yoshhash McCoy

this might be obvious to some, but most people are oblivious to this:

adding to #14- stress that fans only mean something when blowing on skin or anything else you are trying to cool down.  I've seen too many people leave fans running all day while away, on the mistaken belief that the house will cool down.

On a similar note, when simmering something that just got cooked, (and putting it outside is not an option) cool it in a sink full of water, then drain the water once it is warmer than the air.

I just realized after years of composting that I have been doing it wrong.
- have not been draining well enough, and letting the bottom of my bin get anaerobic. I keep reading that this can be harmful to plants- does this mean it's garbage? (I'm only talking about the bottom 5% of the bin, not the whole batch.) Can I mix it in with the good stuff, can I aerate the mix enough to turn bad juice into good? I should mention that the worms seem to love it, that's where they all seem to hang out.

I also just bought an aerator to try making aerated compost tea- so I want to pose the same question regarding tea.  This I presume is a much more common problem, good healthy tea that sits too long and quickly becomes anaerobic- I am hoping that one can just revive it by aeration.

Perhaps both can be answered by explaining whether I am right or wrong about a basic principle:  I always believed that soil should follow the simple equation that nutrients from compost and other dead agricultural material needs to be returned from whence it came- that cycle in itself should be the key to healthy soil.  Since you have not REMOVED (or added) anything from anaerobic compost/tea, and the only thing missing is oxygen, time and oxygen should restore that balance.  Am I deluding myself, am I being too cheap/lazy?

I'm seriously into this as well- at least in spirit and intention.  I'd love to hear more details, see pictures, hear feedback on how useful you are finding it.

I am just now learning how to make a generator from scratch, but it is slow going because I am such a beginner.  Does anyone here have first hand knowledge in this dept?  Can I ask you questions?

I am a new member, just learned what a rocket mass stove was today- I always thought it was just another type of rocket stove.
I remember hearing about FLW using some sort of mass stove system in his Usonian houses- that his floors were essentially massive chimneys.  But now I can't seem to find any such reference.  Can anyone here confirm this, or do I have it all wrong?  Has anyone here tried such a thing?