Homesteading in Hawaii

Now that the house is approaching it's finale, I'm trying to get better organized. I'm building some shelving, creating some sto...

I had mentioned previously that I planned to experiment burning kukui nuts. They are common around here and nobody uses them. Thus people do...

Jerry contacted me via email complaining about my idea of using twigs for firewood. He felt that they weren't worth the effort because t...

Ah, thoughts of winter must be cropping up inside the heads of the mainland readers because I'm getting emails asking about winter firew...

Lets talk "ashes". Ashes, as in the by product of a wood fire. As you know, I'm a wood burner. Hubby says that I have a fascin...