tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049485383780000022024-03-13T08:39:05.451-07:00Saving Fossils with SunlightThis blog explores utilizing natural energy flows and local resources to live well. For food, power, comfort, mobility and wealth we've already transformed about half the readily available coal, oil and natural gas fossils into greenhouse gases. As we consume the rest, I hope to help begin creating dynamic communities that nourish future generations using renewable energy.Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-56003968806358043342024-01-11T18:29:00.000-08:002024-01-11T18:33:34.445-08:00Processing Garlic<p>Our 2023 garlic crop started by planting 1,100 cloves in early October, 2022. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9wESTSm5SfzdvBoqO00J1_s8CFHtk2U9l-FmWqDuennv5pfKw3ecYA_FEQGFA8zpWNcRKBHAg6WIKyy02Pb1y48HvO6qLVAfM2LcZKsGp8vpPM6qC7tWAi8PW6SZfpSrESCOj8oauJTpjztgRC3yJZLi9KIVwMlhBVCRSBxetLHPAjx9wUuJzONth5H1/s3264/IMG_5572.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9wESTSm5SfzdvBoqO00J1_s8CFHtk2U9l-FmWqDuennv5pfKw3ecYA_FEQGFA8zpWNcRKBHAg6WIKyy02Pb1y48HvO6qLVAfM2LcZKsGp8vpPM6qC7tWAi8PW6SZfpSrESCOj8oauJTpjztgRC3yJZLi9KIVwMlhBVCRSBxetLHPAjx9wUuJzONth5H1/w300-h400/IMG_5572.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>They emerged from the ground by November and weathered through the winter snow. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rmB5rhBz2FoBHGIvELMfOwQ24bSiWICVeqRQGtE899JIUfo79FtxhyphenhyphenvUPHDotF6kDOeD6nD4kxuLhIlQoKsHERg0zbJd5flp17eoRBoT1zXGjRMesey_4EkFhU0PU4KkNKbMvBHJ6fbf-pXjgSLSksHdk9I-fD2N33MtiFNl44_2xqgTpBgerKcgQSgr/s4032/IMG_6963%202.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rmB5rhBz2FoBHGIvELMfOwQ24bSiWICVeqRQGtE899JIUfo79FtxhyphenhyphenvUPHDotF6kDOeD6nD4kxuLhIlQoKsHERg0zbJd5flp17eoRBoT1zXGjRMesey_4EkFhU0PU4KkNKbMvBHJ6fbf-pXjgSLSksHdk9I-fD2N33MtiFNl44_2xqgTpBgerKcgQSgr/w300-h400/IMG_6963%202.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>After removing the garlic scapes during May and June, harvesting began the first week of July.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENhMRWcdhIcZ7byyCjlnuB9dDtvIGMwLTtyK2shmwEVrjVfGPxQITzcg328pkjqDy_OcJVFcQJ2QRBB67vEHU7KMy_B717gWswxFc3SGJ1jDzv3cbb0WSTEAxeHb7O5bJmhg7NwFkUKKv0umz0Y9m8JFfIUE3L6QLLT15-OVfUde2sECwzxZsuNeV8Ir6/s4032/IMG_6980%202.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENhMRWcdhIcZ7byyCjlnuB9dDtvIGMwLTtyK2shmwEVrjVfGPxQITzcg328pkjqDy_OcJVFcQJ2QRBB67vEHU7KMy_B717gWswxFc3SGJ1jDzv3cbb0WSTEAxeHb7O5bJmhg7NwFkUKKv0umz0Y9m8JFfIUE3L6QLLT15-OVfUde2sECwzxZsuNeV8Ir6/w400-h300/IMG_6980%202.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A strip down the middle of the patch was harvested first to make room for a row of Delicata squash.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0FHiozkMkJQifBbHzkydsi5U2uyGU1Jl6fqX3rGbBY2GVhgBaMO_ntUJpmru0nNzlfVeRlRwuWTREjrRgnMp_1LvP9i6ayS9JLopfO-xL2Meb2Id9lTHdD3l9gqQOmOACbW6_2oaIfF6LZeocvIqN0fvFp6l5O_KEtkkHGo5YE18vK4pel9jC8d0_C0I/s4032/IMG_6975%202.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0FHiozkMkJQifBbHzkydsi5U2uyGU1Jl6fqX3rGbBY2GVhgBaMO_ntUJpmru0nNzlfVeRlRwuWTREjrRgnMp_1LvP9i6ayS9JLopfO-xL2Meb2Id9lTHdD3l9gqQOmOACbW6_2oaIfF6LZeocvIqN0fvFp6l5O_KEtkkHGo5YE18vK4pel9jC8d0_C0I/w300-h400/IMG_6975%202.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The rest of the garlic were dug and hung to dry in bunches of 25 inside the garage. Total weight of peeled garlic: around 100 pounds. </b><b>Every week through November I delivered two pounds of peeled garlic to cooks at a local homeless shelter. In October I processed around ten pounds into powder and granules. And yesterday I began processing more.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpU8WPkGcNeUje58ZZ_FlpiFEpXuyioJ-r116wlesy_KYOZQifdMcUPwiJCHP9bcQ1WPkAn4BHL3_EuGPdV1CyZR8z2yS8S2u67ZAW8yRTLy6kQQBSskdDrpWAbQ-MXhssZuEy6gWBNjkATmIR9WpNDyg_ke1KysUWhBA8EX1GMsIvgDvSX2H-I2biyNO/s4032/IMG_7481.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpU8WPkGcNeUje58ZZ_FlpiFEpXuyioJ-r116wlesy_KYOZQifdMcUPwiJCHP9bcQ1WPkAn4BHL3_EuGPdV1CyZR8z2yS8S2u67ZAW8yRTLy6kQQBSskdDrpWAbQ-MXhssZuEy6gWBNjkATmIR9WpNDyg_ke1KysUWhBA8EX1GMsIvgDvSX2H-I2biyNO/w300-h400/IMG_7481.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>To preserve garlic, we grind it in a food processor, dehydrate it and grind it again into powder and granules.</b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKuYLSyGcIVdTz3y3xpMCMscxgzSVSJeAJrOnIbOVs2It-h-k8FUPl6rRTrPqzS7NgY_ZavUFY66aT1xCmTqaCwjgVvTB1XXPIWDL6DChDI2RylbIdxLi16_ykNQTZVVfw-_vWIUlTvYUxDS17EaBQuXQbl_Nlau7-JnIMkc82v6wX70KbZ0hKDtk_hnm/s4032/IMG_7482.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKuYLSyGcIVdTz3y3xpMCMscxgzSVSJeAJrOnIbOVs2It-h-k8FUPl6rRTrPqzS7NgY_ZavUFY66aT1xCmTqaCwjgVvTB1XXPIWDL6DChDI2RylbIdxLi16_ykNQTZVVfw-_vWIUlTvYUxDS17EaBQuXQbl_Nlau7-JnIMkc82v6wX70KbZ0hKDtk_hnm/w400-h300/IMG_7482.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>10.75 pounds of garlic mash was spread on 10 teflon sheets and dried for around ten hours at 135 degrees.</b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DRrpamUZHNuIyEB-rdQSzit68m-qXmuJNnkyVQDrCYT_IEAoivM6zcz1MgW4AFkAPEOZtSjSyEArLnu3ARpEOL8Ua6XLCKTOslioZbB1PaUMNL6c2cBTvglclwZNS8qxdXJ-G4VRGO_1F5njmqbKhT-WduL3k-2DjlZ5CjVoWb_AkEGf5kIpSDEvRU7o/s4032/IMG_7484.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DRrpamUZHNuIyEB-rdQSzit68m-qXmuJNnkyVQDrCYT_IEAoivM6zcz1MgW4AFkAPEOZtSjSyEArLnu3ARpEOL8Ua6XLCKTOslioZbB1PaUMNL6c2cBTvglclwZNS8qxdXJ-G4VRGO_1F5njmqbKhT-WduL3k-2DjlZ5CjVoWb_AkEGf5kIpSDEvRU7o/w300-h400/IMG_7484.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Teflon sheets were then peeled off and the now rigid garlic shingles were dried another seven hours to remove moisture trapped against the film.</b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1Y6gOteGoInFPm1ybzl68sHHsTyec3J-KHQG0fwKIoR5-fZNsrSrokHnVSw3t-bgEAo0h_mWHQHI44y6FjbLE4Y_ZLqZR-oP9kI___GdboInJPfiJCrixFs7_zeDX57uBMKprR1Pt-8jZROpdGyTBZAzMsHqBWSe4iy4UWoZYpU_76bKy3IhENEEOIiu/s4032/IMG_7486.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1Y6gOteGoInFPm1ybzl68sHHsTyec3J-KHQG0fwKIoR5-fZNsrSrokHnVSw3t-bgEAo0h_mWHQHI44y6FjbLE4Y_ZLqZR-oP9kI___GdboInJPfiJCrixFs7_zeDX57uBMKprR1Pt-8jZROpdGyTBZAzMsHqBWSe4iy4UWoZYpU_76bKy3IhENEEOIiu/w400-h300/IMG_7486.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The 4.85 pounds of garlic crackers were again ground in the food processor, having lost 55% in dehydration.</b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqHTjG_kAt10FuEh8igQFcHTHf5EeB5SG3Nds5O66bVLWQ9xAjhc8Rgcu8Z2qXuTwrp1QIml2YcJ4cBwRZnfQcs2EcNxB_M3wU4qZTxm0x2xOucoegbhD7Pa50bMv8JTeUCAgebP-BlSc9OOoTE2tDM_mOyk6HP41mPsWtJGB-q2Zq7Tp31SAcN60t8Q-/s4032/IMG_7488.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqHTjG_kAt10FuEh8igQFcHTHf5EeB5SG3Nds5O66bVLWQ9xAjhc8Rgcu8Z2qXuTwrp1QIml2YcJ4cBwRZnfQcs2EcNxB_M3wU4qZTxm0x2xOucoegbhD7Pa50bMv8JTeUCAgebP-BlSc9OOoTE2tDM_mOyk6HP41mPsWtJGB-q2Zq7Tp31SAcN60t8Q-/w400-h300/IMG_7488.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The teflon sheets were also dried overnight so stuck on bits of garlic could be scraped off.</b></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzxVMgEw-DAvxpd0sy4S6G_es2nYA08p_Jj4WruxGFt6nQKsyEnLBIEM6l-mFs80Abc6TLhf8Kt_R2fnvAuHL2_2YFX1v7gDWADdcEVGKx8P0pE3e9d0h-N9HT4dLQdXltAfkvVlky3oZ8SP6wXS-t5lcoyPFLiCwTPY4I6ZB-TNAQVEFy5rsfT9pGci4/s4032/IMG_7487.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzxVMgEw-DAvxpd0sy4S6G_es2nYA08p_Jj4WruxGFt6nQKsyEnLBIEM6l-mFs80Abc6TLhf8Kt_R2fnvAuHL2_2YFX1v7gDWADdcEVGKx8P0pE3e9d0h-N9HT4dLQdXltAfkvVlky3oZ8SP6wXS-t5lcoyPFLiCwTPY4I6ZB-TNAQVEFy5rsfT9pGci4/w400-h300/IMG_7487.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>After grinding, garlic powder was separated from granules by shaking in a strainer which was then dumped into a colander. Larger bits were then dumped back into the food processor.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1p5gCsv-3swgx8lFVuRwYCJieqPShLoPD4zoy1WuAErojZ7AaLijPyRevrbou4iHVqP6n9MPM0i_g-7dZfAnB7wpIfQx_o8kfvzGtbDePtW7ezlCBCKWqUtakUIpET7iPJHaZI0mv2UC6UDXqRgcDtYFbc3KIBYxP8y93tvrN7jTWOoFRBSaaeKLw_AP/s4032/IMG_7489.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1p5gCsv-3swgx8lFVuRwYCJieqPShLoPD4zoy1WuAErojZ7AaLijPyRevrbou4iHVqP6n9MPM0i_g-7dZfAnB7wpIfQx_o8kfvzGtbDePtW7ezlCBCKWqUtakUIpET7iPJHaZI0mv2UC6UDXqRgcDtYFbc3KIBYxP8y93tvrN7jTWOoFRBSaaeKLw_AP/w400-h300/IMG_7489.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The desired result was roughly equal amounts of garlic powder and granules. To change the ratio: simply alter the time larger pieces spend in the processor.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNJmRIlRMWBjRwSQS0ulO1y0AGsnIHx7COjlz_mhkxPOw9puQevl6s5ji4WUFhDDlhyphenhyphenk-2OdVuxan9qIc05blNSPHP532qQwEpwTZkxRva4aiFHnK-QlRro478b_EXTPdPg5XlNEAIoS5daFnUwRjm-_JmYupLQj3Il-o6QwxASXrVydp3E4htZ5dbdFC/s4032/IMG_7490.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNJmRIlRMWBjRwSQS0ulO1y0AGsnIHx7COjlz_mhkxPOw9puQevl6s5ji4WUFhDDlhyphenhyphenk-2OdVuxan9qIc05blNSPHP532qQwEpwTZkxRva4aiFHnK-QlRro478b_EXTPdPg5XlNEAIoS5daFnUwRjm-_JmYupLQj3Il-o6QwxASXrVydp3E4htZ5dbdFC/w400-h300/IMG_7490.HEIC" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dry garlic stores great in jars: the powder we use in sauces and marinades, granules we add in recipes that get cooked which softens them. It's way quicker and easier to add dried garlic than processing fresh garlic </b><b>when cooking</b><b>!</b></div><br /></div><br /><p></p>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-5766125154966449952023-02-13T12:36:00.000-08:002023-02-13T12:36:04.427-08:00Batch Rocket Mass Heater for Greenhouse<div class="separator"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For decades our 20 x 48 foot greenhouse sometimes</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">freezes tender plants when outdoor temperatures go below zero. Inside we do have a few thousand gallons of water in tubes and tanks that heat up when the sun shines but often winter weeks go by without sunlight. In order to grow more than chard, onions and salad greens, we needed a way to add heat. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn77EO1q9tV1lRy3oE6t0KVLgn5Dk-JNyWleM2C4dpWgCAVpcQzyjU_elxdUCsxuLxs9HnWw3tza1_05k1WF4NlJWpulhx_BIpBDCajidthqfpAZRkQ4Wcc8tAP5UPpQ5Kq5mxl23HWLgPIMsQZo9B9WouRCx9bparEYpEIaFjQKWTUct-PAf8gXBm4w/s3264/IMG_1632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn77EO1q9tV1lRy3oE6t0KVLgn5Dk-JNyWleM2C4dpWgCAVpcQzyjU_elxdUCsxuLxs9HnWw3tza1_05k1WF4NlJWpulhx_BIpBDCajidthqfpAZRkQ4Wcc8tAP5UPpQ5Kq5mxl23HWLgPIMsQZo9B9WouRCx9bparEYpEIaFjQKWTUct-PAf8gXBm4w/w400-h300/IMG_1632.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Snow also blocks sunlight from entering.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW4ggnnfo1RZRDzwcdhD_EwbAJeHzsiP5sqZ0BKcr1iIzO-SPcEHqm4q02vAQoI5F-RgGa27szF2bhf7bmrwZ5buIGXjXwgDEU0B2zBEX_cq7J5AUQAyn_ecd3zFvk2EMQkKPZCtiXO223iBp6qy22HL6ZEoCxOLdvcVKAlTdfOcSvTt-q5a1TviLMw/s4032/IMG_6391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW4ggnnfo1RZRDzwcdhD_EwbAJeHzsiP5sqZ0BKcr1iIzO-SPcEHqm4q02vAQoI5F-RgGa27szF2bhf7bmrwZ5buIGXjXwgDEU0B2zBEX_cq7J5AUQAyn_ecd3zFvk2EMQkKPZCtiXO223iBp6qy22HL6ZEoCxOLdvcVKAlTdfOcSvTt-q5a1TviLMw/w400-h300/IMG_6391.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A section of glazing showing five layers and </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>diagonal bracing to support </b><b>snow loads.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0_5N4p54Hl_EcuHbhXJqBZRL-e3PQ9jCNZByp2eNNKaONIDz0ij2xzd8uYnml5AueXzWjX6135NMavrwzhD8K5evxbG61fFut-8kv-lj0iywZKx20wGJVdsTIMwsgkC-gC_L4jpGORT8hQqDap1TMDBEBhyNXRr5SIYEVT_Rzprj637verOCuMyjTQ/s4032/IMG_6460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0_5N4p54Hl_EcuHbhXJqBZRL-e3PQ9jCNZByp2eNNKaONIDz0ij2xzd8uYnml5AueXzWjX6135NMavrwzhD8K5evxbG61fFut-8kv-lj0iywZKx20wGJVdsTIMwsgkC-gC_L4jpGORT8hQqDap1TMDBEBhyNXRr5SIYEVT_Rzprj637verOCuMyjTQ/w300-h400/IMG_6460.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best reference for building rocket stoves and heaters.</div><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2GxRMIPUx0t26QwVI7m3kQ0b7ST40PmUHhpK6RVINLM0pKr0CMy3iEuVKec3hG0DV2hN3pT35VNUbr8GWvBMsG66-PWMd0MMj0mR_Ihvy7iXSP3K7Oh9FH6FQFV0m2-YiKF3ZuAIePVu2DmhYd3glEtLkiDxiXlm9oJuhFBjlP8QiRoB3kuTEXQwTA/s4032/IMG_6189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2GxRMIPUx0t26QwVI7m3kQ0b7ST40PmUHhpK6RVINLM0pKr0CMy3iEuVKec3hG0DV2hN3pT35VNUbr8GWvBMsG66-PWMd0MMj0mR_Ihvy7iXSP3K7Oh9FH6FQFV0m2-YiKF3ZuAIePVu2DmhYd3glEtLkiDxiXlm9oJuhFBjlP8QiRoB3kuTEXQwTA/w300-h400/IMG_6189.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The firebricks used in this project are held together with cob, a </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>mixture </b><b>of sand and clay, instead of a high temperature cement </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>that cures </b><b>hard. That way any rework only requires the dry glue </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>to be </b><b>moistened and it comes apart. The ratios of sand to clay </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>above </b><b>show that at above 5:1, the mixture, on drying, does not crack.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilcFrmGTArabxUB0oTiWkkDH4FSSoi7WoEfbxp98RPpN022sQNDWAbFc2s2ugqD7bKF6rwEJXotDNCMwgjrwGcQbFPnm1q7mY05ol2_TGcxP0780vjjkU_G8WEQTted7nvNhkPWwwJkj9M4eVFt5Q2HTPrKhj_6fgRxkQGvhtzaxRuc2ySlqSbqcB7w/s4032/IMG_6440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilcFrmGTArabxUB0oTiWkkDH4FSSoi7WoEfbxp98RPpN022sQNDWAbFc2s2ugqD7bKF6rwEJXotDNCMwgjrwGcQbFPnm1q7mY05ol2_TGcxP0780vjjkU_G8WEQTted7nvNhkPWwwJkj9M4eVFt5Q2HTPrKhj_6fgRxkQGvhtzaxRuc2ySlqSbqcB7w/w300-h400/IMG_6440.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The completed heater with barrel riser surrounded by seven </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>water tubes, an eleven foot heated bench and exhaust stack.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6QF8x5xTBt4tq1LQZAQfZEBQqfViCOf07ft1jyGDghByi5d8_n_V3q5o2RFmh7suDHQFY2IB_-pFJzK4we9dViITXMCOlH_84EsSw4ma9N291E9tZ6FAqmCgqf4LlmdnOSX-iARI9X_kxFB_j_3gT2GtyKZcr4HLGUPCWymc8dsR_h9CuGXZrZvuUw/s4032/IMG_6389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6QF8x5xTBt4tq1LQZAQfZEBQqfViCOf07ft1jyGDghByi5d8_n_V3q5o2RFmh7suDHQFY2IB_-pFJzK4we9dViITXMCOlH_84EsSw4ma9N291E9tZ6FAqmCgqf4LlmdnOSX-iARI9X_kxFB_j_3gT2GtyKZcr4HLGUPCWymc8dsR_h9CuGXZrZvuUw/w400-h300/IMG_6389.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Inside the two black barrels, one on top of the other, is the ceramic</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> fiber riser </b><b>that powers complete combustion gasses of burning wood. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHWexmNXCGyvHO5XKugoHsGfCLs946W8W6R_AZSdtD1e4N8txeIkMSVyEFFh1vkfE6BhF8WU2JdinRh5HPvjgSGumus-o56VQgo-w1z4OSurioHCVsHg5oRcMPstQ5PC5lO5FKlgtkGnD9EL0LeWTpfFIBtfzg15H2h5rEZtVMjch5juNqhBUY0ji0A/s4032/IMG_6379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHWexmNXCGyvHO5XKugoHsGfCLs946W8W6R_AZSdtD1e4N8txeIkMSVyEFFh1vkfE6BhF8WU2JdinRh5HPvjgSGumus-o56VQgo-w1z4OSurioHCVsHg5oRcMPstQ5PC5lO5FKlgtkGnD9EL0LeWTpfFIBtfzg15H2h5rEZtVMjch5juNqhBUY0ji0A/w300-h400/IMG_6379.