Category Archives: Home and Homestead

Trailer?

I’m in the market for an inexpensive trailer.  Something that can carry at least 1/4 cord of firewood (1,250lbs wet).  Probably something like a 4’x6′ with some stake pockets on the side.  I’ve found a few used ones, but nothing … Continue reading

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Looking forward to the weekend

I’m super excited about this weekend.  We have 3 trees that need to be removed from our back yard and I’ll be working on it with the 562XP – should be a blast!  That saw is like a light saber … Continue reading

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Woodgas Cars

Here is a wonderful article on wood gas cars.  Well worth the read if you are into interesting technologies, history and conservation of our planet and it’s resources.

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Firewood, ho!

Things are looking up.  We found out about a month ago that we had lost access to where we were cutting firewood (the land got sold outside of the family).  But now a family friend has agreed to let me … Continue reading

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Loving Lubuntu

A few weeks ago we decided it was time to replace our aging Athlon XP based desktop with something a little more agile and a lot more efficient.  We chose to build an AMD Zacate e-350 based system utilizing our … Continue reading

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