New Organic Restaurant in Arlington, VA

A new vegan-friendly, organic restaurant has opened in Arlington, VA.  Details here: http://vegtalk.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-organic-restaurant-in-arlington-va.html

Hopper Full of Pellets

Here's the pellet stove hopper full to the brim.  This is two bags of wood pellets (80 lbs), which will burn for 48 hours on my pellet stove's lowest setting.  The lowest setting is sufficient most of the time (unless it's extremely cold outside) and does a great job heating the entire main floor of the house.

Fired Up the Pellet Stove

I've already had to fire up the pellet stove a few times.  It looks pretty though, doesn't it?  This thing throws a lot of heat.  I keep it on the lowest setting and it heats the entire main floor of the house.

And, one of the rooms in my basement is dedicated to storing wood pellets: