These are a couple things that we have been working on recently. We are soon going to be making an earth oven, but need a base upon which to build it (plinth in kiwi terms). This is just a mound of rocks that I have carefully placed and we've mortared together so that the earth oven will sit at a height that is comfortable to work at.
An earth oven is basically a hollow dome with a door that is all made of clay. You build a fire in the oven and let it burn for a while to heat up the inside of the oven. Then after 30 mins or so, you can take out the fire and put in the food to be cooked. supposedly it is significantly more efficient than a normal stove, and since we have more firewood here than we could ever possibly use, it is way more sustainable too.
Another thing that I have been putting a lot of energy at is building a fireplace for the spa bath. We cleared out an area and concreted a level(ish) base. A couple days ago we started building the walls that are going to enclose it on 3 sides and will also support the vat of water and a chimney.
Here is a picture of the vat and the bricks that we have laid so far. We still have a couple more courses to add on, but it is surprisingly sturdy so far considering I was leading the charge for the day and I have never done this before.
Anyway, the vat will sit on top and we will plug up the holes except for a chimney in the back. Then we can have a fire underneath the vat and heat up the water which will then be gravity fed down to where the bath is.
PS, I was up early this morning and caught a beautiful sunrise that I thought I'd share.
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