[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Pellets burn much, much cleaner than logs. I had a pellet stove for several years & it produced next to no smoke. Previously, I had an airtight log stove & learned how to burn with minimum smoke — the pellet stove burned cleaner all by itself. Pellet stoves use an auger to feed the pellets in at just the rate they burn — they also pump in combustion air, so that there is never any smoke caused by a lack of sufficient oxygen. Also, pellets are several times dryer than even well seasoned, air-dried logs.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Further up North on the Island you can get a permit from the Ministry of Environment or the Local Canfor etcetera and head out to the slash and collect up as much wood as you can haul home in your truck... we paid for our Graduation party that way in ‘94 for Robron in Campbell River... IIRC $50 for an unsplit cord