Don, this “while you’re resting” goes way back from when my grandfather worked as a farmhand in the late 1920s. When all the farmhands came back from the hayfields all sweaty for dinner, the wealthy farmer stepped out on the porch:
“Dinner will be ready in 10 minutes. Pick stones on the nearby field - while you are resting” he said.
Also, when at the table there were no prayers, but a song:
“Careful on the butter, careful on the cheese. Careful, careful, careful”
Edit: I’ve tried my best over the years to pass these sayings on to wife and kids. For some reson I don’t understand, I always get rolling eyes in return
I am burning some european tri-colour birch to make maple syrup right now. I smells like pine or spruce when it initially burns. I don’t know if it naturally smells like that or if it picked up scent from the pine trees in close proximity.
It is actually really heavy. I don’t know if it is what you call birch or not.
Hi Sean, if i remember correctly our birch tree is “Betula Alba” species, in my place there are wart-birch, and glass-birch i believe. containing sugar and smells sweet and good.
Kristjan, alder grows in the area, in the future I will prepare some fuel specifically from this type of wood, but I think that poplar is a similar fuel, a lot of gas with a little resin and charcoal, …
“Giorgio style”, I like that expression.
Hmm i dont know… l havent got experiance with real poplar, here only aspen grows (its kinda same?) And its horrible firewood. If super dry its ok but it produces litle charcoal. Alder however l like wery much. Black alder and hazel charcoal was and still is used for black powder so perhaps there is something to it, also in regards to your observation
at first the gasifier hearth in stainless, than the muffler, than the filter, now the cooler…it is a logically development for a real proven working design…who likes to have with such a design rust problems and failures in the future…? once made, and you have not to think more about material problems…at least the cheapest version.
now we wait for the gasifiers shells in stainless and the condensation area of the hopper…
Aspen is in the poplar family as is cottonwood if you have those. Neat fact of the day. I just read aspen can grow in the winter because they have a green layer under the bark that can photosynthesize in the winter. Cottonwood burns hot but fast.
I thought they used either willow or grapevine for black powder. There are also other ingredients that are harder to get. I haven’t looked at the process in years.