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The disc removed from one end of the lower barrel was suspended </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>inside the upper </b><b>barrel to prevent hottest exhaust from reaching the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>top. </b><b>During firing, the color </b><b>change indicates the region that typically </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>reaches 700F charring the vegetable oil coating. </b><b>The blue ring on top</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> hides a foot of insulation that limits heat transfer to regions above.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOv-0OZSW2AYnwwga08sIkent7z8Yod2x1LVvt69UrUfr3jln9x3J8faAuw0DEH-MXTZykAL9qpK_Oorw-OpdSntJ0pU9ubHJ_jIa6G1ZBGFtoGjHxyNJ_ENcPrKIL8XHI0Q6gmMxc8yNIGb2BvkjQf27E9IEI8nMaezC6mxwnhTtTakov7Ojzwu_FA/s4032/IMG_6291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOv-0OZSW2AYnwwga08sIkent7z8Yod2x1LVvt69UrUfr3jln9x3J8faAuw0DEH-MXTZykAL9qpK_Oorw-OpdSntJ0pU9ubHJ_jIa6G1ZBGFtoGjHxyNJ_ENcPrKIL8XHI0Q6gmMxc8yNIGb2BvkjQf27E9IEI8nMaezC6mxwnhTtTakov7Ojzwu_FA/w300-h400/IMG_6291.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Paint was burned off the barrels outdoors to prevent fouling indoor air.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwut8xP4w-DoKsSPJhFlZF5BCxygGIU34aAq4Cn27PEei0YANKXqSA8zxAylBMeomSDCcyqEFVdHUhMj0qQamNUVWyyFqeMMy6FZ7Y_7GLx1CUJ9jwD_TuUAnu8DeoE3uelXOugz3QtgV_wzPpzXeioxSUe97i7z_o8GbNt1NRPcrvRkEzuviLFiXvg/s4032/IMG_6295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwut8xP4w-DoKsSPJhFlZF5BCxygGIU34aAq4Cn27PEei0YANKXqSA8zxAylBMeomSDCcyqEFVdHUhMj0qQamNUVWyyFqeMMy6FZ7Y_7GLx1CUJ9jwD_TuUAnu8DeoE3uelXOugz3QtgV_wzPpzXeioxSUe97i7z_o8GbNt1NRPcrvRkEzuviLFiXvg/w300-h400/IMG_6295.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This view of the upside down lower barrel shows the riser hole. The more </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>complex outlet hole for the hot </b><b>exhaust </b><b>gases to exit the riser </b><b>stack </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and enter the horizontal tube inside the bench was made later. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5amfZnRiYHUeFlTDSsv0erTz70B7ktMqUKNixS8KVBcUKHZELex28VapTy6txaIqWjGHutWVfgklFqGAcrxNTGPnG_xEmgHFqzQX56IJRRXn7MedfEpLaqfO5DyC4rQwLYkqGnJRckyI_fn8F-kjqRGMior7kPKYXe9j-sbqw2i-f5NYJmf98SpYfpg/s4032/IMG_6325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5amfZnRiYHUeFlTDSsv0erTz70B7ktMqUKNixS8KVBcUKHZELex28VapTy6txaIqWjGHutWVfgklFqGAcrxNTGPnG_xEmgHFqzQX56IJRRXn7MedfEpLaqfO5DyC4rQwLYkqGnJRckyI_fn8F-kjqRGMior7kPKYXe9j-sbqw2i-f5NYJmf98SpYfpg/w400-h300/IMG_6325.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>This illustrates the transition from the barrel stack to the horizontal flue </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>run inside </b><b>the bench with this cob (mixture of clay, sand, silt and stones) </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>also in good contact with the adjacent water tubes.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk3IUuZgAdvOp9ZTQ2aohcAMl2jjBDbfv-2Im44mN3rE2PV26o_HjaJKkcGS9r1qE8TLjSGi3EPm62AZN7oZJSEDKJ7-fZPBG2_hFrsWdR3wvuy4RQ6NcN0nt6ZrO59tVhbFASFlh1z2iXsqfJlveho3eV5JOAakjOUkNBSbBtxhbWcdf7f5mxiWNxQ/s4032/IMG_6371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk3IUuZgAdvOp9ZTQ2aohcAMl2jjBDbfv-2Im44mN3rE2PV26o_HjaJKkcGS9r1qE8TLjSGi3EPm62AZN7oZJSEDKJ7-fZPBG2_hFrsWdR3wvuy4RQ6NcN0nt6ZrO59tVhbFASFlh1z2iXsqfJlveho3eV5JOAakjOUkNBSbBtxhbWcdf7f5mxiWNxQ/w400-h300/IMG_6371.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This view shows the bench with water tubes behind before two additional </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>water tubes were added on each side of the barrel stack. Cement tile </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>backer </b><b>board contributes and hides thermal mass.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-ameHiwAOGrumLvFZW4LImNFp_lh8ZKQmRmNbI-O_gNBlRHkf7LxNjQtUju0K4g3jV3e7vUlunDHOc6ws61C8pMQbNp-xArVH7HV-pH9f06wyuAV9ILP12m770d-y-tq5IybHtH4jCnbUZAxx1ge2qoN_G2s-yMJ6gVIJg4_AGz_PS-v4hfF0o7J3A/s4032/IMG_6370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-ameHiwAOGrumLvFZW4LImNFp_lh8ZKQmRmNbI-O_gNBlRHkf7LxNjQtUju0K4g3jV3e7vUlunDHOc6ws61C8pMQbNp-xArVH7HV-pH9f06wyuAV9ILP12m770d-y-tq5IybHtH4jCnbUZAxx1ge2qoN_G2s-yMJ6gVIJg4_AGz_PS-v4hfF0o7J3A/w400-h300/IMG_6370.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The bench frame consists of two instrumentation racks lying on </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>their back, end to end. </b><b>An 8 inch steel flue runs the length inside </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and was covered by a foot of clay/sand/stone </b><b>slurry that has now </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>dried in good contact with the flue. The volume above now stores </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>more than a ton of surplus bricks to maximize storing </b><b>heat during </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>f</b><b>irings. </b><b>These are still readily available for </b><b>future projects.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWoyLeZbKV1Nqx2-RewW7Bh-jEJ6hNeuWVilz0Buvxvmb2kBHz5VEgLPXhpjfff01yeGeG5wJlhK0dKToF4-snU15J87J-4eBHDAlFSfw875fgZ_RtUMrnDryvRnCHle01H2OH8BhUlNI7DkeEbPSW_dnOkAYDNQ07J9sk9KZBiB4i_oKECdvODfq4w/s4032/IMG_6369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWoyLeZbKV1Nqx2-RewW7Bh-jEJ6hNeuWVilz0Buvxvmb2kBHz5VEgLPXhpjfff01yeGeG5wJlhK0dKToF4-snU15J87J-4eBHDAlFSfw875fgZ_RtUMrnDryvRnCHle01H2OH8BhUlNI7DkeEbPSW_dnOkAYDNQ07J9sk9KZBiB4i_oKECdvODfq4w/w400-h300/IMG_6369.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Another view of the bench with its sheet aluminum top </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>left over from building large solar collectors.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUPgiVE07Zpqu58DBjowZhLQ8ociI6Zj0TcnJaSOTgBa0-zENwRoRD7SWTtmzXj-tzpnu76dES8DTKcyUggg9VsNLqpCqYrlLu8DJva3j9nx0t744dd499-gsqMEzNOsOrNb1vUkm5HQTm8bgSftH3wXAlxXbCuybgsJStH9uOKG_iXNeh-JJJ0VCvA/s4032/IMG_6296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUPgiVE07Zpqu58DBjowZhLQ8ociI6Zj0TcnJaSOTgBa0-zENwRoRD7SWTtmzXj-tzpnu76dES8DTKcyUggg9VsNLqpCqYrlLu8DJva3j9nx0t744dd499-gsqMEzNOsOrNb1vUkm5HQTm8bgSftH3wXAlxXbCuybgsJStH9uOKG_iXNeh-JJJ0VCvA/w300-h400/IMG_6296.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This shows burning off the paint on one of two boxes with doors that </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>make it easy to inspect the transition between the riser/barrels and </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>horizontal flue and between the latter and the vertical stack.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf11Kkq3s-RJ9r038G5TLYtVs6DaubJlH-eRomE1puOdMZ0m6RjnwFqLh8hHNpmb_aXOYEINzu_jMrr7LkjlMIrRJbAmdHgV9_KDyZZj4-qJvt-WswcNJqhIdw4GwZPB5mJgb7jkS3PJ505FxjIZouaD72w42ehj1MEDzrOeqqV09mbKk0QTrYKWYrVA/s4032/IMG_6195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf11Kkq3s-RJ9r038G5TLYtVs6DaubJlH-eRomE1puOdMZ0m6RjnwFqLh8hHNpmb_aXOYEINzu_jMrr7LkjlMIrRJbAmdHgV9_KDyZZj4-qJvt-WswcNJqhIdw4GwZPB5mJgb7jkS3PJ505FxjIZouaD72w42ehj1MEDzrOeqqV09mbKk0QTrYKWYrVA/w400-h300/IMG_6195.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This shows the detail of the bottom of the burn chamber with </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>two stainless steel </b><b>pipes that introduce fresh air to the base of the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>riser to enable complete </b><b>combustion of exhaust. Under these is </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>space </b><b>for a stainless steel tray </b><b>that catches ash and makes </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>them easy to remove.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dlDQNtjZ2M513AyK3ySdy-N5Sj3mt9QE_-mX0UoUsgaNELkqJf6ZzjSMgP4OQ20Vt1Gh-0UiZWjou6JIw5lT9K48c9kBj-AYzlljmP2DglErjMCYsXbJ_avg4PJeZPllw1rutboOYPoPT5W8nGxlsH8KaHY8-pZRp9j-2Z1h7jlI878Q0icATxN28w/s4032/IMG_6463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dlDQNtjZ2M513AyK3ySdy-N5Sj3mt9QE_-mX0UoUsgaNELkqJf6ZzjSMgP4OQ20Vt1Gh-0UiZWjou6JIw5lT9K48c9kBj-AYzlljmP2DglErjMCYsXbJ_avg4PJeZPllw1rutboOYPoPT5W8nGxlsH8KaHY8-pZRp9j-2Z1h7jlI878Q0icATxN28w/w300-h400/IMG_6463.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This view shows the ash section of the wood stove that is the sole </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>source </b><b>of heat in our home. Many years ago I replaced its </b><b>cast iron </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>grate that burned through with stainless steel pipes and they've </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>performed wonderfully. The ash bin below also </b><b>works very well, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>requiring us to empty it only once per week. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9BBXxd8KKDDDYmP34ObtFSTHRxqldsJIXboe-u_-jwBQw1IsnqfX6R8BsWpanqrYKiG8Bi-TyB7-A8R00L5l9QiDfKOJPuqBx0Irhf_RIzFR18aHp0N5u65EWo40ugjk5DNI8smH_Nh561N70nF628ww6cNnDUSBsDNF1oNJ6fW2zE1iWDyUn7z6fw/s4032/IMG_6196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9BBXxd8KKDDDYmP34ObtFSTHRxqldsJIXboe-u_-jwBQw1IsnqfX6R8BsWpanqrYKiG8Bi-TyB7-A8R00L5l9QiDfKOJPuqBx0Irhf_RIzFR18aHp0N5u65EWo40ugjk5DNI8smH_Nh561N70nF628ww6cNnDUSBsDNF1oNJ6fW2zE1iWDyUn7z6fw/w300-h400/IMG_6196.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Illustrates the first row of wall fire bricks and include those </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>that define the port </b><b>width. Forcing the exhaust through a </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>narrow </b><b>channel </b><b>creates two vortices just </b><b>above the far end of the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>secondary air </b><b>pipes and creates the "roar" as it travels </b><b>up the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>riser, </b><b>making the noise </b><b>that gives "rocket" heaters</b><b> </b><b>their name.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoEdzXTZYMQLhnqUICXoDSLPyKaWSXq-uM882rzkH_C_4BvAe6vtSMIk38UNepYyf7x3_xnYT59kiFSXxwl-vg9ciZb9j1V9lHraEf3Tf6pGDpC5P5QIUhWlwCwQ3c6-IDwjPzK_pYyc4wo201RApcaRg2NWLA7y0KvUtvqftLjtwOwi_izkW8tA-aw/s4032/IMG_6207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoEdzXTZYMQLhnqUICXoDSLPyKaWSXq-uM882rzkH_C_4BvAe6vtSMIk38UNepYyf7x3_xnYT59kiFSXxwl-vg9ciZb9j1V9lHraEf3Tf6pGDpC5P5QIUhWlwCwQ3c6-IDwjPzK_pYyc4wo201RApcaRg2NWLA7y0KvUtvqftLjtwOwi_izkW8tA-aw/w300-h400/IMG_6207.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Firebox and riser base now complete and also showing the open </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>box door of the barrel/horizontal transition through which any ash </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>buildup can be removed.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TF_LXSH7YqwW-rIgdy3Dcij9ckyHlumQ6wrY6nBtBonUdETNV4OuAlHOVjjuWvwX9yXl7x6XZ811r-o-ko6UcLb1GAnKL4ZNkT4PpymhnlNdoDVQkLoJgmnER0NPNKwo8jykknASuVm4arOAxyWoXr9J6KCHxORojLQ5XwJHcz1BR_bROe0htcS8Gw/s4032/IMG_6276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TF_LXSH7YqwW-rIgdy3Dcij9ckyHlumQ6wrY6nBtBonUdETNV4OuAlHOVjjuWvwX9yXl7x6XZ811r-o-ko6UcLb1GAnKL4ZNkT4PpymhnlNdoDVQkLoJgmnER0NPNKwo8jykknASuVm4arOAxyWoXr9J6KCHxORojLQ5XwJHcz1BR_bROe0htcS8Gw/w300-h400/IMG_6276.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Firebox now with a calcium silicate fiber roof, one inch of </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>ceramic </b><b>fiber insulation and sheet aluminum to limit </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>infiltration. </b><b>The ash tray is also in place.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8IrWdzvD2JEha-CCKxmDgd5-tDPlQjZcw5ErPqtJw6APkE-507mgYrsmFO_0T-xkJgA9yXOqDyzEHiP6oUVdkS6qRjS0wsrOlLR2Ez3WahewWU8EhkFubqAT2JCOQsvhdag1EWKVkuKW7nby5LW0DBzIg_ehN3adfXDJSAodd4gaTO65VzAOHL9Alg/s4032/IMG_6277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8IrWdzvD2JEha-CCKxmDgd5-tDPlQjZcw5ErPqtJw6APkE-507mgYrsmFO_0T-xkJgA9yXOqDyzEHiP6oUVdkS6qRjS0wsrOlLR2Ez3WahewWU8EhkFubqAT2JCOQsvhdag1EWKVkuKW7nby5LW0DBzIg_ehN3adfXDJSAodd4gaTO65VzAOHL9Alg/w300-h400/IMG_6277.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Four each four inch high calcium silicate rings were stacked on </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>top of the firebrick </b><b>riser base before insulating the assembly with </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>ceramic wool batting. The barrel clamp </b><b>ring fastens the lower barrel </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>to its lid that has a hole for the riser and flue exit.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSgAcyRtnpTaTbNiCznBZyLc3noNkA2ciMyqt93wLfShqGX8F2LAvmfujqeA-6yO-uOcw_pzqLiOVbiSsI0KDXmUM_sSmZBW2Hl8h3xOKG_pnw21DFtIoeoJClldDIMfLO3_6T7CnOJnPdvthR_e-wEJZ54WTSQGz8aWKSjndo4JhquNswUoof0XZqg/s4032/IMG_6333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSgAcyRtnpTaTbNiCznBZyLc3noNkA2ciMyqt93wLfShqGX8F2LAvmfujqeA-6yO-uOcw_pzqLiOVbiSsI0KDXmUM_sSmZBW2Hl8h3xOKG_pnw21DFtIoeoJClldDIMfLO3_6T7CnOJnPdvthR_e-wEJZ54WTSQGz8aWKSjndo4JhquNswUoof0XZqg/w300-h400/IMG_6333.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This shows the </b><b>one meter tall </b><b>ceramic fiberboard riser portion.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TkQoNZ0cmLVxRk0HCra6D34vIfmlFm4DECIxfoskAoy2fJWL0d1RAP99xf9zp75_PwYbmfbPPcSGr5IW0t46IP8cb5UocpJ4H4F83a6K4cEYhaEA7lkrshgGfn-MwMciVyM_IctW8gDgBCyImsuY2qtRSCMsSPs9o9vvpYG_awqe_n6-GIYCHYTESg/s4032/IMG_6335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TkQoNZ0cmLVxRk0HCra6D34vIfmlFm4DECIxfoskAoy2fJWL0d1RAP99xf9zp75_PwYbmfbPPcSGr5IW0t46IP8cb5UocpJ4H4F83a6K4cEYhaEA7lkrshgGfn-MwMciVyM_IctW8gDgBCyImsuY2qtRSCMsSPs9o9vvpYG_awqe_n6-GIYCHYTESg/w300-h400/IMG_6335.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The open area of the hexagonal riser and other items that carry </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>exhaust gasses </b><b>are larger or the same as an eight inch circle</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> to prevent restricting flow.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5IfCg0tNDzbb5_U74IHsYwAYmbpRBigZyul9LFEpLMy6D77cN2cCVqegdduDQxTP6HB5PL0CmQrzkUf_Smyb382P5V-ppm3SNCW5Xud3AaAvKJsN7KALjXsUOmt1qtVLyl-Nlx-5Abq6XcYV7aGAoPMh-kr0IsexaThmxI-IyGpBYqa5vuV0a9jC1w/s4032/IMG_6337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5IfCg0tNDzbb5_U74IHsYwAYmbpRBigZyul9LFEpLMy6D77cN2cCVqegdduDQxTP6HB5PL0CmQrzkUf_Smyb382P5V-ppm3SNCW5Xud3AaAvKJsN7KALjXsUOmt1qtVLyl-Nlx-5Abq6XcYV7aGAoPMh-kr0IsexaThmxI-IyGpBYqa5vuV0a9jC1w/w300-h400/IMG_6337.