The shelter tries to be as self sufficient as possible. Everything is recycled and re-used. Yesterday we ran out of gas which is made from the by-product of the cows …. yes their poo. It’s a timely process: The poo is mixed with an specific proportion of water: Large particles and undigested food, like grass is removed by hand: The mixture is poured down a drainpipe where the magic occurs: Covered by a closh the sun heats the contents which makes the gas 😀. The slurry, pictured above, is used as fertiliser on the kitchen garden. The gas, fed by a pipe, feeds a 2 ring hob, enough to warm water for tea and milk for the babies in a reasonable time.
As I said yesterday we did not produce enough gas (it was overcast with a cool breeze). Our evening meal was cooked on homemade briquettes moulded from soaked cardboard and charcoal chips. This was sucessful as in we all ate (very well as we had the slaughtered rabbit) but there was some smoke and lots of ash.
I plan to do some baking with the ladies on Saturday afternoon so hope the end result is not affected by the cooking method.
I decided in going to try going natural with my hair as water is such a precious commodity here.
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