I’ve been looking into building one of these for a while now. Known as Rocket Stoves, they are a kind of improved biomass stove. In essence they use less fuel to burn longer, hotter and cleaner. There are many designs out there. Some like the sixteen brick rocket stove are simple to build, others…
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Not Just For Greeks! Update…
As you might recall, I recently decided to cure some olives. Well, the results are inconclusive. The olives appear to be to small. I can taste them well enough but get more of the brine flavour than I would with meatier olives (even after rinsing). Also, the skins are somewhat tough. All in all I…
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Solar water heating using a unique master and slave collector design. These guys are so on top of energy conservation and DIY projects! Beware of going into this blog or related page without hours to spare.
Not Just For Greeks!
The other day I saw an Olive tree and for the last time thought to my self, how hard can it be to cure olives? So here we go. First pick olives from tree. Preferably an olive tree… Cut a slit all around each olive. To prepare brine, add a mixture of water and salt…
events and stuff
So I’ve set up a calendar. All events that fall within the theme of this blog will go there, and some others… Hope you get some use out of it.
Delicious Harvest!
After not going to my back yard garden for about two weeks, I was greeted by a small jungle. I’ve been having lower back pain, so have not been taking care of our supplemental food supply. Luckily, it’s been raining and my soil retains moisture well. So after beating back the intruding grasses I…