Jeanne Helfrich

I looked again and I found it. I think I missed the download link, the first time around.

Thank you!

Jules Silverlock wrote:

Jeanne Helfrich wrote:

I can't seem to access any plans. All the links take me to places where I can buy the plans. I thought that's what I was buying, here..

Hi Jeanne, if you have purchased this outdoor kitchen bundle you should have access to:

- Lorena rocket stove with optional cooktop plans (3D plans in PDF format)
- cooking with a rocket oven microdoc (a movie)
- building your oven excerpt (a chapter from an ebook)

So yes, some plans are included (Lorena).  Do you have access to these things?

Margaux Knox wrote:

I can't seem to access any plans. All the links take me to places where I can buy the plans. I thought that's what I was buying, here..

Interesting post! I never thought about trying to dye with invasive weeds. You made me do a search for some of ours.

The #1 invasive species we have here is Spotted Knapweed. I found this article about it: https://knittingiris.typepad.com/knitting_iris/2006/11/on_death_and_dy.html

We have a lot of mullein, which I don't consider invasive - though we have a lot of it. I found this article on dyeing with mullein: https://whitefishbayfarm.com/a-season-of-color-week-four-mullein/

I've never seen one of these! It's very cool! Thank you for sharing!

I love house dresses!

I've made a few very simple ones. I have a pattern for a more complex dress, with the button placket and collar (like those shown in the thumbnail of the video), but I haven't attempted to make one yet.

Dresses are so easy and you look pulled together if you have to run to town to check the mail and don't feel like changing.

November 2015. Made these boot socks for my husband. They were meant to go over regular socks, as additional insulation. He said he's never worn a pair of socks that fit that perfectly.

Pattern: Mash Up Magic Toe Up Socks (MUMTU) by Zhenya Lavy.
I used Rowan Amy Butler Belle Organic Aran in the colorway Peacock.
Knit with a 4mm knook.



Here you can see he's wearing them over another pair of socks.

Nicole Alderman wrote:

Thank you!  :)

That's awesome!!!

Biscuits. The closest thing they have is a scone, but it's still a completely different thing.

I live in the high desert of Central Oregon. Our hot spots don't get to 120, but over 100 is definitely common.

Without water, without adding mulch and soil, and without putting up shade structures, I'm afraid there's probably not much you can do. I'm not trying to be negative here, but it's an extreme environment that we live in and it takes money and resources to change.

My suggestion would be to buy one piece of lumber at a time and eventually put up a pergola. Save your pennies and buy a rain catch system for the hot spot, one piece at a time.

Trust me, I feel your pain. When I moved to this Godforsaken place from Pittsburgh, PA, I verbally cursed it every single day (without fail) for a year. You can't compost here without a whole lot of effort.

It's too hot during the day and then it's too cold at night. If a plant can tolerate the 95-degree heat during the day, then it probably can't tolerate the 35-degree temperature that the night brings. And even if it can tolerate both the heat and the cold, it probably can't tolerate the drastic temperature swing. *sigh* But, I love my husband, so in the high desert I stay. LOL!

Extreme environments require extreme measures.