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mustangmomma
Farmgirl in Training
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Becky
Princeton
MO
USA
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 Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 3:49:35 PM
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Ok Fellow Farmgirls. I am exhausted searching the Internet looking for a wood cook stove for my farm house. Nothing sounds better than watching the flames flicker while I sit reading on a rainy, cold day. I'm also a real savvy chef when it comes to my gas stove in the city, but I've never tried to make magic on a wood cook stove. I'm expected to spend this Spring breathing life into an approx 5,000 sq ft Amish farm house and put roughly 5 of the 26 acres into food production. (So, lots of canning.)
So far I've seen the Bakers Oven & the Pioneer Stoves - I'm familiar with Lehman's - is there a retail outlet for wood cook stoves in upper central Missouri?
I have no gas or electricity except for small propane bottles and a minor generator.
I'm interested in a smaller lp refrigerator too.
Any insight will help.
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 4:13:15 PM
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Becky,
been there ... done all that to a 3800 sq. foot true Amish farm. No bathroom (outhouse) no electric, no water other than spring fed. Just a house ... Needed everything.
If you are buying an Amish farm (from Amish) they always have little community shops that sell, feed,wood stoves and so on. We bought a Margin Gem Pac with water res. really great stove,exspensive but well worth it. We bought it at an Amish store, they can order just about anything and will have tons of booklets. I would start there. Shipping will kill you if you buy on line. We now have a flame view, smaller cleaner no water res. heats and cooks great, but I miss my gem!
Good luck making your Amish farm English!
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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u.p.farmer
True Blue Farmgirl
170 Posts
annette
bruce crossing
michigan
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 7:51:05 PM
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| Have you tried craigslist? My husband got one as partial payment. I didn't know about it until he brought it home. I didn't want it and sold it on craigslist. You could even put an add on there that you WTB as someone might have one and didn't even think anyone would want it.Good luck. |
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SuzieQ
True Blue Farmgirl
175 Posts
Suzie
Texas
USA
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dove_99
Farmgirl at Heart
1 Posts
Catherine
Bellaire
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2013 : 03:47:58 AM
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A friend has a wood cook stove for sale. She is asking 1200.00 for it. Problem is, that it is in northern Michigan. It can be seen on Craigslist under farm and garden. If interested, my number is 231-350-1383. It is a Kalamazoo from the 40's or 50's. I do not remember which. Hope you already found one.
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
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jkstidham
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Jill
LaPlata
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2014 : 10:07:28 PM
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Six months ago we bought a house from the Amish in Northeast Missouri. We purchased a Kitchen Queen 480 wood cookstove, it heats our house of 1,200 sq ft and does a fabulous job on the baking and cooking. We also have an electric stove, but rarely use it as all of the food tastes better when it comes off the cook stove. We ordered our Kitchen Queen online and it was delivered to our house. That was such an exciting day! The stove sat in it's spot for 2 months or so while we finished up some remodeling of the kitchen, ran electric, and reconnected the bathroom plumbing(before the house was Amish it was English). Our basset hound, Lucy, sleeps on the hearth, it's such a heart warming sight! I have canned on the Kitchen Queen and it was much easier to maneuver all of my pots and the canner then on our old electric stove. We bought the water tanks and the warming shelf that go with it. The warming shelf keeps our baked goods warm and the water tanks provide our house with hot water and the humidity that it needs to stay comfortable feeling. Some day my husband wants to tie it in to the hot water heater. I am not sure how he plans to do that, but I know he will figure it out!
May your life be filled with many blessings,
Jill
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6663 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2014 : 04:59:49 AM
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Wow, Jill, congratulations on getting your wood stove installed and working like a charm. What a challenge but it sounds like you have everything working in tip top shape! Post us a photo if you can so we can see this handsome stove!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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jkstidham
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Jill
LaPlata
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Dec 14 2014 : 04:48:34 AM
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This is a photo of our dog Lucy sleeping on the hearth in front of our Kitchen Queen on a cold day in November.
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Mustangmomma, there is supposed to be a retailer for woodstoves somewhere near La Plata, unfortunately I did not find this out until after we ordered our Kitchen Queen online so I have no idea where it is, but we have an Amish community near by, when we go to buy milk next, we can ask them if they know where it is. :)
May your life be filled with many blessings,
Jill
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jkstidham
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Jill
LaPlata
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Dec 14 2014 : 04:49:20 AM
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sorry for the giant picture, it's the first I've ever posted!
May your life be filled with many blessings,
Jill
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6663 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2014 : 05:19:01 AM
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Wow, Jill, What a beauty!! It looks quite fancy and I bet the newer technology makes this stove very efficient and dependable. Thanks for posting so I could see!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7546 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7546 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2014 : 09:51:05 AM
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I bought a blue enameled wood cookstove years ago in Nevada and moved it to our house in California for a while. My ex has it now, and though I have no place for it in this house, I'd love to have it to use outside. It is a beauty - 20 gallon water reservoir on the right side, 2 warming ovens, large oven, wood box, and 4 or 6 burners - I can't remember. LOL! A friend in Nevada had one in their house and we cooked thanksgiving dinner on it one year. It was great!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
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Terralea
True Blue Farmgirl
138 Posts
Terra
Midland
Michigan
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - Jan 03 2015 : 11:09:50 AM
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Hey Linda,
I'd take a road trip to get my hands on a nice wood burning cookstove. Would your ex sell it?
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7546 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7546 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2015 : 07:22:43 AM
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Sorry, Terra -
I'd like to move the stove here to Texas. LOL!
If that changes, I will let you know.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
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Marilyn Hartman Sullivan
True Blue Farmgirl
1138 Posts
Marilyn
Oxford
PA
USA
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Posted - May 07 2015 : 09:21:58 AM
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Interesting thread! Your stove looks wonderful, Jill. It was interesting to read about the home going from English to Amish and back to English again. Our contractor is Amish, and when he built his own home, he discovered that the bank would give him a lower interest rate on the loan if he wired the house for electricity! How odd. So of course he wired the house and didn't hook it up. Maybe it has something to do with resale value or whatever, but I still can't work it out in my head. We have lots and lots of Amish neighbors and I know the banks here locally do a lot of business with them. It would be interesting to know what the logic was. He didn't have to hook up to the grid, but he had to put in the wires.
Farmgirl #6318
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 08:02:48 AM
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I sold an old wood cook stove to a Farmgirl some years ago -- a "Victor Junior" made in the 1920s. It was cast iron with white enamel over parts of it. Totally fabulous, but we couldn't use it because the chimneys in our old farmhouse are o longer functional. Also, it took up too much space in our kitchen. I think I got $400 for it. When I last heard from the buyer, she was using it for extra heat and coziness in her home! (She sent me pictures.) Those things just don't die! Keep looking and good luck!
ps: Be sure your chimney and the stove you choose are a good match, and be sure to get it cleaned. |
Edited by - Rosemary on May 24 2015 08:03:45 AM |
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NixKat
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathleen
CT
USA
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