Cold outside, but the greenhouse is heating up - the rocket stove continues.

Youssef and I started this morning in the greenhouse creating a heat riser for the greenhouse rocket stove using the dirt gathered yesterday before dark.  It rained all day.  If it were colder it would have been snow, but the greenhouse felt nice despite the sub 50 reading on the thermometers.

We started by putting our 8in stove pipe inside the 12 in stove pipe to create a form for the clay mixture.  The mixture is approximately just less than 2 parts perlite or vermiculite to one part of sifted dirt.  Check mixture for explosive ability.

 

Each handful is packed tightly in this case with a golf club left by Freddie last time he was running dogs.

The form is filling.

Completion

Installation

Test run #1