by Dr. Tom Lombardo Generating electricity from sunlight is more practical than you might think. Germany is one of the world leaders in solar power production, and it gets less sunlight than most places in the northern United States. Energy prices continue to rise and the cost of solar panels…
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Bush Craft 101 by Dave Canterbury
Bush Craft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury I spent quite a bit of time leafing through my Dad’s Army survival guide when I was a kid and I loved soaking up the info to try out on my hikes through the woods.…
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Hatching Chicks in Autumn
For complete instructions on hatching eggs, see my post How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator Hatching in Spring vs Fall Most people think of cute little chicks hatching in the spring, right around Easter time. It’s the natural time of year for baby animals to start their lives,…
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Laundry Day with Kevin’s Quality Clothespins!
Line Dried with Love I hang most of our laundry out on the clothesline during the summer, and I have to say that although I love saving money and energy by line drying, I’m getting pretty frustrated with el cheap-o clothespins (NOT a name brand…just the regular, made wherever, as…
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Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Lighting
by Dr. Tom Lombardo Passive solar is one of the oldest solar technologies known to mankind. Archeologists have found evidence of passive solar homes dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, thousands of years ago. With the abundance of cheap fuel, we’ve moved away from these techniques. Now that we know the…