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Month: June 2014

A Slow Cooker on Solar Power

April 16, 2020June 24, 2014 by Stephen Garstin

This is not going to be some sort of fancy post about a “solar” cooker with mirrors or foil or glass or anything like that.  As simple and effective as they may be, I was more interested in something that would simplify our life, rather than complicate it. Cookers of the solar type are generally … Read more

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Finishing Off Cutting the Slab Pile to Stove Length

April 16, 2020June 22, 2014 by Stephen Garstin

It has been a very slow progress spring for me here on the homestead.  It has been at various times rainy, and buggy, and hot, and I’ve been fighting though some pretty severe fatigure.  My off-homestead work commitments have also increased. In between the other obstacles, and naps, I managed to spend a couple of … Read more

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Starting to Plant

April 16, 2020June 21, 2014 by Stephen Garstin

With all the other things to do on the homestead, we have opted to make the garden one of the lower priorities.  This was on the advice of another famous proponent of rural living – Steve Maxwell, who suggested that gardening took up a large investment in time that he wasn’t able to commit to … Read more

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Grandpa Builds a Dock

April 16, 2020June 19, 2014 by Stephen Garstin

A project that Grandpa had mentioned a number of times lately was a small dock for our pond. While I don’t believe we’ll get much chance to fish from it, it certainly would make fetching water for the soon to come garden and plants much easier. I pointed Grandpa to my rough lumber pile and … Read more

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