The hens are all in, Pa! One of the Wee ‘Un’s favourite chores is chasing up the chickens of an evening and getting them all in their pen ready for bed. What’s really amusing is not the sight of 30 hens being herded along by a
I hit the limit today - there’s only so much you can do before grinding to a halt and while I usually keep pushing, not this time.
As well as the usual chores, I spent a lot of time balanced on the roof rack on the Land Rover using a pole saw to top the spruce trees around the vegetable garden.
These are getting well over 25-30 feet tall and block the winter sunshine from the vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »
Reviewing our energy consumption figures revealed that our cathode ray tube television (CRT TV) is quite low in its energy use.
Research for the 40% house found the typical CRT TV uses 75 watts in on-mode while a typical plasma TV uses 350 watts.
Taking our TV as the baseline with 52 watts in on-mode and dividing all three by 52 to give a baseline ratio: Read the rest of this entry »
One of the first steps to take in reducing your personal energy consumption is to find out how much energy you and your family actually use.
I’ve mentioned this on Selfsufficientish and to friends and neighbours, with the inevitable result that they ask me how to do it.
Well, here’s the Stonehead Guide to Measuring Energy Consumption… Read the rest of this entry »
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