Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

[The Porch]

I use powder laundry detergent. My momma always said "I'm not paying for water!" I will pay a little extra for powder laundry detergent that comes in a paperboard box because I don't have the guilt and hassle of the plastic jugs. Sure, they're recyclable, but I still have to store them and haul them to the recycling center. Plus, I'm all for zero waste / no single-use plastics.

Right now the best price I can find is Arm & Hammer unscented. Tide Free & Clear is the other one. Pricey, IMO, but less than equivalent (unscented and zero waste) products I could buy online.

I won't admit how long a box lasts. We do a lot of laundry here, mostly because I don't have the mental bandwidth to do manage the laundry cycle.

The dishwasher is a guilty non-SS luxury. Unscented powder dishwasher detergent is $$$. I tried going without for a while but it just messed up my daily routine too much. I decided it was worth paying a ridiculous amount for dishwasher detergent and keeping my routine of running the dishwasher at bedtime every night. I could only find unscented powder dishwasher detergent in a bulk buy - 8 boxes for $100. Uff. (I won't do pods. They're said to be biodegradable but studies show that 75% of the plastics in them get into the environment. I don't want microplastic in my drinking water!)

This says it will do 200 loads, I can use the bucket in the garden when empty BUT they wanted 24.99 for it, DH said
that was ridiculous, and we got the All, 158 loads $11

I do like powdered,,,

 

[tortoise]

This says it will do 200 loads, I can use the bucket in the garden when empty BUT they wanted 24.99 for it, DH said
that was ridiculous, and we got the All, 158 loads $11

I do like powdered,,,

I that was unscented I'd buy it! I don't mind plastic buckets so much - we use them for years. I could use another bucket like that in my chicken coop right now...

 

[CrealCritter]

I dont get a lot of big chunks, when the stoves arnt getting enough air I clean out the ash, our wood burns down all the way not much left but ash
the bottom of the cook stove lest the ash fall through

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but not so with this

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Cook stove must have a grate for the ash to fall through. You're wood stove looks like how ours looks. No where for ash to go but to suffocate coals. Not designed for extended periods of burn. Need to close off the air inlets, let it cool down, clean out the ash and charcoals then refire. 3 days and 3 nights is about the maximum burn time for ours before the fire box needs to be cleaned.

I'm thinking up a better design. I would like to go an entire heating season. But probably not feasible since you need to brush the chimney periodically.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[murphysranch]

I was fortunate to have the funds to buy and store: laundry detergent, coffee both beans and ground, tea bags, tissues and tp. I also go to lots of estate sales and buy this kind of stuff.

As to the coffee: we are not fussy. As long as its black and hot and strong, I'm good. Hubs puts a bit of coffee in his creamer, so he's clearly not fussy.

 

[Hinotori]

This says it will do 200 loads, I can use the bucket in the garden when empty BUT they wanted 24.99 for it, DH said
that was ridiculous, and we got the All, 158 loads $11

I do like powdered,,,

Only get stuff at Costco when it goes on sale. Laundry stuff is around 3 times a year, it just rotates on what's on sale. I'll store a new container of soap if I'm within a month of needing it and it's on sale.

The Kirkland detergent doesn't work quite as well as the Tide for the stains hubby gets at work, but it's not bad. We do use it occasionally. I get the liquid only because it works better in our washer. We do have curbside recycling, even out in our rural location, except for glass which needs brought in yourself.

I have to use clorox 2 with shirts and jeans or they all get rust stains. It doesn't take much to prevent it and doesn't have to go in with every load. I usually do every other. Plus we try to have darker clothes that don't show the rust as easily. Jeans will look dirty with the rust stains. The fun of high iron water.

 

[Hinotori]

Cook stove must have a grate for the ash to fall through. You're wood stove looks like how ours looks. No where for ash to go but to suffocate coals. Not designed for extended periods of burn. Need to close off the air inlets, let it cool down, clean out the ash and charcoals then refire. 3 days and 3 nights is about the maximum burn time for ours before the fire box needs to be cleaned.

I'm thinking up a better design. I would like to go an entire heating season. But probably not feasible since you need to brush the chimney periodically.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

Do you have a fire grate in yours? They do make them with screens to keep the coals up from the ash. We thought about getting one but the stove usually only needs run at night here. I can clean any ash as needed between burns.

 

[flowerbug]

i woke up this morning and made breakfast and for a change went back to the bowl of oatmeal with dried cherries and some peanut butter. after not having that for several weeks/month or longer it seemed to hit me poorly. kept feeling like i should just go back to sleep. so i tried for a nap. think i might have got a few winks. nothing really going on here other than the usual.

snow is melting. can't tell if there are any mice to trap. want to go back to sleep again. will have to talk myself into staying awake all evening.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

want to go back to sleep again. will have to talk myself into staying awake all evening.

Not getting sick are you? Hope not!

 

[The Porch]

I that was unscented I'd buy it! I don't mind plastic buckets so much - we use them for years. I could use another bucket like that in my chicken coop right now...

Hmmmm, ya , I will have to look at it next time I am in, I dont like scented, I started coughing in church yesterday cuz some ones dryer sheet order, it smelled like bounce

 

[The Porch]

Cook stove must have a grate for the ash to fall through. You're wood stove looks like how ours looks. No where for ash to go but to suffocate coals. Not designed for extended periods of burn. Need to close off the air inlets, let it cool down, clean out the ash and charcoals then refire. 3 days and 3 nights is about the maximum burn time for ours before the fire box needs to be cleaned.

I'm thinking up a better design. I would like to go an entire heating season. But probably not feasible since you need to brush the chimney periodically.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

https://woodstoves.net/pioneer-stoves/bakers-choice-cookstove.htm this is my stove, we have had it since 2012
there are 2 flat fire brick inside a steel frame- so like if you put your hands out flat, and leave a small space inbetween them, then rotate your hands outward , thats how the ? flippers work , there is a handle that cames with the stove you put on the end on the ? nurt and then turn the flipper,