It was a long cold winter but it’s finally over. The wood stove we built kept us nice and cozy. There’s nothing that can compare to the way the heat feels from a wood fire. This Spring is still a bit chilly. We’re still running the stove now and then on a cool evening.
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Remember No Cost – Low Cost? We made the wood stove from a 55 gallon metal barrel and some black stove pipe. All the materials (barrel, flue pipe, damper, high-temp black paint) used to build the stove cost about $50.
Many a day we cooked a pot of beans on top of the wood stove in one of our cast iron dutch ovens (like you see in the picture) and kept a pot of coffee warm.
So Very Nice to hear that you were quiet comfortable thru out the winter.
Are you close to the flooding areas??
Heard that they had rain today in Dunklin County, Missouri.
Glad to see you are posting again.
nice to hear u made it through the winter, looking forward to more posts from u. 🙂
Good Morning to you, I’m glad you are back on line.. I love reading about your adventures.. Please try and write more..
Hello you two, so good to hear from you. Have you started your cabin yet? Keep us posted, is your garden in?? Take care, Linda C
It is great to hear from you again. I got worried that something might have happen. I live down in AR and I know the weather got bad here a time or two. Would love to hear more about all that you do on you homestead. Please try to post more I love to read what is going on.
I wondered why I hadn’t seen any posts from the Homestead lately. I love reading them and thought something was wrong. I’m happy to see you posting again and much luck to you on the old homestead this year!!
So glad to see you posting again. I have missed your posts! Hope the weather where you are isn’t causing you flooding problems.
Hello,
So happy to see you posting again, have missed you very much, am looking forward to hearing more about your adventures, is it flooding in your area? We have really bad floods in the Winnipeg area, many homes are almost completely under water. Keep posting.
Oh, so happy to see you back again. I love reading your posts and am looking forward to more spring and summer stories. Keep ’em coming! : )
Oh, I am so glad you guys posted this. I have been wondering if everything was okay. You guys have been such an inspiration as I try to make my family more enviornmentally aware! I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Hey Everyone, We have had some flash flooding in our area. We got about 20 inches of rain in a week and a half. We are on high ground so the flooding didn’t directly affect us. For awhile, I thought we should consider building an ark instead of a cabin though. We haven’t started our cabin yet…but the fever is coming. Our garden is coming along nicely. We have been enjoying fresh strawberries and greens. More on the garden soon.