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The hexagonal riser now covered by two inches of ceramic fiber </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>blanket, a </b><b>sheet of aluminum and also showing the barrel </b><b>lid </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>with the flue gas exit transition </b><b>hole. Two vertical steel </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>angles were added to insure the riser inside stays put.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDANQbRP19359kOp8MYgoaltEz54Bj19j-T9GFpuk22mF0de-3dOGP-PZraD_8WUWzYLBkOfUobdm0-F16uzLNU2-iPcwt9uB1c59lNSVrGmDQ3tIp2QawzJcPsp3x7B-KMLm2Znwt-Q6bjwkcapED-7DFImGHa_RZhw1tV-LzZzm8t_ShFmUjHfUmA/s4032/IMG_6341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDANQbRP19359kOp8MYgoaltEz54Bj19j-T9GFpuk22mF0de-3dOGP-PZraD_8WUWzYLBkOfUobdm0-F16uzLNU2-iPcwt9uB1c59lNSVrGmDQ3tIp2QawzJcPsp3x7B-KMLm2Znwt-Q6bjwkcapED-7DFImGHa_RZhw1tV-LzZzm8t_ShFmUjHfUmA/w300-h400/IMG_6341.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The door assembly includes a ceramic glass window and an air </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>inlet door that admits the proper amount of primary and secondary</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> oxygen for optimal combustion. The latter is </b><b>opened only during </b><b>the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>hour </b><b>or two per day that there is need for additional heat. If </b><b>the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>sun comes out for even a few hours, typically no additional heat </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>is </b><b>needed even when </b><b>nighttime temperatures approach zero. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Xena, our greenhouse cat, supervised everything!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjyfYrLVihEu-YcSyIlEsJv3KnLHIIcg9L8WBtRjpnSxpGhiOG8E6BW4pU-_HMUqJJbPsbhk06q6Fa8cJ_cNmjWn7MsywbFCbYCIxuMRQfLK6xyu9nnCsVS2RsJeRgIKHAMV8lPgeCP3Rw-QJ3so_V3WMMHAFnyHKMsp3DQOWv_kudQhZItVpKl_ZDg/s4032/IMG_6342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjyfYrLVihEu-YcSyIlEsJv3KnLHIIcg9L8WBtRjpnSxpGhiOG8E6BW4pU-_HMUqJJbPsbhk06q6Fa8cJ_cNmjWn7MsywbFCbYCIxuMRQfLK6xyu9nnCsVS2RsJeRgIKHAMV8lPgeCP3Rw-QJ3so_V3WMMHAFnyHKMsp3DQOWv_kudQhZItVpKl_ZDg/w300-h400/IMG_6342.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Moisture in burning wood exits as steam when it's freezing.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb0QeEZafeVCOwmi9IxxeHLxprIXq9MtuypejMKDEASGReRIOFKuir-7ObgP34sim3h7nPueaVmmxSske56aglbqOjOWZ5WBaxlWjnsAJW7YkBU_xKMZn2u3-fWZMVoz4ID70C5rukqBZl6fBM6gmxUgX_CdE3aAMg6f0Sl3D6GzALt5wpWfbU0A09A/s4032/IMG_6323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb0QeEZafeVCOwmi9IxxeHLxprIXq9MtuypejMKDEASGReRIOFKuir-7ObgP34sim3h7nPueaVmmxSske56aglbqOjOWZ5WBaxlWjnsAJW7YkBU_xKMZn2u3-fWZMVoz4ID70C5rukqBZl6fBM6gmxUgX_CdE3aAMg6f0Sl3D6GzALt5wpWfbU0A09A/w400-h300/IMG_6323.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>When it's above freezing, there is no visible exhaust. The rocket mass </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>heater </b><b>did keep the greenhouse above freezing during a -20 F very windy</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> period but </b><b>it </b><b>did require the fire burn for quite a few hours. </b><b>Even with </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>nights in </b><b>the </b><b>teens, this week in February we haven't needed </b><b>fires </b><b>because </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>of sunny days! When the fire is out, I now block the bottom </b><b>of </b><b>the 18 foot </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>tall stack to prevent </b><b>the very buoyant warm gasses inside </b><b>from </b><b>sucking </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>heat </b><b>out of the thermal mass (the vacuum is strong enough </b><b>to hold up </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>a thin aluminum sheet). This draw does make starting fires </b><b>very easy </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>since it takes less than a minute to ignite a wad of newsprint</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>that is placed under a few twigs to make the burner roar!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1fau2aLh4TMkwgW46T8gZ8w8HJDFYoEBRDq47klpRwfdBpFPecr6LwfFNew0Br9in_tKRhXKII-AIj6trNxdI6byrWlg-Whf91DT6g-pUTTI9tyw6VX0HI_5dhGWdgUuZTId-Ug_3X_eqb_4MmerGqNuhvhh54NvbfPAiJVqKWy2MdgxmtCvOjVYEQ/s4032/IMG_6461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1fau2aLh4TMkwgW46T8gZ8w8HJDFYoEBRDq47klpRwfdBpFPecr6LwfFNew0Br9in_tKRhXKII-AIj6trNxdI6byrWlg-Whf91DT6g-pUTTI9tyw6VX0HI_5dhGWdgUuZTId-Ug_3X_eqb_4MmerGqNuhvhh54NvbfPAiJVqKWy2MdgxmtCvOjVYEQ/w300-h400/IMG_6461.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The little flap on the heater door now has its white paint burned off </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>where it covers the round air intake hole. I only open it a half </b><b>inch </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>during burns to limit the rate. The broken tiles on the bench behind </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>are some of 74/88 that arrived broken. They are sending replacements </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>so I can finish tiling the heater apron. The low profile ash bin is a bit </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>small and has to be emptied every three or four burning days. </b></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-7301933131659023272022-03-20T13:57:00.000-07:002022-03-21T05:55:58.322-07:00A Skin-on-Frame Adirondack Guide Boat<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://www.capefalconkayak.com/adirondackguideboat.html">Cape Falcon Kayak</a></span><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">described</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">making Adirondack guide </span><span style="font-size: large;">boats and reminded me of time I spent in the Adirondacks, hiking as a teenager and later canoeing </span><span style="font-size: large;">there through a chain of lakes.</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3hnzsn6UWkvheicQcXjkuYLVRSo2g_ANtXYaD0SO0kljFsD07ddLANeMbTtH3TEhhJ_TzCfjrHN_SIJO0glVOF0RWXslBdc2GjtFOiSe1vvV8oqd06bjIdW7iOqBMJIEj_sjyNQKxjTpDDl5faPsxGRH-eDI8RJc9zh15_z3BEvbHUN3-fq4Jfi36pg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3hnzsn6UWkvheicQcXjkuYLVRSo2g_ANtXYaD0SO0kljFsD07ddLANeMbTtH3TEhhJ_TzCfjrHN_SIJO0glVOF0RWXslBdc2GjtFOiSe1vvV8oqd06bjIdW7iOqBMJIEj_sjyNQKxjTpDDl5faPsxGRH-eDI8RJc9zh15_z3BEvbHUN3-fq4Jfi36pg=w400-h200" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Skin-on-frame guide boats made by </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Brian Schulz at <a href="https://www.capefalconkayaks.com/">Cape Falcon Kayak</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Before roads, wood planked versions of these boats were "pickup trucks" of the Adirondack region.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>F</span><span>ifty years ago I </span><span>paddled </span><span>a robust aluminum canoe many miles in both New York state and British Columbia, Canada. Though rugged and functional, this kind of canoe is awkward, loud and heavy. Searching for a lighter, quieter craft </span><span>and that I could make myself, </span><span>skin-on-frame canoes stood out.</span><span> But rowing is more efficient and promotes fishing. Guide boats are essentially canoes that you row (or paddle). </span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Building one involves making a bottom board, two stems and two gunwales with ribs between them to establish shape. Stringers on each side then support the nylon fabric stretched over the frame that is then coated to make the boat float. Tiny decks are added to the bow and stern for hand holds or for sitting on when launching and landing. Installing seats and making oars complete construction. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCRQZx3Vmr03r8AL3Un3LMWJY3NrCK2lIlB7eE1TsAUAPQbR0LOVbuYvAhGjS_hZ9GYKbmmbJqMyzWdB-kcNMG9NbOwTEj2AmEGY0s-EqNCGS2CPvCzrajg_FEq6suDnWysCpY8kkgIY2NHhtTA4XM-IUjPGwqFyaSD2B73fWm-LBm-MWU7wDAQ6mG4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCRQZx3Vmr03r8AL3Un3LMWJY3NrCK2lIlB7eE1TsAUAPQbR0LOVbuYvAhGjS_hZ9GYKbmmbJqMyzWdB-kcNMG9NbOwTEj2AmEGY0s-EqNCGS2CPvCzrajg_FEq6suDnWysCpY8kkgIY2NHhtTA4XM-IUjPGwqFyaSD2B73fWm-LBm-MWU7wDAQ6mG4Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Dimensions<span> in this 14 foot boat </span></span><span>scaled</span><span><span> the 16 foot </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span>data published in </span></span></b><b><span><span><i>The Adirondack Guide-Boat</i> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span>by Kenneth and Helen Durant.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia6271lecUAZbqgOZgbsvObysrt6Y-Ve9Np2tY0sGsNU547E7vMcK9mvPxw6HjB7JIOZwuINMaYWO1Z84OfTfYiz60rNzgLvixHBubGS8WgC4-Y8BXf-ytngyzHOh4zjcXrcchxOyzCcxGDwTRukdqZ_dvfnjH7rY6qx7sSd3QqPu9y-jgHDUSA5qkxw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia6271lecUAZbqgOZgbsvObysrt6Y-Ve9Np2tY0sGsNU547E7vMcK9mvPxw6HjB7JIOZwuINMaYWO1Z84OfTfYiz60rNzgLvixHBubGS8WgC4-Y8BXf-ytngyzHOh4zjcXrcchxOyzCcxGDwTRukdqZ_dvfnjH7rY6qx7sSd3QqPu9y-jgHDUSA5qkxw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>Discarded redwood paneling (3/4x8 inches x 8 feet), </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>painted </b></span><span><b>white on </b></span><span><b>one side provided</b></span><b> the wood </b><b>for </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>the bottom, stems, </b><b>ribs, gunwales, </b><b>stringers and </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>decks</b><b>. </b><b>Redwood is </b><b>lightweight, rot resistant but </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>not able to take very high forces.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0vzD3nl-QOXNqtMvrpSThTXfM5lkXUTU9jX8hBkftw1r014vhjUyZn1CsRCnZDJHeMQGEwQJAj6yAMYh3rsWp3tHmcJpJPhccH6w-x47r7X8LwKEf8YtSeApPptW_y3Yh2RbF4IlSGBJLNXGtcx1JUCm8raaOFusCcq5kkbCYmZKH1C2K_vewl8mOVA=s1003"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0vzD3nl-QOXNqtMvrpSThTXfM5lkXUTU9jX8hBkftw1r014vhjUyZn1CsRCnZDJHeMQGEwQJAj6yAMYh3rsWp3tHmcJpJPhccH6w-x47r7X8LwKEf8YtSeApPptW_y3Yh2RbF4IlSGBJLNXGtcx1JUCm8raaOFusCcq5kkbCYmZKH1C2K_vewl8mOVA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b>A dead ash tree milled by volunteers from the Northeast </b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b>Woodworkers </b><b>Association </b><b>provided wood for </b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b>the seat frames and other high stress parts.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguVCji1OudJ2oF-VVmYZ2dUrNjrxh3OG6jQT_x0lSlFaOWEz85FVjgKZdJo0JzFkFy5hYRi0EEQchH3rFXzzaK84EHoNef_6km-KIGpMDIvOWvp3LYrWdrE2xIxtteznRLwALVxq4YkHukz_BB7Vdwn5D3c_6xykN_l-vJ_GSE8PkZ46WTxdl-p0gqlQ=s3264" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguVCji1OudJ2oF-VVmYZ2dUrNjrxh3OG6jQT_x0lSlFaOWEz85FVjgKZdJo0JzFkFy5hYRi0EEQchH3rFXzzaK84EHoNef_6km-KIGpMDIvOWvp3LYrWdrE2xIxtteznRLwALVxq4YkHukz_BB7Vdwn5D3c_6xykN_l-vJ_GSE8PkZ46WTxdl-p0gqlQ=w400-h362" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Joining </b></span><b>then milling to half inch thickness, </b><b>two </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>redwood </b><b>boards scarfed together make </b><b>the </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>bottom. </b><b>Perpendicular </b><b>grooves </b><b>establish the </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>27 rib locations. </b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt9XgwVN4VuAAeCHkoZSSLUjCNyj6b2xksqrwBScqFvdzrlV0wF_GG0kx-4eomvrhO-A8N1VfJh9grXoA8-5Je0sOaLqL5PkcQ3SEb2pzbU4jx-KAJOPsIGd5PzMeHq5jIM5qSjWri2mmNUV_Q2z9auw9WUwcCxQQZPHYCDaih8q7xaWoBj_7L-BDZZw" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt9XgwVN4VuAAeCHkoZSSLUjCNyj6b2xksqrwBScqFvdzrlV0wF_GG0kx-4eomvrhO-A8N1VfJh9grXoA8-5Je0sOaLqL5PkcQ3SEb2pzbU4jx-KAJOPsIGd5PzMeHq5jIM5qSjWri2mmNUV_Q2z9auw9WUwcCxQQZPHYCDaih8q7xaWoBj_7L-BDZZw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Plastic templates were made for the stem, above, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>and the ribs, </b></span><b>then reproduced in redwood.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiS1zALQ-PbB9KKZM1MrMXZICecURf9STxYaf6Gh9KlLiWCKRNPlOIpgHww0tN9rbzBDpzD9Tjbw_k3jKxUyuYb_jmbmS-wirud1oDnlkZywNBQ5BnTrBbliBLBI3S8jzhsq3EuSep8v-D9Flpss63ywLiRNf8CCDl0n--N6AfVSnlTkTvEGGX18qD9A=s3264" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiS1zALQ-PbB9KKZM1MrMXZICecURf9STxYaf6Gh9KlLiWCKRNPlOIpgHww0tN9rbzBDpzD9Tjbw_k3jKxUyuYb_jmbmS-wirud1oDnlkZywNBQ5BnTrBbliBLBI3S8jzhsq3EuSep8v-D9Flpss63ywLiRNf8CCDl0n--N6AfVSnlTkTvEGGX18qD9A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Eight thin slices of redwood were laminated </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>together to make </b><b>a double rib, </b><b>that was split </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>in </b><b>half to make front and rear ribs.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjljqlleNK9qGsdjUGE6zZGtvrmNtTfOoy-C9jMUoYdbksCbyMHAuBwdkJ4afkSXdzT4avZ7zCXmRcQ1VXnfdWMfZ952dJuAinj97Jxs2fWgll2wB4vOtVu38CsKYz7Cfv4NmtPdQnNjuLh0A2Vy9EMJQI0I1Z7Kx_CqAPY3YHUuzpnJHue_f-YExR8XQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjljqlleNK9qGsdjUGE6zZGtvrmNtTfOoy-C9jMUoYdbksCbyMHAuBwdkJ4afkSXdzT4avZ7zCXmRcQ1VXnfdWMfZ952dJuAinj97Jxs2fWgll2wB4vOtVu38CsKYz7Cfv4NmtPdQnNjuLh0A2Vy9EMJQI0I1Z7Kx_CqAPY3YHUuzpnJHue_f-YExR8XQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>There are ten different rib patterns. </b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqKwZNFc0dspWPMS0btOQsu1ACoZ5YUfP4cek8dhQVTP7aDaudt4TfblFHDBlf75fL6XMnzUoSL_RxZZdt_k04vNsH9xbZ_648OOU2VE5LTzxFkYRBAZPxL0bKsuz8ATfKe3vdTOcqu3QD9HjQgsvdF6LRpb3KkTzJSVA0SVss2SIg7JHNVOSy5DE9jQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqKwZNFc0dspWPMS0btOQsu1ACoZ5YUfP4cek8dhQVTP7aDaudt4TfblFHDBlf75fL6XMnzUoSL_RxZZdt_k04vNsH9xbZ_648OOU2VE5LTzxFkYRBAZPxL0bKsuz8ATfKe3vdTOcqu3QD9HjQgsvdF6LRpb3KkTzJSVA0SVss2SIg7JHNVOSy5DE9jQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Each 3/4 inch wide rib was split in two to </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>populate </b><b>front and back halves of the boat.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkdH81w0Do6Qsuvb9bLRHt8DMAHCN7cG0aLEbNPF2PQL1-2XWocVwu7GBiVYgyRn4d0xB1I6_d8veJcR2eXqfb6pburUsMz98ZS36Y2FzAQVPY_shSoJa5U11QP2NJ0JSWdq2nie0PNcUV3dOlKMs4fLMfo_glrxHyVPHdEWjzN-ZKSQHzRCHVAECz2g=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkdH81w0Do6Qsuvb9bLRHt8DMAHCN7cG0aLEbNPF2PQL1-2XWocVwu7GBiVYgyRn4d0xB1I6_d8veJcR2eXqfb6pburUsMz98ZS36Y2FzAQVPY_shSoJa5U11QP2NJ0JSWdq2nie0PNcUV3dOlKMs4fLMfo_glrxHyVPHdEWjzN-ZKSQHzRCHVAECz2g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The central nine ribs are identical: from five double </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ribs cut in half. </b><b>To prevent the ribs from delaminating</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> when bumping into rocks, they </b><b>were wrapped with </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>50 pound braided fishing line and then varnished.