This is so simple – courtesy of some Scottish inspiration during our visit in the holidays and some reading of the River Cottage Handbook No. 13 Curing and Smoking by Steven Lamb. And yes a Parma is on the way – if we can wait! … Continue reading
The view from Villa Straylight: evening temperature inversion
The evening temperature inversion: And, the morning temperature inversion:
Hurler delivering stones over the trenches and into the building site
Tractor power being used to deliver stones for building the foundations: Don’t worry there was a large boulder below the wheel!
Walliser käseschnitte
Before Easter we experimented with making our own Walliser käseschnitte. Of course this required a lot of experimentation and tasting! Some of our previous versions from the electric grill:
We build our own Fogão a Lenha cooking stove
Just completed building our first Fogão a Lenha – i.e. Brazilian wood burning cooking stove. With a hint of the rocket mass heater / stove thrown in.
Upgrading to a 50 KVA transformer
The ‘Davies and Daughters Towing Company’ just helped out ZESA and collected a nice heavy 3 phase 50 KVA transformer using the flat bed trailer. Then hauled it up and swapped it out with the 10 KVA unit. This thing weighs in somewhere around 550 kg including windings and oil. … Continue reading
Eastern Highlander 