Here’s a brief description of a project I built years ago, back when I made custom woodworking projects.
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Low Cost Twig Stoves
Don’t want to buy and carry fuel for your camping stove? No problem. These affordable twig stoves burn whatever is available – twigs, branches, pine cones, pine needles, wood chips, wood shavings, plant stalks, grass, dung, leaves, paper, cardboard or any other type of biomass. They only need a handful or so of fuel to boil a pot of water. That amount is easy to find even in most deserts. Twig stoves cook faster, produce less smoke and typically pose less of a fire risk than camp fires on the ground.
Natural Building Blog in Top 100 Construction Sites
“Hello Owen, I’m writing to follow up about the list ConstructionManagementDegree.com has just published covering the Best Construction Sites on the Web. I’m happy to inform you that Natural Building Blog has been included! The whole list can be found here: http://www.constructionmanagementdegree.com/top-sites/
The Barrel Oven: A New Kind of Outdoor DIY Pizza Oven
The best ideas are immediately recognizable, and that’s certainly true with this amazing new barrel oven by Max and Eva Edleson. Here’s an excerpt from a book review about their barrel oven by Ziggy at Year of Mud blog.
Old World Stone House Fixer-upper
Maybe you’d prefer a fixer-upper instead of starting from scratch? I love old world stone houses like this. Note how the structures are attached. They were probably added on one at a time over the years.
Living in Ghost Towns
A recent blog post about a rebuilt ghost town in Spain turned out to be quite popular. This got me thinking about the practicality of living in ghost towns. If you don’t mind fresh air, no traffic jams, lack of noise and nosey neighbors then you might like it just fine.