Monday 21 January 2013
Thursday 10 January 2013
Back again
Well here I am again. Temperatures in double figures when it should be freezing. Heating off, doors open. All very pleasant but also a bit weird.
I seem to have eaten my way through all the carrots and leeks but still have plenty of fresh sprouts and some kale.
I realize I threatened to stop blogging but that doesn't seem to have happened so happy new year to us all is what I say.
I seem to have eaten my way through all the carrots and leeks but still have plenty of fresh sprouts and some kale.
I realize I threatened to stop blogging but that doesn't seem to have happened so happy new year to us all is what I say.
Saturday 5 January 2013
Rocket stove
These seem to be all the rage at the moment so I thought I'd have a crack at making one. It's basically just cooking over a chimney but is meant to use less fuel than an open fire.
Starting with an old five gallon cooking oil drum...
...cutting the top off:
Chimney parts from old stove pipe cut to size and ready to assemble:
The chimney will be joined like this inside the stove:
Parts assembled and drum insulated with sand:
Fire started:
Sticks are then fed in at the bottom on a bit of metal shaped to fit inside the chute:
Kettle on, job done:
