Kitchen details

I have a small collection of bail closing canning jars from my mother. (pint size that is - I could have a large collection of quart size, if I wanted) I thought they would be a good place to keep my dried herbs from my herb garden. Also, because they are so cute, I wanted to display them. Martin kindly built me a shelf to put them on.

 I also have some shelves on either side of the kitchen window. It is a great place to keep tea pots and teas.

Martin needed more space

Martin built a lean-to shed off the back of his workshop. He needed more storage space.

Rocket Stove Upgrade

Before we actually moved into an tigin, Martin had built a simple rocket stove.

He has spent a lot of the winter researching different rocket stove designs and, of course, he wasn't satisfied with the simple one that we had. 

He wanted to be able to cook more than one thing at a time with less smoke.

Here is the new one.

We tried it out for the first time recently and it worked well. The hamburgers cooked up nicely, the potatoes boiled, and our garlic scapes sauteed up quickly. We also didn't smell like campfire when we were done, which was a nice change.