this stove is described fairly thoroughly and I felt like it may be a good one to try to replicate when the time comes. This serves as my bookmark for it Hope you like it. Cheers!
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cold box, canoes and cabins
This gentleman is an inspiration. He is unafraid to tackle anything with creativity and his own two hands. Check out the cabin that he built from harvesting trees from the bay around the 12:30 mark…amazing!
Rocket Hot Water Heater
This is a pretty incredible design for a water heater using a rocket stove. I really enjoy Geoff Lawton and hope you will too.
Rocket Oven
This guy has a great setup. He has a rocket stove burner and a rocket oven, both built from clay and straw. Cooking off-grid will not be an issue for this fella! Great work
best small house 2013…
okay, so this isn’t my pick for best small house 2013, but it is pretty fantastic. Give it a look. Could you live in something this small? Smaller? Enjoy!
Old Mother Earth News Small Cabin Build Guide
My dad sent this old article to me and I thought it might prove useful at some point down the road. Maybe it’ll be helpful to someone else who stumbles on this http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/build-this-cozy-cabin.aspx#axzz2jvCNvj1s
murphy bed ideas
some videos i’ve been collecting along the way about building murphy beds and the associated hardware in the comments on the video above one person says to just go to pick-a-part and buy van door lift struts and mounts to build a bed for cheap. i think this is more than doable for the tiny […]
kids learn the value of hard work
I really enjoyed this video. I think there is something to be said for the old way of passing down “skills” from generation to generation not to mention the idea of being focused on helping teach/help others. These boys will be well prepared to deal with the stuff that life throws at all of us. […]
Building a Tow-Mixer
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about gasification and it’s ability to produce both combustible producer gas and heat for our future homestead. How sustainable is using wood (ie trees) for power and heat? I guess that depends how heavily wooded our land is…however for most, this probably isn’t sustainable. But could it be? I […]
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