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, […]
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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 »
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 […]