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_0BJMsWFaKDERaqMQdutGqHuvyec-rYDdz-j7HMSiUq77n7r5wAam4RJ6fFD43jy8cwlsLYYDdT4VHZcU41pASK8djNBBkx252gn9GGgUmBv8nGPybGrkGqGAM1cE1pWzoIuDRwk6njy8An_qsOc0tua77X6iU2fXHMjNG20sU9--NLtmC0jv7eHONA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_0BJMsWFaKDERaqMQdutGqHuvyec-rYDdz-j7HMSiUq77n7r5wAam4RJ6fFD43jy8cwlsLYYDdT4VHZcU41pASK8djNBBkx252gn9GGgUmBv8nGPybGrkGqGAM1cE1pWzoIuDRwk6njy8An_qsOc0tua77X6iU2fXHMjNG20sU9--NLtmC0jv7eHONA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Too thin for screws, lashing and adhesive </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>connect </b><b>ribs to the bottom board.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">`<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWxPOMWwghSScJsGsdoeSPux2meZrilqekWmFDHqjemoVlrT1nDlCQbec-KbklUwGGvYJD2rbhaExjT2bqUG---YfEdLXyuplUBNJymcpNdsWfY11EofIYVT1PEmAwN8bbWivHCm_MRRoRNDv7uHUPhahbVMxFdaFDV6R-ZWbdhOa0NLGjlplkj7vGuQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWxPOMWwghSScJsGsdoeSPux2meZrilqekWmFDHqjemoVlrT1nDlCQbec-KbklUwGGvYJD2rbhaExjT2bqUG---YfEdLXyuplUBNJymcpNdsWfY11EofIYVT1PEmAwN8bbWivHCm_MRRoRNDv7uHUPhahbVMxFdaFDV6R-ZWbdhOa0NLGjlplkj7vGuQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Most of the ribs in place.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz_ovqYpAF1MOYirhzsoNw98tiJN1jFNxgzc8bjmgT_GRgItVylXqxAnpxPAAvLmUO1Y-cEFTK4Dlp-3ZJu_J3-lJEiii9lbb0OZoJ6EyQIfuE6lZUpwI0hPTgfAekqKlO63rz2E5cnKCVDz6xXY6BfeyFZowAof2_nxloDLNS2Wesl7Sad3imEuhnLw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz_ovqYpAF1MOYirhzsoNw98tiJN1jFNxgzc8bjmgT_GRgItVylXqxAnpxPAAvLmUO1Y-cEFTK4Dlp-3ZJu_J3-lJEiii9lbb0OZoJ6EyQIfuE6lZUpwI0hPTgfAekqKlO63rz2E5cnKCVDz6xXY6BfeyFZowAof2_nxloDLNS2Wesl7Sad3imEuhnLw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Three sets of two eight foot boards were scarfed together </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>to make gunwales, </b><b>the long pieces that top the ribs </b><b>and </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>establish the shape. This process also </b><b>made </b><b>an extra set </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>for </b><b>another boat (to insure the assembly stays straight).</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT6IchJm7BzyCLFiSRtW0uaalm2-DP-FRJHjIjf1E4aLt_-4orHQA0NCbVH865q5y093ETGz7dmxpYXpkMRmeTL4mdfbPeNVRtWizX0I9gF2ge9tpQlkJvcqM6yFkZCNZIqVZ83H81_lIFqRbxw6Na0TjmVq8voM0XZ4F5X3KuXdaTtLGsHRb1mreutA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT6IchJm7BzyCLFiSRtW0uaalm2-DP-FRJHjIjf1E4aLt_-4orHQA0NCbVH865q5y093ETGz7dmxpYXpkMRmeTL4mdfbPeNVRtWizX0I9gF2ge9tpQlkJvcqM6yFkZCNZIqVZ83H81_lIFqRbxw6Na0TjmVq8voM0XZ4F5X3KuXdaTtLGsHRb1mreutA=w479-h640" width="479" /></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The fourteen foot gunwales needed a six inch </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>chord to establish the proper curve.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcl-d2uWUjhz2ftCe2t78qVzOCV62Znrdk1-u3GYrNGB89FbnJv8pfTce3CDDR3moa21guq7Exm0zkWWL9bxBetgNw06pPPYSneOE-wHSEwjqXUFKxDoAcWk1sfcqlrDZifqF5xEmz2igQSTyA8Wcq-pq_rnqXx7EOkgZ2jjK1VLl1az5exAVsHB4-Ww=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcl-d2uWUjhz2ftCe2t78qVzOCV62Znrdk1-u3GYrNGB89FbnJv8pfTce3CDDR3moa21guq7Exm0zkWWL9bxBetgNw06pPPYSneOE-wHSEwjqXUFKxDoAcWk1sfcqlrDZifqF5xEmz2igQSTyA8Wcq-pq_rnqXx7EOkgZ2jjK1VLl1az5exAVsHB4-Ww=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Waiting for the glue to cure.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGT8WDCnb18NROdXwVHVoZRNVGGNjsidZLpAM464UPMivelK1-qk0a6bJ9QaPO9TtPgjtFq9V454H2fEk6Pe0gsNeDgDnlQ5FAjskunqNAMEWQ-5P8jxPcDbXCFervhhj1SLD604Vt8ZiUorkr-VlWx6kIexrbDBm-att5bwvJwWalOKql12GdyuF6zA=w478-h640" width="478" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The actual chord dimension and also showing </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>the </b><b>three layers that make up the gunwales.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXbsG4mPAtVI55z_ZaCgmqJgdkwu-OEBjgpMXNKqaJ8DqTBAqsB2p8Z8rErP4R_ey1wCsVWrThWoJR754FDGgZ6QYzEz2EiLTgOOApK-9nScwkTkIfkK_E0C-pRVZOD0Gxpuxet6wJj3vNmImOmBzAZuu9JMbxqv6-IJeYbbMnYDoFciRTWfnzm802RQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXbsG4mPAtVI55z_ZaCgmqJgdkwu-OEBjgpMXNKqaJ8DqTBAqsB2p8Z8rErP4R_ey1wCsVWrThWoJR754FDGgZ6QYzEz2EiLTgOOApK-9nScwkTkIfkK_E0C-pRVZOD0Gxpuxet6wJj3vNmImOmBzAZuu9JMbxqv6-IJeYbbMnYDoFciRTWfnzm802RQ=w478-h640" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Length of three </b><b>laminated </b><b>boards, good for four gunwales.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqFadqMMKuv-5uykQWk9j3qHQCYTLkQJTGS4BAd7KNobH6-J-hSYu-iN9TXu0Jm0n4cZLpRQcbLQEaSYdcGNGeHwT1_9cl0QGREJ2x2QfzfftfzNHP-fDVNFqYNLGU3jBvyh-5fHNZBM_kc-iEld4xfDz35gUA323Qx-zudcA3UPbBa96I4wcYcaXPQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqFadqMMKuv-5uykQWk9j3qHQCYTLkQJTGS4BAd7KNobH6-J-hSYu-iN9TXu0Jm0n4cZLpRQcbLQEaSYdcGNGeHwT1_9cl0QGREJ2x2QfzfftfzNHP-fDVNFqYNLGU3jBvyh-5fHNZBM_kc-iEld4xfDz35gUA323Qx-zudcA3UPbBa96I4wcYcaXPQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Lashing a gunwale to </b><b>ribs</b><b>.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgobUI3dqdEEHXXs-squGyeKmxJRzgYC7aMcbF-3Fe6U658010VYzZJnHFULtroYg0J0iNLjwkEmK-o9TXud8-scLJnC3OctVu-NEs-DHECoeT44u6ZX9yV-_-eHgSkDLFjFMvj6tT6m9gvjsTqDL8WeZKthJJvAsDn3x9IhFxBdZTbMqmHimTZVpvDTA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgobUI3dqdEEHXXs-squGyeKmxJRzgYC7aMcbF-3Fe6U658010VYzZJnHFULtroYg0J0iNLjwkEmK-o9TXud8-scLJnC3OctVu-NEs-DHECoeT44u6ZX9yV-_-eHgSkDLFjFMvj6tT6m9gvjsTqDL8WeZKthJJvAsDn3x9IhFxBdZTbMqmHimTZVpvDTA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Both gunwales in place. Extra lengths </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>of ribs </b><b>were trimmed off.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheEmLznr-d6s_PRrWCqtSxfWZrjNHWTCk-KCsjO52w-BHt-DCxucwBXvFnYp7_qoUFCQ5zxfLOeZps68c9hHfz37j_snOGhsDr2dqFwB6LGU_0UESCIykC7WoqND2FkSMML98trKhT4oFEWJH8cEcDwN4uVUow85l4Oa7vhawMgZzGlGmedKpREN6pXA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheEmLznr-d6s_PRrWCqtSxfWZrjNHWTCk-KCsjO52w-BHt-DCxucwBXvFnYp7_qoUFCQ5zxfLOeZps68c9hHfz37j_snOGhsDr2dqFwB6LGU_0UESCIykC7WoqND2FkSMML98trKhT4oFEWJH8cEcDwN4uVUow85l4Oa7vhawMgZzGlGmedKpREN6pXA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Stringers that support the fabric were scarfed, glued, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>sanded and varnished before </b><b>lashing them to the ribs </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>evenly </b><b>spaced </b><b>between the gunwales and bottom board.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk5N8YqAK4h15mDjOXMyMzSVDg5S9BkqhRrEocD4Rt4yYBgzq4S3Mw_iYYtPjVm7wA40vnhtTSgj2RN2DigiZIl6Az8AP5XSLBq-ZdpyW2-GWFnPYJmdiRytnB0-nSqiwTQ2BGJvbq_IumulYSAyBGzvsHALZp_hoaEVs_QLCTCJwIByf7_bqHW8V67Q=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk5N8YqAK4h15mDjOXMyMzSVDg5S9BkqhRrEocD4Rt4yYBgzq4S3Mw_iYYtPjVm7wA40vnhtTSgj2RN2DigiZIl6Az8AP5XSLBq-ZdpyW2-GWFnPYJmdiRytnB0-nSqiwTQ2BGJvbq_IumulYSAyBGzvsHALZp_hoaEVs_QLCTCJwIByf7_bqHW8V67Q=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Showing a stringer connection to a stem, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>the curved boards at each end of the boat.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF6ooynyHeUpOKu06j5gUOiW2nbezx2i_MuwO1ASHqcWN3Dr5C0R2ZEmMl50McZL1q-BUZc9e1F2brc4JP58gJAXUfLmnvWjtSYdZ_0Y6hisjhFC5foEuGf8PVagIJQY0HYrKC4IMzN-TtNApft3Rl73kNHSs5QqNx-zcTCOBBzk3j6EnPqyaN1EyNUw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF6ooynyHeUpOKu06j5gUOiW2nbezx2i_MuwO1ASHqcWN3Dr5C0R2ZEmMl50McZL1q-BUZc9e1F2brc4JP58gJAXUfLmnvWjtSYdZ_0Y6hisjhFC5foEuGf8PVagIJQY0HYrKC4IMzN-TtNApft3Rl73kNHSs5QqNx-zcTCOBBzk3j6EnPqyaN1EyNUw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The completed frame.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1Y_LFNaWwTUGPabRMvcLJnq6Re1k46QFaZza6f077RQffX97_NkqUuPWeLuz_0xlHqaRL3R0IpPF0ePDFSk32qPKWo2EyuShF9gqtxYBh624n9XYV30fzAPisvh8iY8pZdkBWQTi9wPTiNJ1uNchu6fi4imhUdMi1GBfSe_qrPYRur8hGRYG0Xp1fEg=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1Y_LFNaWwTUGPabRMvcLJnq6Re1k46QFaZza6f077RQffX97_NkqUuPWeLuz_0xlHqaRL3R0IpPF0ePDFSk32qPKWo2EyuShF9gqtxYBh624n9XYV30fzAPisvh8iY8pZdkBWQTi9wPTiNJ1uNchu6fi4imhUdMi1GBfSe_qrPYRur8hGRYG0Xp1fEg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>To this point, work was done with the frame upright. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>In order to attach the skin, the frame needed </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>to be upside down.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTzAhJlag0yXDIxGXdQJ4GgfPhU5PwkJckLmeolRjr4ONjoOnLnCj6MOvk9SK_HkFQGFUI8C4Ax7tcXC0c1dBXH4bJQ999kAtrU2NgvKVL7kBFB1hBkbhFstd6aWXH7vAOxOxXde63CwLCv4MnJu7g8u3uz7yw_h6Ln20JNt5K74avvZVU5d5Lko6iJg=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTzAhJlag0yXDIxGXdQJ4GgfPhU5PwkJckLmeolRjr4ONjoOnLnCj6MOvk9SK_HkFQGFUI8C4Ax7tcXC0c1dBXH4bJQ999kAtrU2NgvKVL7kBFB1hBkbhFstd6aWXH7vAOxOxXde63CwLCv4MnJu7g8u3uz7yw_h6Ln20JNt5K74avvZVU5d5Lko6iJg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><b>Nylon fabric was stretched both end to end and gunwale</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> to gunwale.</b><b>The 14 foot long edges were first stapled </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>on each side, then </b><b>sandwiched </b><b>between redwood </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>gunwale and an added </b><b>ash outwale (for </b><b>strength </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>for </b><b>bumping docks and to support </b><b>oarlocks).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQZWcz3UWd6IaGNvJUgTbX88Iq8ZpFanuR1s2eaSIR3aPQCVHwwN9-2IzsTNuTSpqtGimI69eAzIi_ZuIL-QnHgDUzh4q6_MsfUfq8e3vjvrBSlWDEFtm9tA80GnwLoHL1XDovLyVaUjDkD6baHvtncKsvjAI5P_9G_MBOKLT1TVWLuxfovF_oktmVdg=s3264" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQZWcz3UWd6IaGNvJUgTbX88Iq8ZpFanuR1s2eaSIR3aPQCVHwwN9-2IzsTNuTSpqtGimI69eAzIi_ZuIL-QnHgDUzh4q6_MsfUfq8e3vjvrBSlWDEFtm9tA80GnwLoHL1XDovLyVaUjDkD6baHvtncKsvjAI5P_9G_MBOKLT1TVWLuxfovF_oktmVdg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Hand</b></span><b> stitching each end a bit to the side insured </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>that the hem didn't </b><b>interfere with the brass </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>rub </b><b>strip added after coating the fabric.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxTbTELgSMlMnsuEJ09LTDzQZ1qsSTsrfPz6EeG-J0y_KIWrOP11y0Dv8GQjWN3sT0KDbgvNTaHTzt_2jlo3lxtgWmwaC3Ey29vxCONPSrlDOHt54W8UWj-hqics_Se-lBU2061FWa35eY1s8G4uzHYXCHQYAJdj1bvRotdZEMDAKumXqmCDAG74NM2g=s3264" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxTbTELgSMlMnsuEJ09LTDzQZ1qsSTsrfPz6EeG-J0y_KIWrOP11y0Dv8GQjWN3sT0KDbgvNTaHTzt_2jlo3lxtgWmwaC3Ey29vxCONPSrlDOHt54W8UWj-hqics_Se-lBU2061FWa35eY1s8G4uzHYXCHQYAJdj1bvRotdZEMDAKumXqmCDAG74NM2g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The wrinkly fabric was then soaked with hot water </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and </b><b>drying stretched out the wrinkles.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjurKRJP3fvZeUZI5H1WG-sAGQ0H38Mxx4drgAmyx-G1bHVr-sS3nb8ONL59I-N2UXf8amV801TAJx_5HrvRkHv_1RUlg3WvcF4B6oVd-Rsyb5ngoPA7lb8xCoIReD6Xz4c7irvX5drhaAfLAG20s-0PWYRluzRNW8UXpX2B4tguH3FGvDXI6t6KjwG0Q=s3264" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjurKRJP3fvZeUZI5H1WG-sAGQ0H38Mxx4drgAmyx-G1bHVr-sS3nb8ONL59I-N2UXf8amV801TAJx_5HrvRkHv_1RUlg3WvcF4B6oVd-Rsyb5ngoPA7lb8xCoIReD6Xz4c7irvX5drhaAfLAG20s-0PWYRluzRNW8UXpX2B4tguH3FGvDXI6t6KjwG0Q=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A dark color acid dye was applied to make </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>the boat a </b><b>more appropriate </b><b>color but it </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>left splotches and streaks.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9SwrkndVvEBNTjACGYxwiSXftDFaFF_sb8925dLcDjQ8Z4uXw5CU2ExWdIxA2w3XxXzrpk655moP1Zv5_YT7TcfX8D_f_pvvzLcolg0mJI9Y5An8VJP7NyUZAxEW2lETx5LitTYaIe7owd37WzEbAF1Zv-f8DeMPRbsPTkTmS0An8OB85dO1NvkM-5Q=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9SwrkndVvEBNTjACGYxwiSXftDFaFF_sb8925dLcDjQ8Z4uXw5CU2ExWdIxA2w3XxXzrpk655moP1Zv5_YT7TcfX8D_f_pvvzLcolg0mJI9Y5An8VJP7NyUZAxEW2lETx5LitTYaIe7owd37WzEbAF1Zv-f8DeMPRbsPTkTmS0An8OB85dO1NvkM-5Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><b>A different dark dye was mixed with four coats </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>of two part </b><b>polyurethane resin to </b><b>hide stains </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>of the previous effort.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD7Bg9-zDi855y2b9a14mE1cKRiZxcW4Dzi35StMEUS3uj4tF96dmEsOmLdtcXyQndgRpaOTD8ryLYAkqfCAYPvdiEy7WnwRmF9AM8n0X8nMwCl0Betyje8k7vcq5feTaTsM8L3SUkWzHkbGMnyuwuZ-vT1wmoeLn8WIhEfS1dHTA_w2NnrPhKxfxNig" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD7Bg9-zDi855y2b9a14mE1cKRiZxcW4Dzi35StMEUS3uj4tF96dmEsOmLdtcXyQndgRpaOTD8ryLYAkqfCAYPvdiEy7WnwRmF9AM8n0X8nMwCl0Betyje8k7vcq5feTaTsM8L3SUkWzHkbGMnyuwuZ-vT1wmoeLn8WIhEfS1dHTA_w2NnrPhKxfxNig=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">At this point the boat weighs 34 pounds! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Adding decks, oarlocks, brass rub strips</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> and seats added six pounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis5m_pBQA8Hq61Fg-o_nA_gOt-fJgTz6nS_wcQfMb55C7WQYVJSv73wW_N2PyCYCc-OSAcmLUBb339BW_tPqwLiciLRvC6p-i5UuWHRKtOaACCswUygKlUcpPTMRZT59yJZZj9pU6rOeQJRGd_wSRVhA68ZE4mDjAdLj79jvhSGTn_-zsQ1vXCb1HdMA=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis5m_pBQA8Hq61Fg-o_nA_gOt-fJgTz6nS_wcQfMb55C7WQYVJSv73wW_N2PyCYCc-OSAcmLUBb339BW_tPqwLiciLRvC6p-i5UuWHRKtOaACCswUygKlUcpPTMRZT59yJZZj9pU6rOeQJRGd_wSRVhA68ZE4mDjAdLj79jvhSGTn_-zsQ1vXCb1HdMA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>On the day before our pond froze in December, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>we made sure the boat didn't leak!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjufTC0dO1ahRqnvxjt6OBeCVw1jnw_9BLKJ6vTx2NhRwVatfnfeKMnHvIK9Tnu4cYB2qLHPUnM0u-HY_En7CbYaQONI16GZXkqhEhhzDUnFfYtEP8E38gRlwK-hgg59hH0bj1qle9UIHoIEKW0BSOq0Xm-46AO3B1z01Ixzo_1nojf1CqC1WEmB_znkQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjufTC0dO1ahRqnvxjt6OBeCVw1jnw_9BLKJ6vTx2NhRwVatfnfeKMnHvIK9Tnu4cYB2qLHPUnM0u-HY_En7CbYaQONI16GZXkqhEhhzDUnFfYtEP8E38gRlwK-hgg59hH0bj1qle9UIHoIEKW0BSOq0Xm-46AO3B1z01Ixzo_1nojf1CqC1WEmB_znkQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>But we had to paddle because there were </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>no seats, oarlocks or oars yet!