We got our first solar appliance working this morning! We managed to get this thing working last summer when we had lots of sun, but winter weather was pretty hard on it. It was a family effort; Helen found and fastened clips, Stephen and I … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
Too many seedlings!
It has officially been spring for a couple of days, but around here it has not felt like winter for weeks. It is warm, mostly sunny, and weeds are starting to appear in the garden beds. A couple of weeks ago I decided to start some seedlings. I … [Read more...]
Diving back into the discussion…
I’ve had an incredible number of responses to my initial educational foray into dumpster diving! There have been a number of comments on this blog (thank you!) and a phenomenal number of responses on my Face Book page. Interestingly, although perhaps … [Read more...]