Hello to all of my blog readers out there. I was just told by a friend of mine that just read my blog to get busy and get some more posts up here. Well, first off let me say that I’m sorry and frustrated by how long it has taken me to write any new posts. As you know from my previous posts I have aggravated my injuries numerous times. Well as it turns out I aggravated them pretty bad. I have needed a lot of time to recover. My doctor also had me try some medications. Folks let me tell you, me and medications just don’t mix! I have been useless most of the this past year between the medications and the injuries.
Also I am in the process of building a 300 gallon solar batch water heater as our old water heater died and it is just crazy how expensive a new water heater is. So at this point I have been working on building the water heater slowly over the last 4 months. When I finish the solar water heater I will continue working on the outdoor kitchen. I will also add a link to the solar water heater build for anyone interested in that.
Since I first started the earth kitchen project we’ve had times of some unusual and extreme weather. unfortunately there are some areas on the large oven that have been damaged, however the oven is still fully usable and still works great. Most of the damage has happened to the base. As it turns out when water runs down the vertical walls off of the counter the water will dig out a hole very quickly. Most of the whitewash has also come off. So one of the first things I’ll need to do is to patch same areas and then make some lime stucco to redo the finish on the oven and base. I’m going to use the lime stucco this time because it’s much tougher and will protect the oven better than just the whitewash. Since it’s going to take me a while before I can get a roof over the kitchen area the stucco should be a good way to protect the oven.
So until my next post, be happy and smile because no matter your situation there’s too much good in life not to smile.