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqgpNpx6rks26a_WETQjamU4nP4-jhR_E4xCPx2Jo7cl6FGuTlTVgTnIY_ydOIelPJZl5nUKR25Pnd06beReAcs0TYUN_gKwQ12c6oaGVx-QpXjbW5VNPHXeUsfFvzy3G2e-NtSvITFD9yB_b76024TilWkopYv0UsmP7aUgYgAf-t1MMiKFDxerl9oA=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqgpNpx6rks26a_WETQjamU4nP4-jhR_E4xCPx2Jo7cl6FGuTlTVgTnIY_ydOIelPJZl5nUKR25Pnd06beReAcs0TYUN_gKwQ12c6oaGVx-QpXjbW5VNPHXeUsfFvzy3G2e-NtSvITFD9yB_b76024TilWkopYv0UsmP7aUgYgAf-t1MMiKFDxerl9oA=w400-h315" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><b>Durants' book above has plans for each </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>seat that include holes for caning.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg15Iodug5UNiDS0i3sf1eDl3VVKUBa05l8EwnFj3ndYiB1E89MOaGYHsmCwzy8cW1XVTAm2zr_oMn1HJjMYmJYFKojVQafDmbNsh2BHd9C6vVp0BkZRQk0_2YXV1yLET0V_q8Yn_ou8Y1ZG3VuLEftjl4WIni2Rv9AaCtFtGiidYKg5PCZJOx0Ktp3lw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg15Iodug5UNiDS0i3sf1eDl3VVKUBa05l8EwnFj3ndYiB1E89MOaGYHsmCwzy8cW1XVTAm2zr_oMn1HJjMYmJYFKojVQafDmbNsh2BHd9C6vVp0BkZRQk0_2YXV1yLET0V_q8Yn_ou8Y1ZG3VuLEftjl4WIni2Rv9AaCtFtGiidYKg5PCZJOx0Ktp3lw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><b>Seat frames were made out of ash but without caning holes.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikts4ZqSxCJ34IyHsNGO-AuEksJyzl2P6AKE8TR_VpNu4-J_GTsO6rj4jeoMWy6j919m6auJhebb0VZfoNwx-wE_rIxrRFWbKbsbXSmFsw4FbIflqFor7xqKOz3SSdDrqcE6EDEatiPUY0mUeWSGLTy8kJla_Sf2Oyycf4eibtft5lD1UDe8o8naRTnw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikts4ZqSxCJ34IyHsNGO-AuEksJyzl2P6AKE8TR_VpNu4-J_GTsO6rj4jeoMWy6j919m6auJhebb0VZfoNwx-wE_rIxrRFWbKbsbXSmFsw4FbIflqFor7xqKOz3SSdDrqcE6EDEatiPUY0mUeWSGLTy8kJla_Sf2Oyycf4eibtft5lD1UDe8o8naRTnw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Woven continuous strips of wet rawhide </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>populate </b><b>frames instead of caning.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR6qzbYMyBxmwpNZjRkpCfdwhgE2owhMKXlsfVcBiq8YaNHTqRxaCKw-tHEtvUrXjLqyU9wDewbxQ93KiXlJtzxT3xb0yTOm-ayh5hL5U7YibrogNalgnnT7EPrS03Jvtbb6Op13CDjHk49EAbvQ4aMas9n-4yEEwR2W5FW_jy36nqXVxxV6PvsYucug=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR6qzbYMyBxmwpNZjRkpCfdwhgE2owhMKXlsfVcBiq8YaNHTqRxaCKw-tHEtvUrXjLqyU9wDewbxQ93KiXlJtzxT3xb0yTOm-ayh5hL5U7YibrogNalgnnT7EPrS03Jvtbb6Op13CDjHk49EAbvQ4aMas9n-4yEEwR2W5FW_jy36nqXVxxV6PvsYucug=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><b>It takes only an hour to cut rawhide into </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>strips, </b><b>soak one and then weave it around </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>each seat frame.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWeHTJEhupuyHwv6Tj30lYT8nwL_Kokomu_PsUmzCs7pyXmyrmGSjDfhOGCOFmLG_nWbygjaOei5i_1hzIajk7vMTfWk8xroNW5n1Hknzc_tCILnVy7WTaMQd7juDXy5IvyaSGA_6NsQ4b9kpgxtiuE46uWYWHR1yDhSI25mrAu7if3OiPHV88nA35aw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWeHTJEhupuyHwv6Tj30lYT8nwL_Kokomu_PsUmzCs7pyXmyrmGSjDfhOGCOFmLG_nWbygjaOei5i_1hzIajk7vMTfWk8xroNW5n1Hknzc_tCILnVy7WTaMQd7juDXy5IvyaSGA_6NsQ4b9kpgxtiuE46uWYWHR1yDhSI25mrAu7if3OiPHV88nA35aw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>There are identical decks at each end that </b><b>provide </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>handholds to pick up and carry the boat.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdOEL4at3Hi1BahwuMADRbOhl2NugBgYOAIcbWb7bdYK0DBhsK4TA9hzzHdQ2qlAx4GblvzjeFOsulDrZLcd5b4thRr58dEkEV_Jo9vK55GPHXtGtf_CTyBbanC6D96MaTWdJdreXEALeiUghw0a-Bcodo65zZvQeoZbjiqonbn92n3SHrL6PZvcxbvQ=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This photo also shows an end </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>of the brass rub strip that runs from around the bow stem, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>along the ash keel on the bottom </b><b>and around the stern stem.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FE1BklAvjeh95sPmO22SGB33psyt1QjsMR8gbgy9H15RdZEtw5y6oKdTYEbJV11k087hSVNw3OwS7T8j4niWwcdPbDXBxb-Py3_nIssqSsRcL8GabWQ4zs9HG3R0u5uyzojXUA-8H-dY0eXPCwydWPDBNz2XTKx9_PNxGyKH7vizUih8ThU-7SIb_g/s3264/IMG_5526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FE1BklAvjeh95sPmO22SGB33psyt1QjsMR8gbgy9H15RdZEtw5y6oKdTYEbJV11k087hSVNw3OwS7T8j4niWwcdPbDXBxb-Py3_nIssqSsRcL8GabWQ4zs9HG3R0u5uyzojXUA-8H-dY0eXPCwydWPDBNz2XTKx9_PNxGyKH7vizUih8ThU-7SIb_g/w150-h200/IMG_5526.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis09ORzDDhtkCOPKV_sJBM0TiJcbry_W0F64pLGAagJM7hlmUHFjy--kPUuzVzY3ZSXsBtIp1PgaMEkhTiGrRJKrdVL5hK9HJEvxJ5M7T1RJU-7sF2-IWKLwCt2p33KufIUet6oLMlTKL95OH3iCt7W-wC96nTm_hH9fY4wuHUK9j6bryRZEfH647KaA/s3264/IMG_5528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis09ORzDDhtkCOPKV_sJBM0TiJcbry_W0F64pLGAagJM7hlmUHFjy--kPUuzVzY3ZSXsBtIp1PgaMEkhTiGrRJKrdVL5hK9HJEvxJ5M7T1RJU-7sF2-IWKLwCt2p33KufIUet6oLMlTKL95OH3iCt7W-wC96nTm_hH9fY4wuHUK9j6bryRZEfH647KaA/w150-h200/IMG_5528.JPG" width="150" /></a></div></div><b>Outwales are trapezoidal in section so that oarlocks rotate </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>perpendicular to the water. Since screws in the </b><b>redwood</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> gunwales to attach oarlocks would probably work loose</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> over time, I used bolts with a backing plate against</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> an ash wedge to present a parallel </b><b>face.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFBnyf7u7eSR5T2EB0DNjYbaJeaNesAUj_wMKIKkYXecfOX7FWP25JN9qOPTczmmYRrq_LCv1F0W3PdBJnJP62RhbdEBN6SaAOSRQfhtaz-Z45A-OS44q_PcM5pyh6jwoLoisRB51VGjG_CY28waSEp5juH-moULILLpuUOdExcpMjyx7aIlWmOBkkzg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFBnyf7u7eSR5T2EB0DNjYbaJeaNesAUj_wMKIKkYXecfOX7FWP25JN9qOPTczmmYRrq_LCv1F0W3PdBJnJP62RhbdEBN6SaAOSRQfhtaz-Z45A-OS44q_PcM5pyh6jwoLoisRB51VGjG_CY28waSEp5juH-moULILLpuUOdExcpMjyx7aIlWmOBkkzg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><b>The first set of oars were made </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>from a dead white pine tree.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9vMkD47ltPG5nY_gzQZElOKsKCPSWI7nRFHAW-TitPUgAKyxRAZ1wCAexKIqIPjb6jfKrW6NATpB0guCIUTdFwt_jlCHbKbsnDb6pa3aZx4xocJ7Au77y-QntvEfOhlI6xsmcBMpPqU8p2yumASeqso_mPmm1QqKT_Gjrg5LiVBeVZrvwU85aAflgg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp9vMkD47ltPG5nY_gzQZElOKsKCPSWI7nRFHAW-TitPUgAKyxRAZ1wCAexKIqIPjb6jfKrW6NATpB0guCIUTdFwt_jlCHbKbsnDb6pa3aZx4xocJ7Au77y-QntvEfOhlI6xsmcBMpPqU8p2yumASeqso_mPmm1QqKT_Gjrg5LiVBeVZrvwU85aAflgg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><b>Oar shape and dimensions were from Durants' book.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENXhxZxMRg7o72RHisoX0Vr90EiX6npHid6PChI5hV7XHbN96hB71c1TS8R9sv3ojcmBGd5FMdZBXnCJgNH4Q62W96-8nzDwFXna1YeIzgyiry07PqiEoBLxcuU7Nt2O4xgWawqt3K5tZ2jWXlfVFVRE2JbLX4x2HDtCbqSE2gt8AmXvLhLI1KPgoyg/s3264/IMG_5506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENXhxZxMRg7o72RHisoX0Vr90EiX6npHid6PChI5hV7XHbN96hB71c1TS8R9sv3ojcmBGd5FMdZBXnCJgNH4Q62W96-8nzDwFXna1YeIzgyiry07PqiEoBLxcuU7Nt2O4xgWawqt3K5tZ2jWXlfVFVRE2JbLX4x2HDtCbqSE2gt8AmXvLhLI1KPgoyg/w480-h640/IMG_5506.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A second oar copied the first.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6mqoSgWhqhGzob0uAQ9XkuyLywKJ-QK9QU2But2w4JsqwjuR61RqFN2yjsidAmrPaO7bjRxbzPbtWn9bnJu0u87V2F_kOuL3lkZKPrwD332nOciaaezEl6jYeUqx5ZPqfdX1bB_88XC66UrJPSdjnqO7IGBHRHIVCo16KoTRLztNdLcQuVshDmCCnA/s3264/IMG_5519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6mqoSgWhqhGzob0uAQ9XkuyLywKJ-QK9QU2But2w4JsqwjuR61RqFN2yjsidAmrPaO7bjRxbzPbtWn9bnJu0u87V2F_kOuL3lkZKPrwD332nOciaaezEl6jYeUqx5ZPqfdX1bB_88XC66UrJPSdjnqO7IGBHRHIVCo16KoTRLztNdLcQuVshDmCCnA/w480-h640/IMG_5519.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><b>Now complete with three seats mounted, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>two oars </b><b>and two sets of oarlocks.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I plan to make a second guide boat that should be easier and take much less time (and I already have the gunwales!). It will have half the number of ribs, keeping them 3/4 of an inch wide so screws through the gunwales, stringers and bottom board will hold well. Rib and stem laminations will include ash to make them stronger without having to wrap them with fishing line. Nylon fabric will be extra heavy to make it more rugged. Stringers will be larger to better support the fabric between ribs that will be twice the distance apart. Weight will probably be under 50 pounds.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-88798880584591177392019-11-20T16:29:00.000-08:002019-11-20T16:36:16.558-08:00November Animal Activity in an Orchard<span style="font-size: large;">What animals frequent a Granny Smith apple orchard in November? Some apples are still on trees but those that fall attract a variety of critters, especially at night. The following photos were gleaned from 4,709 taken automatically by a trail camera. Most deleted photos were of rabbits, squirrels and many thousand female deer images. No male deer were photographed in daylight.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A Small Doe an Hour After Dark</b></span></td></tr>
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-30423692827458214612019-10-27T18:50:00.000-07:002019-10-27T18:53:47.259-07:00Raising Monarch Butterflies<span style="font-size: large;">In 2018 we found fewer than ten Monarch caterpillars which we raised until they formed chrysalises that, by September, transformed into butterflies. We let them fly but have no idea whether they succeeded in getting to Mexico or eventually made it to Texas early this spring. All together, we counted fewer than two dozen of these butterflies the entire summer. Learning of stickers produced by Monarch Watch: <a href="https://monarchwatch.org/">https://monarchwatch.org/</a> that are placed on the underside of a hind wing, this year we obtained a unique sequence of 100 so we could tag the butterflies we raise or catch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mid July, 2019, we started finding a few of the brilliantly striped caterpillars and brought them indoors because stink bugs and spiders killed quite a few in the wild. Seeing their limp blackened bodies draped over milkweed leaf stems got us searching for live larvae both morning and evening. We have cultivated many hundreds of milkweeds that cover half an acre but these healthy ever larger plants very rarely had caterpillars. Butterflies seem to prefer isolated small young plants for laying their eggs. In early July our neighbor cut and baled hay (including milkweed) off one of ours and three of his adjacent adjacent fields. Throughout August we found hundreds of caterpillars on new milkweed growth in these four fields. We had to order 500 additional stickers and at the end of October have only 31 left. We did find two stickers off butterflies who lost them. So 567 are on butterfly wings heading toward Mexico.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Our Monarchs Were Raised in Three Translucent Storage Bins with </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">Window Screen Covers. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">They Need Bright Sun and Dark Nights So They Lived </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">In Our Front Greenhouse</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Caterpillars Eating Fresh Milkweed Sprigs Held in Quart Yoghurt Containers by</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Inch Thick Foam Rubber Above Two</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Inches of Water: The Foam Prevents Caterpillars From Drowning</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>To Develop Properly, Butterflies Must Hang Straight Down When They Emerge From Their Chrysalis. Most Caterpillars Attached Theirs to the Screen on Top of Their Container. A Few Fell And Failed to Develop Flat Wings and Could Not Fly.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">These "Trees" Worked! Note the Chrysalis Hanging From a Toothpick: Required to Use Wood Glue To Attach Those That Had No Stem. Hot Melt Glue Quickly Attached Those That Had A Strand of Silk or a Leaf Stem To the Wood Tree. Hot Glue Would Kill a Chrysalis If It Touched It.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Utilizing Wood Glue to Suspend Chrysalises From </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">Toothpicks Hot Glued to the "Tree"</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Some Caterpillars Attached Their Chrysalises to Yoghurt Containers!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">At First We Released Monarchs on Weeping Willow Branches But Wind Often Made it Difficult for Them To Hold On. Placing Them on the Trunk Was Better. Note: the Two Dark Spots On The Lower Wings Indicate This One Is Male.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Hanging Monarchs Showing Stickers With Some of the Flowers That Attracted Wild Butterflies in the Background</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another Male Monarch This Time on Willow Bark</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Many Monarchs Waiting For Good Weather to Enable Them to Fly Away</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">After
raising hundreds of monarch caterpillars and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">netting </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">almost as many wild
butterflies in late September we made our annual trek to the northern end of
Cape Cod. There we spend most of our time combing</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"> the beach for useful stuff: rope, buoys, animal skulls,
fishing gear and clothing. This usually accumulates above the high tide levels
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because we were in the peak period for Monarch
migration, I spent a few hours checking what the waves were leaving behind as
high tide receded toward low tide. Water temperatures were much cooler than the
air and waves left immobile butterflies on the wet sand. After
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time, I periodically placed groups on flowers or tall grass, the only available
vegetation. They spread their wings to catch sunlight but took their time
trying to fly. The next day most of three dozen had flown away and only a few
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The shortest distance between parts of Maine and
New Hampshire and Mexico is over ocean. They probably want to rest at night and
land but have no experience with water. They are very light and float but it's probably impossible
to take off again. Wind and waves push them to shore but breakers and advancing
waves push them up the beach and damage them. We found many missing parts. But
the lucky ones came to shore when waves were receding and these were cold but
in good shape. With help some may make it to Mexico but without warming and
transport to dry vegetation the next high tide or shore birds would pummel them. A
three hour snapshot of a quarter mile of beach yielded three dozen healthy
