hardworkinghippy : La Ferme de Sourrou
Reducing tomatoes for bottling on the rocket stove and heating the water at the same time
I normally slide this little rocket stove under the cauldron (A back boiler for our hot water system) to get hot water when the solar panels aren't getting enough sun. Heating the boiler directly means that the thermal mass in the fireplace isn't heated and the house stays cool in the summer.
When there's long slow cooking to be done, I use twigs and empty corn cobs as fuel and add a jacket and a cooking surface to the rocket stove directing the flame sideways under the cauldron which heats the water while the food is cooking.
At the moment, there's a lot of veg in the garden and I use the hot water to wash out the glass jars and cooking pots, then I have a nice long shower when the work's done.
Reducing tomatoes for bottling on the rocket stove and heating the water at the same time
I normally slide this little rocket stove under the cauldron (A back boiler for our hot water system) to get hot water when the solar panels aren't getting enough sun. Heating the boiler directly means that the thermal mass in the fireplace isn't heated and the house stays cool in the summer.
When there's long slow cooking to be done, I use twigs and empty corn cobs as fuel and add a jacket and a cooking surface to the rocket stove directing the flame sideways under the cauldron which heats the water while the food is cooking.
At the moment, there's a lot of veg in the garden and I use the hot water to wash out the glass jars and cooking pots, then I have a nice long shower when the work's done.