craig howard

I can tell you what not to try to put clay on.
Dry wall plaster.
They put up dry wall and taped the seems and used the plaster over the tape. Sanded it smooth.
All the clay fell off where the plaster was.
I think because the surface was powdery. The clay stuck to the surface powder and it didn't hold well to what was underneath it.

Sooo maybe flax seed oil? It has been used as a paint base before.
I didn't say linseed oil because it has some solvents,... but has basically the same purpose.
That might make the clay stick.

I have 4 utube channels.
One for outing my local city council for their abuse of power.
One for my fixing and building things channel.
One with my name to link to from here.
And one for anonymity posting strange things.

Got to get used to doing things with one hand, while filming with the other.

I've thought about using a car scissor jack and windshield wiper motor to open windows and doors.

No they had a tapered head and I used a countersink bit to keep them below the surface.
It is screwing into some end grain on the sides and that isn't holding as well on all of them but it just keeps going.

I haven't tried building one with the longer, skinnier and straighter cross-country skis yet.
And I haven't taken it down the sledding hill yet, maybe this winter.

Thanks for the link.
I really think it works so well going over big drifts by making the front a little wider than the rest.

If you want to make one that long you chould try cross country skis.
They are longer and are straight.
Maybe with downhill skis for the front angled ones.
If you build one post a picture here.

I grew some ginger last summer.
I got some from a local store and put them in a pot in about march.
I got it to grow, probably picked it early, didn't get as much as I could have if I'd grown it for a year, but I got more than I planted and it was yummy.

Shookeli Riggs wrote:I havent grown scallions from seed just from bulbs.Do they reach full size in the first year when grown from seed?

Yes, you will get to start picking a few scallions, I think by July. And they will all be good by the end of the year.
they need weeded a couple times. Once when they are young because they are so small,
then weeded and mulched once more when the weeds start to come up again.

So you have been planting one scallion bulb and having it turn into a bunch?
I've been doing the same with seeds that I started in february,.. but wished I'd have started them in January.
Last year I even had some scallions flower so they might be able to produce viable seeds. I'll find out soon.

I have started onions from seed that were planted in Jan they got going but I don't have much luck/skill at growing nice big onions.

Doesn't look like it is meant to set anything on it.
Because most things would fall through.
I don't have much experience wearing ties but Maybe it's a tie rack.

Coydon Wallham wrote:

Thom Bri wrote:
My wife cleans cast iron pans with orange peels. It seems to work.

So the citric acid is weak enough sauce to not damage the seasoning?

I find with Paul's recommendation of a metal, flat-edged spatula and my 'leave no morsel behind' ethic, there is very little I cook in cast iron that needs any cleaning.

Hard dried orange peels or soft fresh ones?

I like the way you stuck it all in one barrel.
And your workmanship looks great.

I don't know much about rocket stoves but I have seen some with the vertical secondary air supply tubing that is replaceable.
Since that takes a lot of heat.
New one just drops into place.
Even though yours is stainless.