Persimmon Glen

Just some ramblings today...

A couple of months ago I was on one my day trips and I saw the coolest idea. Wish I could remember where I saw it so I could go back and take a picture, but someone had used one of those huge old satellite dishes for a roof over a hot tub. I immediately thought it would also be a great idea for a roof over a gazebo. Those things are about 8 feet across. They had turned it upside down so it looked like a dome and painted it. What a cool idea, huh? I'm gonna keep an eye out and maybe I could pick one up for next to nothing.

I am a fool for outdoor cooking in any form and eventually I will have built around here just about every way that you could possibly cook over a fire. It may end up looking like a museum for primitive cooking techniques. 

Lately I've been investigating rocket stoves like they build into cob houses and how they could be adapted for indoor or outdoor cooking and heating and also to heat water. Very interesting...

My son tried to talk me out of buying animal crackers to give to the horses on the 

basis that it was some sort of comical cannibalism.... I just wanted to buy them

cause I could get a great big bag really cheap.

Would it be too odd looking if I used either straw bales or maybe earthbags to add on a bedroom to my house? I mean, even though I live in a metal insulated building it's still basically conventional looking and an addition should look like it belongs to the rest of your house right? I really like cob and earthbags but usually they are covered with some sort of mud/adobe looking material. I guess I could cover this house with mud too. Yeah, then I could give the neighbors something to talk about... 

I got a pretty awesome deal at a thrift store last week. I didn't know what it was till I got it home and did some research. Its made by Katadyn and it's called a Gravidyn. They had $3 marked on it and I asked if they would take less because two of the filters inside were broken. They let me have it for a dollar. I was just going to use it for water storage, but now I find out that brand new, these things cost $220 and they will filter 39,000 gallons of water.

New filters cost about $60 bucks each though, and it takes 3 of them. I need two, so I think I will save my pennies and get them. That way I can drink my rainwater.

What an awesome deal!