Cooking On A Wood Cook Stove

Barbara Swell is keeping the art of cooking on a wood cook stove alive in her retro kitchen located in a 1940s kitchen in an east Asheville log cabin. The kitchen is complete with a 1928 Home Comfort wood cook stove, gadgets, mixers, bowls, and heirloom recipes. She teaches hands-on classes, including recipes and take-home food or an in-class feast. Read more here

Many Tracks Solar Oven

There is something quite satisfying about walking into your garden, harvesting some well grown vegetables, and cooking them in the quiet, practical but efficient solar oven. The meal doesn’t have to be simple, it can be as elaborate as you want. The solar oven doesn’t care, it just does its thing with nary a complaint. Once it is constructed, there is no cost to operate, very little maintenance (if well made), and easy to use. A homesteader’s dream tool.
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Life At Dogfight Cove

II woke up early this morning, around six. It was dark and foggy, and very warm out. Sitting in the yard with the dogs for a few moments listening to the roosters crow, my birthday wind chime sounded like the bell buoy that I used to be able to hear lying in my childhood bed on the island. Such a soothing, solitary sound. An old truck chugging by out on the main road could have been a lobster boat heading out of the harbor. What lovely memories to have first thing in the morning!

It’s a school day for me, but I think they are going to bring some gravel in today to deal with the mud pit. This is something we have been wanting to do anyway so I am excited to see if it makes a difference, we’ve been dealing with this mud pit for years. Visit Dogfight Cove