Work slowed me down, what can I get done? It’s Sunday afternoon, and there’s several things I’d like to do before we leave this evening. And as usual on weekends I’m on call, I had to work. Last time, we got the firewood moved and split and stacked. But that left just a huge mess […]
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Worked on the woodstove heat shield to protect the vinyl window, after a wood fire breakfast of bacon and eggs.Then did some much needed cleanup on the property. The day started off beautiful. Cooked bacon and eggs over the wood fire, then started getting more work done on the wood stove.After installing the wood stove,
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Chimney is installed, now we need a rain and a fire. Rain to make sure it doesn’t leak, and a fire to make sure it vents properly. I’m a nervous wreck before cutting a whole in our perfectly good roof. I mean, what do you want a roof to do except to keep the rain
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The chimney installation is finally started. With Fall around the corner, it’ll be needed before we know it. I spent the day reading, and re-reading the instructions on installing the chimney pipe.We did decide to vent the stove out the back of the stove instead of the top, and while I didn’t have the time
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Cabin skirting project complete! No more fluctuating temperatures on the floor. At least, that’s what we expect. It did make a huge difference on the other cabin. Completing the lean-to roof and re-roofing the shed was a huge accomplishment. And with the weekend to myself, I was looking to check another box off our to-do
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Roof Replaced, But What’s That On The Roof? Teeth? Seems that way. So, it’s Labor Day weekend. Fall is quickly coming our way, but it’s not hear yet.There isn’t any rain chances this weekend till Monday night about 5, so between Sunday and Monday, we should have plenty of time to go through the sheds,
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Composting toilet cleaning and thoughts on the Nature’s Head composting toilet so far. We’ve had our composting toilet for a week over 4 months now. I’ve emptied it a few times. We’ve had a couple bumps along the way, and figured we now have enough time spent on it to give you some thoughts. First
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“Foraging, things I never thought I’d do”, said my wife last week when we went out to do some foraging. However, for the last few years, we’ve been trying to eat more naturally.We’ve been trying to remove chemicals out of our diets.One of those areas is medicine. Now, do not get me wrong. Modern medicine
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Better late than never I suppose is what our chickens may be thinking right about now, or at least one of them. But she’s worn us down. We give up.We’ve been fighting with her all summer trying to keep her from sitting on eggs, but she’s been determined, and we’re tried of fighting her, so
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With the wood stove finally put together, it’s time to do the curing burn on the wood stove. The instructions suggested doing it outside because of the fumes that will be produced while burning off the oils and such. And since it was in the 90’s outside, I wouldn’t have wanted to burn it inside
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