Monarch butterflies. How many folk would spend an hour to rescue a dozen?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment--><br />Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-64507505190997620742018-12-31T21:48:00.000-08:002018-12-31T21:48:01.439-08:002018: An Interesting Year<span style="font-size: large;">This post rambles through topics that don't warrant dedicated blog entries. Many subjects like sprouting seed, growing them to transplant size in the greenhouse, then </span><span style="font-size: large;">planting in outdoor gardens have been covered earlier and methods haven't evolved much. T</span><span style="font-size: large;">omatoes this year were outstanding, though the rows proved too close together (36 inches) and hard to get through later in the season. Next year we'll try four foot spacing between rows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I often spend time in winter working on wood projects to get ready for the spring Northeast Woodworkers Showcase where our organization displays articles made during the year. I entered one of four "clacker" toys that make a lot of noise when rolled across the floor. It only won second place in the toy category because someone created a perfect scale model of a bulldozer in which everything worked! Each of the hundreds of treads actually move when pushed along, an incredible amount of beautiful craftsmanship</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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Every winter two nieces and their parents visit us on their way back from a week skiing. They usually want to work on a project and this time chose to help make two animal figures: a cheetah and a French Bulldog. These are mounted on pedestals with springs hidden inside so strings attached enable each to wag a tail, bow, lie down or assume other motions. I sent them home unpainted, hoping their owners would make them look like the animals they chose.</div>
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Every spring we shave most of the hair off our dog to make her more comfortable (she withers in heat). She loves looking like a lion, or at least, being much cooler (and rolling in cool grass).</div>
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We love butterflies and I've been collecting and identifying them my whole life. Monarchs are our favorites because they are large, beautiful and migrate such long distances. Last year I saw only three. This year was different: we saw many all summer, including their caterpillars on milkweed. After monitoring many caterpillars that did not survive to make chrysalises, we collected new ones and placed them in a large jar with sprigs of milkweed. We successfully raised nine through their becoming butterflies! And we let them go: hopefully to fly to Mexico where they overwinter. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our daughter, Zoe, is in Mexico as I write this, and just sent me the photo above. She went there specifically to see these butterflies and was encouraged that guides at the site noted that there are more this year than many prior years. Ever more folk are conserving patches of milkweed that promote these butterflies in their migration north.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We have a farm pond that we stocked with fish many years ago. The species that flourish are crappie, bass and channel catfish, though sunfish and bullheads also thrive. Our daughter, Zoe, wanted to catch one of the large catfish for a long time and finally she caught one, and we ate it. The downside was that this lady was full of roe, even though it was September. We had no idea fish could be laden with eggs at this time of year. As with all of the animal parts we don't serve as dinner, we pressure cook them and grind them into paste for our animals so none goes to waste.</div>
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Our Guinea fowl have always been problematic: they like to lay their eggs in hidden thickets around the property instead of in the egg boxes we carefully prepare for chickens. This year we had three females establish nests in remote hedges and luckily we found each one. Two of the three fowl did not survive incubating their nest overnight, one disappeared leaving only feathers and the other we found lifeless but in perfect condition a few hundred feet from her nest but her eggs had been eaten. The male and those females that were not laying eggs roosted in their protected enclosure indoors every night that had safe nesting boxes but these ladies refused to use them. We did routinely snitch eggs from their nests, hoping that they would not start incubating their eggs until they had around 30 (a persistent rumor). Eventually each started sitting overnight even though they had fewer than 20 eggs. We placed some of their eggs under two broody hens (chickens) and five hatched, with four now almost grown up (thinking they are chickens).</div>
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Except for our Brussel sprouts, our gardens produces plenty of food for us, friends and the shelter we supply. We planted many types of squash and they did very well, hundreds of pounds more than in other years.</div>
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-42235642955631406352018-12-30T15:08:00.000-08:002018-12-30T15:08:16.113-08:002018: Making Pear and Apple Cider<span style="font-size: large;">Last year we used a pedal-powered grape crusher to process fruit before pressing juice out but the coarse pulp did not release all the liquid. A few YouTube videos demonstrated how well an under sink garbage disposal unit pulverizes fruit and documented that over 85% of the liquid can be readily drained from the apple sauce consistency pulp. We purchased a 3/4 horsepower all stainless steel unit for under $100 and will use it exclusively for making cider. It makes the process much faster and 15 or 20 gallons can be readily done in an afternoon by one or two people.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Pressing the Five Layers of Pulp So the Juice Fills the White Tray and Out through a Hole and </span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">into</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"> the Blue Funnel and 5-Gallon Glass Carboy Below</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Second Layer of Pulp Being Loaded into the Press with a Chicken Waiting for "Apple Cardboard", the Almost Dry Product Layers from the Press</span></b></td></tr>
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-62507064509546993612018-12-29T13:25:00.001-08:002018-12-29T13:25:31.663-08:00Making Salad Tongs<span style="font-size: large;">A friend has a set of salad tongs that are simple, never get separated and use very little wood. The two piece hinged wood pieces fold flat or open into a tweezer-style salad grabber that easily picks up lettuce. It's difficult, though, to pick up tomatoes, carrots, olives and other more solid items that tend to pop out.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Bottom: Original Design; Top: Maple Blanks</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each half </span><span style="font-size: large;">of the tongs </span><span style="font-size: large;">is split into three parts and are hinged together with a slender brass rod through the outer parts of one side through the center part of the other. The features that spring the salad tongs open are the two warped outer slivers on the left in the photo above and the warped center part on the right. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Four Halves of the Salad Tongs Fit in a Half Gallon Mason Jar: A Wood Sliver Is Inserted Between Each of the Three Parts And Boiling Water Poured to the Top to Warp Them. After an Hour they are Dried Using the Microwave.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another method to warp the springy parts also works: boiling them in a pan on the wood stove but it takes much longer to dry them than the ones done in a mason jar.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Batch of Salad Tong Halves in a Pan Showing the Wood Slivers that Warp the Three Ends</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first batch of salad tongs I made using cherry and milled blocks to make "bowls" for the ends. These functioned okay but required more work than the second set of ten that I made out of maple. Salad tongs don't really need bowls to pick up stuff when shallower scoops also work. Simply adding short pieces of wood with the grain running across the tong handles function well. One inch holes down a similar piece of maple made five pair of scoop ends after sawing them apart.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Scoop Pieces Are Glued on the End of the Tongs After the Hinge Pin Is Inserted to Insure Proper Alignment for Gluing, Forming and Finishing</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One daughter requested that her set have a hole for hanging them so I added that feature to the maple set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-60352484180697498722018-09-30T20:19:00.000-07:002018-09-30T20:19:58.202-07:00Adding a Roof to a Shipping Container<span style="font-size: large;">We have been storing supplies from our solar manufacturing operation in shipping containers left over from a cancelled contract. Over thirty years one of their flat tops deteriorated and leaked badly and needed a properly pitched roof. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The upper 20 foot long corner members were no longer strong enough to support a roof with snow loads so two aluminum 3x4 inch "I" beams were fastened above them to the substantial cast steel corners that were used to pick up the container.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The two longitudinal members that support the roof trusses: Each has 11 pairs of 2x2x1/8 inch aluminum angles to sandwich each truss</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Four 1/2 inch thick plates each tapped for four 3/8 x 2.5 inch bolts that together capture the corners of the shipping container</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eleven simple trusses were fabricated using 2x4's for rafters and a 2x6 by 8 feet for the horizontal member. The pitch is 45 degrees so that the metal roofing readily sheds snow and the south facing side can one day support photovoltaic panels.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Eleven trusses each with three pairs of 1/2 inch plywood gussets, glued and screwed to the members</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On each side, five 2x4 horizontal purlins were screwed to the trusses to support the seven sheets of corrugated steel 38x80 inch 29 gauge roofing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">North side of roofing complete, with two sheets on the south side: The ridge cap was fastened as each sheet was installed so no ladders were needed</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The triangular open ends were then protected with corrugated clear polycarbonate roofing to keep out the weather but let in light.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">View showing end triangle covered with corrugated polycarbonate roofing with center vertical 2x4 added for support and blue aluminum flashing to cover the gap between the truss and short end of the container</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Waiting for delivery of supplies took longer than the six days it took to put it all together. Maybe next summer we'll paint the container barn red like of other outbuildings.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-88405250849410489542018-06-30T19:20:00.001-07:002018-07-17T19:12:15.891-07:00Expanding Mushroom Production<span style="font-size: large;">It's been awhile since I've made a blog entry: nothing much new to write about - I've harvested the same crops, split and put away the same size wood for burning in our stove and cared for critters through the long winter, bubbling the pond to keep fish alive. Maple sugaring went the same as other years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gathering wood, though, this year was different: a pinched nerve in my leg prevents me from carrying logs out of the woods so we got a delivery of logs, eight cords worth. It's been more than a decade since I've had to order logs so I wasn't prepared for the volume of chainsaw shavings in one place!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Log delivery</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The largest logs are four feet in diameter!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Working through the pile reduced about 3% to chainsaw chips.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What to do with up to 4 inches of chips? Mulch? Or Something else?</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To fit 8 cords into the space reserved for it, firewood had to be stacked higher than ever: to 16 feet and touching the roof!</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started using the chainsaw chips to mulch garlic but received an ad from our mushroom spawn supplier that Wine Cap mushrooms grow well in wood chips. I ordered two 5.5 pound packages of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">spawn in sawdust that would populate a cubic yard of wood chips. During a rare rain I spread the chainsaw shavings under an apple tree in a ten by ten foot square area, five inches deep. After sprinkling 11 pounds of Wine Cap mushroom spawn over this, I raked it deep into the chip bed and added another few inches of fresh chips. This bed I covered with a few inches of fresh hay to keep it moist. Luckily we received another quarter inch of rain that night to keep the bed watered. I'll have to water it whenever we don't get an inch of rain per week. This has been the driest spring in memory and the water table is quite low compared to other years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also ordered 11 pounds of Almond Agaricus mushroom spawn that grows in compost. Over a few decades we've been piling many, many wheelie bins of weeds and discarded flower trimmings in a pile that has grown four feet high and a few hundred square feet in area. Though the top is covered in vines, the rest has been reduced to fine compost that only has to be sifted through a quarter inch mesh to eliminate stones and sticks. Last fall we also collected a few cubic yards of composted horse manure form our neighbor that we also sifted and added to the "weed" compost in case it wasn't rich enough for mushrooms, since i</span><span style="font-size: large;">t has had Virginia creeper continuously growing on it for years. Because this mushroom variety is cold sensitive, in the greenhouse I built a 52 by 36 inch stainless steel tray (13 square feet), six inches deep, to keep it intact and free from varmints. The materials came from very old solar collector prototypes that I reworked into a rodent-proof tray.