Grate in

I was happy to find there were hardly any coals left in the stove this morning, that meant the wood had burnt a lot more efficiently. In this picture you can see the grate, the charcoal burns so hot there is very little smoke once the moisture from the green timber has steamed off the wood dropped in from the top. There are a similar set of fingers up the back that hold the timber away from the walls of the stove and allow oxygen to circulate up from under the basket. I will try stuffing the stove before I go to bed and shutting it right down to see what I get left with tomorrow morning. It took a lot less timber to get through the day, so as long as it stays together for a while we should have less wood to collect.