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"We heat with corn. No, really."
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The other day we were standing in our driveway watching a 16' tall tractor trailer pull in to deliver corn. Lots of corn (5000 lbs to be exact). Why? Because we heat with corn. More precisely, whole shelled corn (basically dry corn kernels). We purchased our Lebanon County, Pennsylvania house in 2001 and, much to our chagrin, an inspection of the chimney confirmed we had to ditch the existing coal-burning stove in favor of something else. After a few months of research, we stumbled onto the corn stove...

  
Our Stove

We've been heating with corn ever since. True, it's a bit of a mess (though not as bad as coal or wood) and it does take some work (again, not as much as coal or wood!) but it's 100% renewable in about 90 days, environmentally friendly to grow and burn and, well, it's just darn neat. How many people do you know that heat with corn in PA?

Since we find ourselves explaining the stove over and over again, we decided to create this web page... Click around and feel free to send any questions our way!