Recently all the firewood I have cut has come from already fallen trees. I’m currently working in an area off the rocks road where trees were blown down late spring or early summer last year. In this case the wind was from the east, usually strong winds are from the west or north. There are […]
We’ve added panels to our solar setup and made additions to the solar shed. Our primary solar input is through 3 polycrystaline panels ranging from 235 to 250 watts each. They produce electricity as 24 volts DC. The 4 panels we added are 190 watt monocrystaline and produce electricity as 36 volts DC. We have […]
We heat our home in winter using a wood burning stove (we have two woodstoves going when it is really cold). Winter is also when we cut, split and stack firewood for the next heating season. I’ve been cutting firewood in a several locations, most recently on the point south of our garden and home. […]