Gravel is love.

 I am not saying I invented something new in the world of Minecraft, but it is a personal discovery. Gravel is gold when wanting to stop and kill lava. I started out trying to stop the lava with cobblestone, and it works to some degree, except when it does not. You can not be sure you got all the lava killed, and you might find more underneath the placed cobblestone if you dig it up.

Gravel however, sinks down to the bottom of the pool, and if you keep dropping gravel down you will eventually make a very safe wall and know that there is no lingering lava at the bottom of it.

Killing a whole source of lava is time consuming, deadly, but worth it. This pool will find its end by my hands! My garden depends on it!

I used to loath gravel. Yes, it gives flint, ( I never used it my self, ever.) and sometimes it can be used for decorating needs, but other than that it just takes up space in inventory. Not to mention falling on top of ones head while trying to mine.

I am sure that we could use sand for the same purpose of killing lava, but sand has many other uses, and can be turned into glass and beautiful stone.

This newfound love for gravel have me hunting for it, and when you want it it is rather hard to find. My octopies loves the fact that im making their pool deeper, excevating all the sand and gravel I can find.

And with this I hope I wont have to die in lava, and keep my items! I lost too many things already.

Prosper mining to you all!

//Lith.

Server's' up.

 We have a family server running, and I thought Id have a go at making a project going on there. As you can see I am all armoured up, wielding a fancy stone sword at this point. It is a dangerous world out there, and I love it.

 The first little base was a cut out in the nearest soft soil I could find, overlooking a beautiful lake. My son built the walkway over to his nether-portal, for easy access. I think he walled it in cobblestone to keep it safe from creepers blowing it up. Smart kid. And when he came back after his ventures he brought me glow-stones!

 This is now the cluttered first base, and it is cluttered indeed. I decided I wanted grass all the way down to the very bottom of this world. I dug down til I hit bedrock, and opened up an area where I will build my underground house. No such house is complete with out a freshly cut lawn, so I had to cut , carve and set dirt all the way down in a spiraling fashion, hoping it would grow. And grow it did!

 The base outside of my home in construction. Everlasting water source going with the basic need for storage, smelter and crafting table. Behind there is a bed as well.

 My walls with big windows are being made, and also a quite handsome fireplace, or should I say "lava-place". I am placing glow-stones under the window blocks, hoping it will keep the place well lit up.

 And finally, my garden to be. I think it will be nice to have a deadly lava-fall in it, don't you ?

I hope I get to do more games, life are busy, but I have hopes. Until next time, happy fortune and prosper mining to all.