Bamboo as a fuel source

[forrestdweller]

Sounds lovely! Although I imagine it must be noisy in the rain?

it's not too bad -- and corrugated iron is the common material for roofs around here unless you want to go through the lengthy process of cutting and processing spiky palm fronds

 

[Nice65]

Sounds lovely! Although I imagine it must be noisy in the rain?

If I remember right, he has shared his hut with a Fer-de-Lance at one point, noisy rain is the least of his problems

 

[GNJC]

it's not too bad -- and corrugated iron is the common material for roofs around here unless you want to go through the lengthy process of cutting and processing spiky palm fronds

Used to have roofs like that in Tz, just left them as made for years, until... sparks from a braai set one off and we lost a whole section. After that we used to spray with borax solution to offer some fire-resistance, just as we should have from the start...

 

[forrestdweller]

If I remember right, he has shared his hut with a Fer-de-Lance at one point, noisy rain is the least of his problems

you've good memory the fer-de-lance was on a different farm and in a different shelter, but on my current location i almost fell on a 5ft female about 25m from the shelter -- she made a tasty soup for diner (we also had a 4ft boa eating our last two chooks a month ago, but boas are not to be harmed on our place...)