[Homestead] Cold,cold weather

roxann roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com
Mon Dec 22 14:48:55 EST 2008


because of our inexperience (and often ignorance) we are still having to infuse a lot of cash to keep it going. but the direction is toward self-sustaining. if we didn't have the cash, i don't think we could survive right now, let alone sustain, lol. unfortunately, it is this very difficulty that convinced my husband that homesteading is not for him. i am much more stubborn than him and am determined to keep at it until i reach that level of sustainability which does not require so much cash flow and yet offers the few comforts i do require...warmth during winter being one of them. 

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)


 -------Original Message-------
 From: Clansgian at wmconnect.com
 Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cold,cold weather
 Sent: 22 Dec '08 18:09
 
 
 > > Right now, all of our wood is rotten, old, and damp, and it is very
 > difficult getting enough heat from the burner with that old wood. Chalk this
 > experience up to a learning homesteading type of lesson, one I do not want to
 > repeat.
 >
 
 ..... Good firewood and burning marginal wood using coal is my paradigm of two
 proposals for homesteading:  One is to economic self containment  of the esentials
 (good, dry, hardwood), the other is to keep the homestead going by continuous
 infustions of cash (the damp wood kept ingited by the coal).
 
 James



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