Garden Tomatoes

August 24, 2017

Fresh garden tomatoes from used soda bottles.

Solar Dehydrator from Salvaged Construction Scrap

June 21, 2017

Building a passive solar dehydrator from salvaged construction scrap for under $5.

July 17, 2016

The weather this year has been unusual. This spring I saw our first frost damage, and then the rest of …

July 20, 2015

Summer is the time to cook outdoors. And that of course means cooking over a fire. And the tripod and …

June 28, 2015

June is a good month. Our cherry and mulberry trees ripen with fresh fruit for the picking, the vegetable garden …

June 19, 2015

As anyone knows who follows this blog, we heat with wood. And for the past few years I have been …

July 24, 2014

Two nights of good wine and Jazz this weekend. http://www.jazzmagas.hu/

July 11, 2014

It seems I am not a soothsayer. An oracle. Or a shaman. I wondered some months ago if the wet …