuminate your hulking display of firewood by lacing a few delicate strands of mini bulbs in between the logs.

I turned to writing, and when I wasn't writing, I was repairing and maintaining a passive - solar house in the country: shoveling snow, hauling tons of firewood up a steep hill, planting a vegetable garden that didn't get enough sun, and fulfilling various back - to - nature clichés.

Coffee parchment is compacted into «logs» which are burned in place of firewood.

The alternative is a bivouac in the open on astorm - blasted mountaintop without the benefit of firewood.

In some cases, people have said it's the number of times they eat, it's the number of times the fumes of firewood go up from the house, the size of farmland or type of crops grown, etc..

«I saw something I never thought I would see: people in a residential area sitting around a bin of firewood keeping warm because they couldn't go to their houses,» Ward said.

According to a resident, Akoko J. Smith, the victim was said to have encountered the misfortune which later led to her demise while passing through the lonely Adiko — Adum road on her way back from Adum East, where she went to sell some logs of firewood.

HOT STUFF Heaps of firewood or charcoal that are as tall as they are wide make the hottest fires.

But... since you suffer from hypothyroidism, all you have is a few measly pieces of firewood which you must conserve and make last the entire freezing - cold night.

I put it to work over the Thanksgiving weekend, carrying four adults in relative comfort, shuttling kids around without an arduous climb aboard, and filling the cargo bed, once with two bicycles, four mounted snow tires, and a smattering of firewood, and another time with two Adirondack chairs.

Simultaneously, they started several side businesses among which stand out, a little restaurant with homemade food, the sale of firewood and the construction of the first swimming pool in La Antigua, where all neighbors and travelers came to spend a good refreshing day.

All linen, bedding, bath towels, kitchen utensils, crockery and a reasonable quantity of firewood is supplied.There is no meal plan in the self - catering units.

I know there are several NGO projects worldwide that provide alternative cooking technologies to reduce the use of firewood cooking, etc..

In fact, here in the Hudson Valley, we're getting in a fresh batch of firewood this afternoon, in the face of a predicted foot or so.

The key to its success was the juxtaposition of the firewood crisis — affecting a third of humanity, but largely below the radar — with the oil crisis — of which the industrial countries were, at a time of quadrupling oil prices, keenly aware.

In the case of firewood, EROEI analysis reveals one reason why it is a popular choice among middle and lower income families who live in forested areas.

The low bulk density of firewood means that it must be used close to where the trees are harvested to keep transportation impacts reasonably low.

Wood is best used as a fuel outside cities, in small towns and rural areas, where the cost of firewood and population density are lower.