Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Adobe Oven in Guatemala

 

Beachy places first round of adobe blocks for the oven. The adobe mud/dirt was mixed on site and made into blocks using the Eskimold; after a few days in the sun they were ready to build with. The local bakery uses a much larger adobe oven to bake in, the one we built is a good size for home use. For those who don't know the oven is heated by building a wood fire inside, when the oven is up to temperature and the fire is burnt out, the bread, etc is placed inside and the door is shut, it then bakes from the heat stored in the walls of the oven. Posted by Picasa

Moving Right Along

 

Al Anderson and Glen Beachy take time to pose for picture. Posted by Picasa

Nearly Complete

 
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Adobe Block Crew

The Adobe Oven Crew,
Glen and Melba Beachy, and granddaughter Heidi Graham. Heidi's dad Howard is the inventor of the mold, it was designed to build Igloos out of snow, which it does very well, and is a great winter activity for both kids and adults. The brand name is Eskimold and can be purchased on line at www.eskimold.com We were pleased to find the Eskimold works equally well for adobe as it does for snow.
The oven in the above picture still needs a door and a couple more layers of mortar on the outside.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Successful Hunt


Jeremy Saffarek, of Smithers British Columbia, bagged this Mountain Goat during the season of 2005. His dad taught him and his two brothers the skills needed to hunt the wild outdoors of B.C. All three sons of Jeantte (Beachy) and Kurt Saffarek have bagged several of the big game animals that live in B.C.
Note: The steep mountain terrain where they hunted.