Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
I was assuming I could sift out quite a bit of Charcoal from the wood stove all winter long...
Sure, why waste it? Charcoaling is essentially heating the wood to a temperature that out-gasses all the volatiles. Any wood that fell into the ash layer of a fire will be starved of oxygen and cooked by the heat in the stove forming charcoal.

I used to do the same thing and then take the charcoal fines and mix them into the garden compost. That made for some very good dirt that would hold nutrients and water quite well. See Terra Preta.