There r great boxs very sound but I have so darn many lol, I still am going to us them around the farm so many ideas worm hive, root cellar, fold out vegetables bins in our farmers market trailer etc. well I just came back inside from the shop and this is what I came up with for the box inside a box for the added air gap insolation.
R Scott, yeah I hear ya was thinking about that also. Just trying to save my self a big step. I'll probably just end up breaking the boxs down to workable material and building them the correct size. One thought though of mine was making the correct size hive inside of the boxes for an added air space of insolation any thoughts?
I have been recently give a bunch of wooden boxs around 60. The inside dimensions of the box is 22 3/16" x 17" x 7 1/4". And in the plans for abbé émile warré hive the inside dimensions are 11 13/16" x 11 13/16" x 8 9/32". My question is will the over sized dimensions work? Really looking forward to more information on warre hive
Have a spring well that feeds our home by gravity. Thinking with my over flow I could keep an open water trough, open year round in a series from one to another. Just looking to see if any one else has tried this or has any advice for the trough itself. I have hogs and chickens as of now soon with have other live stock.
Rock wool huh I guess I'm not to familiar with that. I really like the idea of the motar, I'm going to look it to that a bit more. With these old houses come great challenges, which pushes me to learn again what we the people have started to forget with the modern technology.
Al, for the most part it's a dry basement the house sits on a hill so the water drains away from the house pretty much the only time it gets real damp in there, I s during the summer when the floor sweats. But it does have all the structure you were talking about the big sill beam with the big floor board notched out, which I have a one to replace. I don't see any insolation stuffed in any holes around the sill and the notched part so heading to town and going to get some foam and get that sealed and see what that does for me. Thanks
I have an old farm house with a stone foundation. The problem I'm having is there is to much cold in my basement in the winter time and freezing my water lines all the while. Our wood stove is on our first floor so no heat in the basement. What could I use to fill in between the stone work to cut down on the cold?
Cj- is shiitake the only one you grow? Just wondering what other options I might have down the road. I ran into an endless amount of oak least it seems anyways.
I'm really glad they can take the cold because there is no way I'm going to dodge the one . I'll be keeping them covered up under a tarp until snow breaksThen introduce the spawn. I'm also looking for a trusted mushroom spawn supplier that is trusted. Been looking for a book or two, any ideas which one is a good reference.
