Set the tarp as a shade in hot weather, use a shorter summer stove and burn only one or two pieces of wood, a small cooking fire. It is not an open fire it's in a fully enclosed stove so it should be allowed. No sparks come from the chimney because it has an internal baffle(no spark arrester is needed). The draughts caused by the air flowing to the stove and upward helps keep it comfortable in the shade on a sunny day. A wood burning stove cannot burn a small fire of only one or two small pieces of wood if it is not mounted vertical with a concentrated bottom draft. This same outfit is nice to have in the mountains when it rains or even snows in summer. It is just a matter of nailing down the tarp to make it weather tight.