http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz A cast-iron commitment to cooking Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/homewood-pricing-2012 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/homewood-pricing-2012#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:37:22 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2833 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/homewood-pricing-2012/feed 1 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/export-status-2011 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/export-status-2011#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:28:35 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2779 Over the last year or so we have seen a steady rise in the number of export enquiries that come in - increasingly from the US/Canada or Australia. This article contains some information on where we are currently at as far as export goes ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/export-status-2011/feed 0 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-general-update http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-general-update#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:53:35 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2655 Apologies for the lack of news over the last few months! Here's an update that covers a bunch of different topics: growing to deal with increasing demand; workshop expansion; some overdue Companion development news; future price increases and some details on the world travellers ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-general-update/feed 0 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/cooking-at-the-booms http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/cooking-at-the-booms#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:52:33 +0000 Janie http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2337 The Booms (Penny's identical twin sister Rosie and her family) have installed their Homewood Heritage Stove in their new home (that they have built themselves!) and so we visited to see how it was all going. It is still not fully installed but it is looking wonderful and homely ... ]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/cooking-at-the-booms/feed 0 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/mystery-creek-2011 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/mystery-creek-2011#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:33:21 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2439 Big thank you to everyone that dropped in to check us out last week at Mystery Creek! Penny and Rosie had a very busy and rewarding time down there - thanks in no small part to the many, many interested people who visited our tent and got to see the Companion in action ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/mystery-creek-2011/feed 2 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/ten-years-on http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/ten-years-on#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:50:26 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2382 Ten years ago (June the 6th, 2001) the original Homewood stove was lit for the very first time. Years of planning, design and patterning work finally paid off as the Heritage came to life. Last night friends and family gathered at Homewood Farm to celebrate with us as we marked this gratifying ten year milestone ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/ten-years-on/feed 2 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-homewood-house-for-sale http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-homewood-house-for-sale#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 21:41:34 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=579 One of our customers is selling their 5 acre property south of Levin, Horowhenua - complete with Homewood Heritage! More details and loads more photos inside ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-homewood-house-for-sale/feed 0 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/winter-is-coming http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/winter-is-coming#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:21:50 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=2095 The exciting news is that we've finally assembled the first test Companion and today and yesterday have had it running - and are very pleased with how she goes! The not-so-great news is that during assembly we uncovered the need for a much higher number of pattern adjustments than we had anticipated ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/winter-is-coming/feed 2 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/nearing-the-home-stretch http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/nearing-the-home-stretch#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:56:22 +0000 Zak http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=1616 Last week we were busy putting the finishing touches on the patterns: final sanding, filling, sanding again, painting, more sanding, a final coat of paint, some more filling, some more sanding and a final final coat of paint... and some more sanding! Was all worth it, though, because last Friday ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/nearing-the-home-stretch/feed 3 http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/the-latest-recipes http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/the-latest-recipes#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:10:55 +0000 Janie http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/?p=1575 In case you have missed them - a bunch of new recipes have been added to our recipe page over the last few months. Try them out and let us know what you think of them! ... ]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/the-latest-recipes/feed 0