jordan barton

Because I am an intermittent faster. I only eat between 12(noon) and 8 pm. So for me all I have in the morning is coffee.

What I break my fast with is usually eggs and kale in a wrap with grated cheese. Or some kinda of leftovers. Anything with too many carbs makes me somewhat lethargic as my first meal.

I know this is about baths/showers. But MY favorite way is a couple rounds in a sauna followed by a shower. Super clean after that.

We also don't always have enough hot water for a bath. Whereas a shower we usually do. But hot water isn't a given for us. and we can go 1 month+ without hot water from the tap. So there is that.

Our shower is outside. I love the shower being outside. Keeps all the moisture outside along with getting to shower in the sunshine/ under the stars

So lets see here. The flooring was finished sometime in january last year. It took lots of time/patience as.... all the wood was rough and needed to be straighten. Its a floating floor. Either way it looks nice and I like it. Next was I built a day bed for myself. Its pretty good so far. Gave me storage and a place to read/laptop. I also built a 12v LiFePO4 battery. It took some time to build the custom box for it. longer than it took to assemble the batteries. This will be updated to a 24v system in the future, I am just waiting on parts.
Last but not least the kitchen is destined to be built in the middle of January. I have most of the wood inside drying. Some of it needs to be planed and some of it needs to be ripped down. I have a buddy who is going to help with the install and more of the technical stuff, whilst I can focus on the wood prep side of the project. Otherwise it will take me forever to build the kitchen. See the Drawing for details.

I find this somewhat amusing. I didn't have a cellphone for about 7 years. Just recently got one again.

Where I live most people don't have a landline/email so texting often becomes the easiest way to communicate. If the landline goes down, we can text/phone, if the cellphone doesn't work, we can email. Luckily we only get 1 bar or so in the window at our house. If we want to make a phone call with our cellphone we need to walk for about 5 minutes to the top of a rocky bluff.

I think alot of the cellphone baggage comes down to how its used. I can easily go a day without turning the airplane mode off. I also don't carry my phone with me unless I want to take photos!

Another reason was for safety out on the boat. I can now phone/text/email people when I am out on the water. The map function is helpful as well.

So no I do not need one, but where I live, it has its advantages.

Gray Henon wrote:Field rats and other critters will nibble on ours, best to get them in as soon as the vines die back.

Yea this year the rats have been working overtime it seems. about 20 of my dry corn plants were eaten. Last year the rats really started to work into the squash. Why not really. The food sits there for months. Perfect for fattening rats for the winter...

So this year has been wetter than the previous. I just harvested 16 butter cup squash(sept 16th). In all honesty I have yet to have squash which meets the criteria for harvesting. Skin is rarely hard enough for a finger nail. Stems always look softish.

I figure if the stem is rotting I might as well harvest. Some of the stems sort of crunched when cut with the pruners.. Feels like the west coast has different requirements than where its drier.

Rats told me it was time to harvest the corn. Now they are telling me its time to harvest the squash. I fully expect the rest of the squash which didn't seem ripe to have some of the flesh missing. Ive already lost 4 squash to the rats this year.

I am definitely someone who drys than shucks. Usually many other things to do at harvest time. I peel the husks back than dry it as long as I can. I believe it’s easier to shuck when it’s dry. As doing it when still wet I imagine it would stick to the cob. Along with the kernels smearing/ breaking in half.

I also store them on the cob. And shuck as needed.

Most of those look like rolls batteries.

Have you read their very useful manual https://rollsbattery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Rolls-Battery-User-Manual.pdf ?

They have a section on equalization. Mostly to only do it if the specific gravity of the cells deviate more than 0.25-.30 (Ex. 1.265, 1.235,
1.260, 1.210...)

I otherwise haven't equalized in a few years. specific gravity of the cells has always been consistent for me.

If you are charging the batteries according to rolls battery specifications. I am not sure you would need to equalize.

raw milk would probably be the best. Tons of what i believe can be found here. https://www.curetoothdecay.com/

i could say more but the website i linked to says it all. I have read the book twice.

I did start using a good bone support pill. I would open it up and pour it into my mouth. I would hold it in my mouth for 10 minutes or so while doing other things. sometimes i would lie down on one side and hold it on my left side of my mouth, than switch to the other side of my mouth. very powerful way to take supplements!!! about 10 minutes to enter the blood stream from oral absorption. While this website seems a little weak in information it atleast supports what i believe. https://www.bonchabio.com/blog/oral_absorption



I basically have followed most of the advice in the book. Switched to tooth powder.

I recall milk being used on pink eye. I would think raw would be helpful. My recollection is a mother in nepal gave some breast milk for someones pink eye. It was over 10 years ago that this happened. Probably worth reading about more.

Tiffaney Dex wrote:
1) I saw a video where Matt explains what kinds of wood he burns and for what purposea he chooses that wood. But what size of wood does the stove burn? Is it small wood, like other rocket stoves, or more traditional cut wood?

2) In a video, Matt explains why it's important to make e the core out of insulated bricks. Is there a reason to use insulated bricks on the bottom of the cook stove? Or could regular bricks be used?

1) Personally a mix is best. If I have it. 8-10" stuff is good for in between the door and the secondary burn pipe. otherwise 14-16" works well. I would say 14" is easier. Being that the stove is ultra hot when opening the door, its nice if it will always fit, without manoeuvring the pieces around.

2) I used insulating bricks everywhere. it amounted to 50+ insulating bricks for the core of the stove. The insulating bricks are great to work with. I wonder if you are talking about under the core?

To see my build .... https://permies.com/t/tiny-house-masonry-heater