CEB Day 2
Yesterday I was able to start the cylinder rod mounting scheme. Some acetylene torch cutting of the holes, trimming 1†plate to size, grinding, and welding were the tasks required: The compression plate is still not complete as a whole, but it’s...
Heat Exchanger
Yesterday we tested the heat exchanger for the greenhouse stove. In winter, the greenhouse stove heats both the greenhouse and the rest of our facility. We have PEX tubing running from the greenhouse to our house, with in-floor heating for the homes....
Back to CEB
November 1 is when I have finally returned to complete the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press. By November 30, we will have a working CEB press, spitting out between 3-5 bricks per minute. This is the holy grail of building, as the most advanced natural...
How to find an egg
Eleven young laying hens. Four fresh eggs. Three hungry farmers. The numbers weren’t adding up. Our hens are very free range. Sometimes we even see them wondering in our neighbor’s field. We have nice hay-filled laying boxes available, but...
Piglet
Brittany and Ronny went to Jamesport last Monday and returned with a mouser cat and a sow piglet. The piglet ran away immediately, it was so scared. We said bye bye piglet. We sighted it a couple of times, in the next two days, and one time it came back...
Online presence.
Finally, our website is on. See the miracle at: FactorEFarm.org it is a constant work in progress. I hope you would enjoy it. -Ronny
The Volunteers Experiment.
Hey, Yesterday’s post was delayed because I got a nasty food poisoning. Canned beans are sure a big no no for me. More over, I spent all yesterday on cutting woods with our chainsaw and almost cut my left leg off. I actually sliced through my black...
Signs of the season
Jack Frost leaves two types of trails: sparkling crystals that shimmer in the morning sunlight, reminding one to put away shorts and get out sweaters; and a spattering of black leaves. It is the second sign that glues a farmer to the weather forecast...
Lister Ailments
Here’s a surprising one on equipment failure. We’ve been running our 1 cylinder, 6 horsepower Lister engine on filtered waste vegetable oil for 2 years now. It’s the backbone of our off grid power. Yesterday, it lost compression. So...
Logs and cookies
Howdy, Â We worked hard for the last to days in order to show you guys the picture above. The addition is almost complete. A half day’s work and it will shine like a diamond. It really made me reconsider my plans about my future humble...