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sheet metal tray before adding sifted compost</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Five inches deep sifted mulch with holes punched at six inch spacing to receive 11 pounds of Almond Agaricus mushroom spawn</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The compost had to be made very moist (so drops of water came out when squeezed in a fist). After covering the spawn with compost, I covered it with a few inches of grass mulch and sprayed water to keep it moist. I'll have to do this every day or two to help the spawn thrive. It's possible to grow a crop in this tray while the mushrooms develop and I'll probably add an array of fancy lettuce that also requires lots of water and will shade the bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If all goes well, in September we'll have two new kinds of mushrooms to harvest!</span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-16146819750883073382017-09-10T19:36:00.002-07:002017-09-10T19:36:54.196-07:00Processing Tomatoes<span style="font-size: large;">Summer has been cool so tomatoes are ripening later than usual. We plant about 100 tomato plants so that we can process what we need in large batches. We share early and later harvests when there are fewer. This year we were running low on soup stock, tomato sauce and ketchup so tackled replenishing these.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Floradade Tomatoes Ripening Nicely But Leaves Drying Up</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Super Roma Tomatoes Producing Well But Leaves Also Withering</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sauce Tomatoes: 2017</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We use a Squeezo food processor to separate tomato pulp from seeds and skin. It takes a whole day each to pick a few bushels of tomatoes, manually grind them through the Squeezo, decant and preserve the "tomato plasma", add spices to the sauce and ketchup and can them, clean the equipment and feed what we don't use to the Guinea fowl. This year's totals: 22 quarts of tomato sauce, 31 pints of ketchup and 65 quarts of soup stock. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Squeezo Processor With Sliced Tomatoes Placed in Funnel, Juice and Pulp Slide Down the Chute and Seeds/skin Comes Out the End</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Squeezo Closeup From a Different Angle</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It takes only half an hour to cook these because we separate the plasma from the pulp using a colander which we try to float in the sauce. To keep it from sinking, we bail out the clear liquid that leaks through the holes in the colander. This process does steal some of the garlic, onion and basil flavors from the sauce but delivers them in the soup stock. We make the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ketchup after separating the plasma so that soup stock is pure tomato juice.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We use a canning technique that uses a small amount of water in a pan covered by a jar support plate with holes. When the water boils, steam envelopes the jars and exits through two small holes in the lid. We steam these acidic products for 15 minutes once steam exits the lid. </span></div>
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-76329429422365889492017-08-16T17:15:00.000-07:002017-08-16T17:15:26.665-07:00Mid Summer Harvest<span style="font-size: large;">We </span><span style="font-size: large;">spent almost two weeks</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in California visiting our two week old grandson and his family. Although a few folk looked after our animals and were encouraged to pick veggies from our gardens, we were overwhelmed by what we still had to pick. Summer squash outdid themselves this cool, moist summer and there were over 100 pounds waiting. Four of the Italian zucchini were hiding and grew so large that we're letting them fully ripen so we can harvest their seeds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course we can't eat or preserve all this food so we donate most of it to a homeless shelter, 127 pounds this week. When tomato production peaks in a week or two we'll process them into sauce, ketchup, soup stock and bags of sun dried slices. </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pears and early apples are disappointing. We missed peak ripeness period of our early apple tree and most of the fruit had fallen and was not suitable for cider. We will make a few pies with these but we have applesauce left over from earlier years so we don't need to make more. We will make pear cider in a few weeks when they mature and hope cracking doesn't hurt the taste.</span><br />
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-33888444502348845492017-08-14T13:30:00.000-07:002017-08-14T13:31:02.333-07:00Ocean & Beach Mobile<span style="font-size: large;">This spring our pregnant daughter asked me to carve a wood mobile for her new little one because commercial ones were primarily made of plastic and fabric. At the time I was learning how to carve birds out of wood and welcomed the challenge. My target for completing the figures was our older daughter's May birthday because she is a wonderful realistic life painter and I'm not. So we shipped 15 figures in early May to give her a few months to paint and ship them to California when the baby arrives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first choice </span><span style="font-size: large;">was to</span><span style="font-size: large;"> dangle the figures </span><span style="font-size: large;">under a large</span><span style="font-size: large;"> octopus but both my wife and our new grandson's mom thought this too scary. So we settled on using a tree branch that worked out quite well.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A Beagle: Added for Wordplay with toddlers (mistaking it for a seagull or eagle)</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above photos show straightened fishhooks used to hold the figures while painting. A few of the birds kept these so they maintained their orientation. The rest of the fishhooks were removed and replaced with swivels that are easy to attach to fishing tackle snaps with an additional swivel so the figures can be oriented in specific directions. The figures are robust and can be readily handled and their positions switched, then pointed in an appropriate direction.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Added Shark and Two Salmon Showing That Figures Are Mounted on Barrel Swivel with Snap so They Can Be Removed for Play and Reoriented Appropriately</span></b></td></tr>
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-44967014696610320832017-07-26T18:45:00.001-07:002017-07-26T18:47:48.906-07:00Garlic Harvest: 2017<span style="font-size: large;">When green garlic leaves fade to brown, it's time to harvest them. It's important to get them out of the ground before tops get too weak to help pull the roots out. Also, as the leaves fade, organisms start eating away the membranes that cover the cloves, exposing these gems to soil. Although dirt readily washes off, bulbs are much fancier wrapped in colorful membrane layers. Also, it's only possible to braid garlic together if the leaves are strongly attached.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Garlic Bed with Parsley Growing Between Rows</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another View Showing Green Garlic Leaves Turning Brown</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year it took six hours to collect about 200 pounds of garlic and stack them exposed to air to cure them. The bulbs must be oriented separately from the leaves so they dry quickly without starting to make "compost". Our new wagon seems to be an ideal tool for curing because the mesh bed allows air to circulate.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wagon </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Full of Garlic, Stacked So Bulbs Are Exposed to Air</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Knowing that garlic is harvested before the end of July, in early June I broadcast parsley seeds all over the garlic patch. It's now growing very well and by September will be ready for freezing packets of parsley pesto. Last fall the garlic was planted through inches of leaves and other mulch. This spring, s</span><span style="font-size: large;">ome garlic sprouts</span><span style="font-size: large;"> needed help getting through the larger leaves. Today the mulch has disappeared, processed away primarily by worms, but there was enough left in June to successfully </span><span style="font-size: large;">germinate parsley seeds.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Parsley Now Without Competition from Garlic</span></b></td></tr>
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This year has been cool and wet so garlic scapes didn't appear until later in June. We picked them as soon as they appeared so that the plants' energy goes into the cloves.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fifteen Pounds of Scapes from the Above Garlic Bed</span></b></td></tr>
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<br />Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-54925179883747924512017-06-25T20:01:00.000-07:002017-06-25T20:01:46.173-07:00Summer Starting Well<span style="font-size: large;">One spring planting goal is to get major crops in the ground by the first day of summer. We have three staggered plantings of sweet corn, more than 100 each of tomatoes and peppers, Swiss chard, onions, basil, cucumbers, beans, winter and summer squash, kale sugar snap peas, cabbage, broccoli, eggplant, okra and salad items. So far only one tragedy: over 100 basil plants were eaten by some critter the day after they were transplanted! Luckily we have two additional beds with better fences that are growing well. Deer browse our tomatoes and peas, but we have more than enough for sharing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Asparagus Sprouting</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Asparagus are our first vegetable harvest </span><span style="font-size: large;">in spring</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and lasts through early June. Our next harvest is rhubarb that we make into pies. At this time our Guinea fowl also start to lay eggs so we have lots to for custard to incorporate the rhubarb chunks. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rhubarb Pie</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One trick I use to prompt judicious planting is to soak seeds for 24 hours and then moisten them a few times a day until they sprout. This gives them leg up since they don't have to absorb moisture from the soil. It also insures that only viable seeds get planted. And planted in the order they sprout! Keeping the array of cups with a moistened seeds by the coffee machine, prompts me to check them at least three times a day when I brew cups. Most of our favorite Zucchino Rampicante seeds we saved from last summer's crop didn't sprout. Luckily we still had a few mature fruit in the cellar so we processed the largest one and its seeds grew! We also had to make lots of pies and squash meals.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Cups of Seeds Waiting to Sprout</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another sign of spring: when it gets hot, our dog melts and hides deep in the garage, lying on the cool concrete floor. We then know it's time to shave her. Though she reluctantly puts up with the noise of the clipper, she's overjoyed when it's over and she zips around, rolling over and over in the cool grass. She now follows me around but takes advantage of shade when I work in sunny gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shiitake mushrooms are another sign of spring: after a heavy rain, they bolt out of the oak logs we inoculated the year before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks later, oyster mushrooms begin sprouting out of their ash-leaved maple logs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as summer begins, garlic scapes pop out the top of each plant. We incorporate them into many meals, chop them for freezing but donate most to a homeless shelter. We have so many garlic bulbs on the way that store well without taking room in the freezer so we don't need to preserve many scapes.</span><br />
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-71957744419728571422017-05-21T20:39:00.000-07:002017-05-21T20:39:26.148-07:00Carving Wood Mobiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Our middle daughter asked me to make a mobile for her son, our first grandchild, who will arrive early this summer. At the same time, the Northeastern Woodworkers Association announced a "2x4 Challenge", a competition to make something using primarily a common lumber stud. I had just joined the woodcarving special interest group who primarily worked on birds. Why not, for practice, make a flock of flying geese? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The stand that mounts on a table and holds the "Vee" required more time to make than carving the birds. During a two hour video I could finish two of them. The curved stand required ripping half a stud into strips and then sanding them thinner and thinner until they bent over an aluminum form without breaking. The upper part has nine layers, increasing to double as many at the base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One advantage of working with accomplished woodcarvers is their knowledge of tools and where to get them. Or how to make your own tools. Very good carving blades are available from Warren Cutlery Corporation (www.warrencutlery.com). I used a variety of 6 shapes (6SBL for $7.25) and three copies of straight blade (22B for $3.79) that I curved for making grooves. These blades come very sharp and are very hard so they hold their edge very well. To bend them they must be red hot and then quenched in oil while hot to make them hard again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our daughter and family often visit seashores so most of the characters I chose relate to life in the sea. We had to add a beagle so that we can tease this new little one by mistakenly calling an eagle or a seagull a beagle (or vice versa). And the owl is a nod to the book: "Owl Moon", one of our favorites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Carving legs with talons are too difficult in wood, so I twisted some copper wire together and pulled out digits. These figures are pretty substantial so that they can be unhooked from the mobile and handled or played with. The type of wood and direction of grain insure that appendages don't break easily. The starfish, turtle and seahorse are plywood.</span><br />
