After receiving this wick material and these wick tabs I was anxious to start making candles! Here at Independence Homestead we try to reuse as many materials as possible, so I had the idea that we could make candles in containers using repurposed glass food jars. We have quite the collection of baby food jars, […]
Posts Tagged ‘solar oven’
Candlemaking: Attempt #1
Posted in Energy, Household, tagged beekeeping, bees, beeswax, candlemaking, candles, comb, homestead, reuse, solar energy, solar oven, solar power, wax on July 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Melting Beeswax
Posted in Beekeeping, Energy, Household, tagged bee hives, beekeeping, bees, beeswax, comb, filter, melting, solar oven, wax on July 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We needed to melt down the beeswax in the comb so that we could use the wax for candles and other potential crafts. George did some research, and found that it was common to use solar ovens to do this. We had been wanting a solar oven for other reasons so it was a good opportunity to go ahead and build a solar oven!
Building a Solar Oven
Posted in Energy, Food & Beverage, Household, tagged conservation, homestead, solar energy, solar oven, solar power on July 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For a while now we have been wanting to build a solar oven. This summer we’ve made it happen! First we did some research on solar ovens. There are several different configurations one can build. We went with a box cooker design. This is not the type of solar oven that gets the hottest, but […]