Residential Research On Green Living, Guiding The Way To A Safer, Better Future!
I’ve spent years making our household more green and want to share with you both the successes and the failures, hopefully saving you a lot of time and money. This is what happened to us in the real world. This is my attempt to light the way for others behind me on this path to a better future.
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I want to share information about residential solar energy options, like solar panels, solar hot air boxes (STHABs), tiny battery systems, solar ovens, charging your cell phone and emergency radio and light devices. And anything else I can find!
I’m trying to figure out how to provide a serious amount of fresh food from our residential urban lot year-round. We have six 4′ x 8′ raised beds, a 10′ x 12′ leaky cheap greenhouse, a 500 gallon water catchment system, and indoor hydroponics. I’d like to figure out how to use our sun porch for food production, but haven’t gotten that far yet.
We drive two electric vehicles – a 2013 Chevy Volt and a 2016 Nissan Leaf. Which one is better, what are the differences? Check out the blogs for more information.
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Our Residential Urban Green Experiment Numbers
370
Average kW per month
2
enthusiasts working
0
awards won
100%
satisfied inhabitants
Some Blog Entries
Most Recent Musings
- My Dad Is Looking Smarter All The Time, And He’s Been Dead For 10 Years.I just binge-watched all 10 seasons of Homestead Rescue, a ‘reality show’ series on the Discovery+ channel, over the last month. If you haven’t watched it, a man of many talents, Marty Raney, and his two adult children travel to … Continue reading My Dad Is Looking Smarter All The Time, And He’s Been Dead For 10 Years.
- I’m A Bloomsday Prepper And You Should Be One Too!Are you as tired of bad news as I am? There is just no shortage of bad news related to the 8 billion humans now living on this planet, and it’s kind of our fault. We go to the news … Continue reading I’m A Bloomsday Prepper And You Should Be One Too!
- The Thrill Of Vacuuming VarmintsIn the pictures above you can see my current hydroponic empire – a Tupperware container in the upper drawer of an old file cabinet – and yes, I should do a separate blog post on that. One of the big … Continue reading The Thrill Of Vacuuming Varmints
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