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<br />Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-79427240548691039542017-05-12T20:53:00.000-07:002017-05-12T20:53:09.930-07:002017 Spring Snakes, Turtles and Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The past months I've been carving wood figures in our basement. One day I was surprised to find a small garter snake climbing the stairs. I relocated it to our garden that is farthest from lawn where a mower could hurt it. A few days later, a much larger (30") milk snake surprised me by passing over the foot pedal that controls the carving tool I was using. It too I released outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have an enclosed blueberry patch that has fencing all around and netting over the top. It has a few holes large enough for birds to get in and they often cannot find their way out. I then climb in, catch and release them. Our dog, Belle, thinks this is great fun and often helps me by distracting them by running around outside the fence. One day when I was not inside the enclosure, she jumped on the fence and shoved her nose underneath, catching a dove in her mouth. She was very proud when he brought it to me. I praised her and she readily let me gently take it away. After resting awhile, it exploded in a cloud of feathers and flew away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While walking through our acres of grass, I'm always looking for turtles, snakes and amphibians so I don't step on them. The dozen or more lady painted turtles in our pond lay nests of eggs randomly around our lawn. Though I've tried fencing these nests and moving them inside garden fences, skunks usually decimate every one. This year, one nest succeeded in producing baby turtles. So far I've found and relocated three to our small hidden pond that we keep secluded so that blue herons do not eat the frogs, salamanders and baby turtles that thrive there. These small creatures do not fare well in our large pond with its thriving bass population and visiting herons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A pair of geese make their home on our pond every year. They use our abandoned bee hive platform in the large pond as a safe haven for their nest. This year they had seven eggs and today brought us five goslings. I hurried to see what happened to the other two eggs and found one dead gosling sprawled across the nest but no hint of another. Last year there was a single large egg that did not hatch. Although I relocate every snapping turtle I find in our pond, earlier this spring we saw a very large one pass under our canoe. Maybe it ate the seventh gosling! </span><br />
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<br />Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-84738026126208685742017-03-05T18:02:00.001-08:002017-03-05T18:02:24.694-08:00Thoughts on Sustainability<span style="font-size: large;">This first week of March begins the transition to spring and the last quarter of winter heating. Now there is room for stacking new chunks of wood in our wood crib. It's time to replace the six cords of wood we'll burn for cooking and heating this season. By May we should have filled the crib for a total of 13 cords so next season we can burn wood collected during Spring 2015, letting this year's wood dry for two years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For me, collecting wood is a welcome aerobic activity. I cut up dead trees and fallen limbs within a quarter mile using a hand saw or battery operated chain saw. They are both quiet and easy to carry. I cut trees and limbs into pieces that are readily carried over my shoulder and make 15 to 20 trips per day to our garage that houses our wood crib. That way I am able to log over 10,000 steps a day that helps get me in shape (and shed winter weight) for planting chores. This year I'll be able to collect about two cords of wood this way before carting the rest from our neighbor's woods more than a quarter mile away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have more than two cords of wood waiting at our neighbor's and will use our electric tractor to pull many wagons full home. I'm still using grid electric power to charge its battery but I'm working on charging circuits that will allow solar panels and a pedal powered generator to charge them directly. Maybe next year I'll be able to power both the tractor and a chain saw with batteries charged sustainably. I do now use a gasoline powered chainsaw for large trees and logs, but prefer using muscle power for limbs and smaller trees. Arm-powered loppers quickly cut anything smaller than a wrist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It takes time to realize how best to reduce dependence on using fossil fuel based energy. All its forms are so easy to burn and they greatly reduce human effort needed to perform most tasks. But, to me, it doesn't make sense to drive to a gym, fire up a treadmill or an elliptical in order to exercise. It's much more fun to be outdoors, listen to flocks of geese, woodpecker songs and spring peepers serenade spring, or late winter. This February, we've had brilliant sunny weather that's gone from 60F+ temperatures to near zero this past weekend with clear blue skies, visible in the photo above. And I enjoy all of this without leaving home!</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-82031838091000750232017-02-26T20:26:00.000-08:002017-02-26T20:26:21.790-08:00Spring in the Air!<span style="font-size: large;">This last full week of February, winter </span><span style="font-size: large;">transitioned</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">to spring. Two day t</span><span style="font-size: large;">emperatures </span><span style="font-size: large;">exceeded 70 degrees! That never happened in any winter. Broke all records, by many degrees! Inches of snow everywhere and thick ice on local ponds disappeared. Soil turned to mud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But we're now in my favorite season: replacing wood we've burned for cooking and keeping warm, gathering sap from maple trees for syrup, planting seeds, losing weight and toning muscles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-73138696378621963942017-01-18T18:45:00.000-08:002017-01-18T18:45:00.252-08:00Making Harvest Baskets<span style="font-size: large;">We gather a lot of vegetables and flowers. For major harvests we use a wheelbarrow or cart. But most</span><span style="font-size: large;"> summer</span><span style="font-size: large;"> days we pick smaller amounts, enough for a meal or two, berries for jam and baking, or flowers for tables and windowsills. Our primary basket was a wedding present we have been using for over three decades. My wife likes to use it for carrying her cut flowers and that often interfered with my collecting veggies for dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It became obvious that we needed more than one harvest basket (that we call a trug). My wife presented me with one that works okay, but is too small, and, like her basket, has a handle that often deflects thrown peas and beans so that they miss the basket. Both handles also get in the way when grabbing</span><span style="font-size: large;"> peas or beans between hands when they are on opposite sides. My first trug raised the handle pretty high, attempting to make it easier to fill and empty. This design was heavy and the handle still got in the way. Permanently erect handles also makes baskets bulky to store. Empty, they take up a lot of space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An ideal baskets should have handles that swing out of the way. When you have more than one, they should also stack, one inside another. They should be light enabling heavier payloads. My next one incorporated a handle that could swing to the side for filling, emptying and storing. It also used only a frame of wood and very lightweight rawhide for lacing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The rawhide I used for the swing-handled trug came from a deer I harvested with a bow and arrow when I was still in high school. With only a limited supply of rawhide, I used one-inch wide webbing for the next pair of trugs that I made for four-year old twins. These work great and though they are a bit large for them now, they'll grow into them and should last their lifetime. To make them waterproof so that veggies can be washed in the trugs, both the rawhide trug and those made with webbing were given many coats of marine varnish that also melds the webbing to the wood frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-19453482411523211792017-01-16T19:47:00.001-08:002017-01-16T19:47:22.849-08:00Scroll Saw Bowls with Segmented Feature Ring<span style="font-size: large;">A year ago my wife gave me an interesting book on how to make bowls without a lathe. At that time I did not have a wood lathe and the prospect of making bowls without creating mounds of wood shavings intrigued me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Carole Rothman has developed techniques that transform flat boards as wide and long as the dimensions of the piece into </span><span style="font-size: large;">incredibly beautiful bowls. One drawback: these bowls typically have sides that are around 45 degrees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to make things that are useful and have been planning to make a series of sturdy bowls for </span><span style="font-size: large;">chopping vegetables and nuts so that the process doesn't send pieces all over the place. My wife's mother had a very functional wooden bowl and chopping knife that she used many decades. The bowl was shallower than the one pictured above so, in order to use a scroll saw, I had to modify the technique. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first attempt used two boards </span><span style="font-size: large;">of hard maple </span><span style="font-size: large;">to make the bottom four layers of a bowl. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Turning</span><span style="font-size: large;"> a solid piece of wood involves slicing through the grain at various angles. It is much easier to cut "with the grain" than "across the grain".</span><span style="font-size: large;"> The woodworking group I belong to introduced me to segmented bowl techniques and the advantages of creating layers that have no "end grain". For the fancy top layers, I added </span><span style="font-size: large;">feature </span><span style="font-size: large;">rings of trapezoids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-68604581925523648052016-12-19T05:43:00.000-08:002016-12-19T05:43:02.403-08:00Weird Cardinal Encounter<span style="font-size: large;">This morning, on my way to filling the bird feeder, I noticed a cardinal who seemed frozen on the deck. He was beautiful so I captured a few photos from a foot or two away. Five minuted later he was still frozen (temperature was 15F). Ten minutes later, he was gone! Did he fly away? Or did something eat him? No sign of feathers anywhere! Did he have a seizure?</span><br />
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Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-74193087406402132972016-11-18T17:18:00.002-08:002016-11-18T17:18:53.708-08:00Final Tally: Bean Tunnel<span style="font-size: large;"> H</span><span style="font-size: large;">arvesting d</span><span style="font-size: large;">ry beans is relaxing. They take their time to dehydrate and even if their shells mold or discolor, bean seeds inside turn ever more brilliant. Frost typically kills late bloomers and seeds in later pods don't fully develop. This year's bean tunnel produced a little over two pounds of immature fruit that chickens and Guinea fowl heartily devoured. Some years we don't get around to pick the drying bean pods until December but I was anxious to quantify this year's production a bit earlier. Shelling them took about three hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The two dozen purple pole bean plants produced around 30 pounds of fresh string beans but we let most of them mature and dry so that we now have two pounds of seeds for years to come. Any that don't get planted will become soup.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scarlet runner beans we grow primarily for show because the fresh large pods are tough to eat. The beans inside are beautiful and the four dozen plants produced five pounds of these shiny gems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The real champions in producing food this year were the </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Italian <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Zucchino Rampicante squash (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">). Not only did </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">they produce immature fruit from early August through October totaling over 200 pounds, the four squash allowed to mature for seeds together weighed over 25 pounds! These now are the color of butternut squash and will probably cook up like winter squash. Maybe we'll make a pie with a small piece of one for Thanksgiving dinner!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We did plant some cucumbers but they produced little edible fruit. O</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">pposite the cukes were beautifully red yard-long beans but we didn't know when to pick them nor did we have recipes for preparing them. We fed seeds that birds didn't steal to our fowl.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In another part of the garden we had planted sweet potato squash and they taste exceptional and are quite beautiful. They earned a section in next year's bean tunnel.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804948538378000002.post-34054030641163214412016-11-16T19:44:00.000-08:002016-11-16T19:44:13.854-08:00Planting Garlic<span style="font-size: large;">I have been too busy to get our garlic in the ground before my target date: October 31. In September, a family member helped separate the best 350 cloves from heads but they sat in a carton waiting to complete harvesting, a birthday celebration, a hike and a quick visit to both west coast daughters. A dear friend planted almost half while we were away for two weeks that enabled me to plant the rest in only a few hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My favorite tool for planting is a hay fork because its skinny tines slip so easily in our soft soil and don't often hurt the worms that are so plentiful. Most of the worms, grubs and caterpillars end up in a pail for transport to the chickens and Guinea fowl. The garlic beds get covered with a few inches of ground up leaves and grass for insulation and weed/moisture control. By next June, most of this organic matter will have been processed by worms so that the bed is ready for parsley seeds.</span>Saving Fossils with Sunlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225415263815192323noreply@blogger.com0