We are very close to choosing our solar hot water system and installer. It is something we were thinking about even before we went for the solar PV, and when the latter system was designed, we made sure there would be plenty of room for thermal collectors. Now that we have whittled down our oil consumption, …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Root Cellar Roots
Time to check on the stored roots. I didn’t grow any these – as usual I lost control over the garden mid-Summer and have yet to grow a successful Fall crop. These came in my CSA farm share from Siena Farm. As you can see I had a hard time keeping up with the parsnips! …
They Had Their Portraits Done
These were painted by my MIL on the basis of photographs taken last summer. Aren’t they absolutely gorgeous! Oh, I just had an Insight! Maybe this is the year when we start sending out New Year’s cards? LOL. All images (c) 2012, Sudakshina Ghosh
Adding Rooms to Our House
We have always used our basement for three things: laundry, storage (aka dumping) and, seasonally, seedlings. There are two large rooms and a spacious corridor. One room holds the furnace and the two big oil tanks that the previous owner needed so her 50-year-old furnace could overheat her uninsulated house (we fixed all of that …
Hens Don’t Like Snow, but They Love Hen-Sitters
Yesterday we had our first real snowfall of the season. Just an inch, if that. In the morning I opened the coop hatch and, unlike on other days, the chickens didn’t rush out, scolding, hurrying down the plank to their food under the coop. They poked their heads out, looked around, questioned, hesitated. Two ventured …
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