I was browsing the Net looking for a birdbath project and ran into this one. Basically you take a really large leaf (think elephant ears or something simliar), some sand and acrylic concrete patch and in the end you have a beautiful birdbath the shape of a leaf. I love this idea and do believe [...]
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Homade Birdbath Project
August 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Finished
July 31st, 2011 · No Comments
The project I started just about 2 years ago has been finished. The outer, protective layer went on this weekend. It consisted of a 1:2 clay:sand mix and was probably the easiest part of the entire project. To give it a textured finish I lit a drying fire and waited a few hours then made [...]
Another step done & that first meal
July 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments
This past weekend the insulation layer went on. It involved 2 trips to the cemetery for buckets of clay and a trip to WallyWorld for a bale of hamster bedding. The hardest part was turning the clay from large chunks into slip. Lots of stomping and twisting left me with a sore knee. A small [...]
After a long break
June 16th, 2011 · No Comments
So two years ago I started this oven project. I had high hopes of finishing it that year but starting grad school left me with little free time and the weather soon turned to insure it wasn’t happening in 09. 2010 started out great, I was ready to get back into the mud once the [...]
Progress
November 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments
Hauled home 4 buckets of clay (thank you T.) this afternoon. It was enough to finish the lower insulation layer on the oven. Weather permitting I should be able to start of the body of the oven next weekend. I am really noticing a difference in comfort levels when mixing the mud with my bare [...]
Oven: Bottom Insulation
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments
It has been a long time coming but the bottom layer of insulation is just about complete. Between school, not having enough beer bottles and the weather I hadn’t touched the oven in a number of weeks. After finishing the foundation, I layed a 2×4 & 4×4 frame across the open foundation about 2/3 of [...]
Wheat
September 13th, 2009 · No Comments
I didn’t get much done yesterday but was at it this morning. I set two more rows of brick on the foundation for the mud oven. I should only need three more rows to be done with that part of it. As I mentioned yesterday I had a wheat delivery. I decided to bag up [...]
Tags: Food Storage · Mud Oven