This piece struck a chord with me F&S. For many years we have been avoiding putting 'all our eggs in one basket' so to speak. Our main source of heating comes from wood burners. I scrounge firewood by trimming and restoring overgrown hedgerows for farmers in return for the firewood. Today I fabricated a couple of trivets so that now not only can we boil water but also slow cook on the stoves. Recently I rigged up a solar 12v lighting and power system so that our dining room lights and phone and computer charging are all off grid. It's not hard to do if you have the mind to be curious and can use a few simple tools. Oct 21 we used 210KW of electricity. Oct 22 149KW.
This piece struck a chord with me F&S. For many years we have been avoiding putting 'all our eggs in one basket' so to speak. Our main source of heating comes from wood burners. I scrounge firewood by trimming and restoring overgrown hedgerows for farmers in return for the firewood. Today I fabricated a couple of trivets so that now not only can we boil water but also slow cook on the stoves. Recently I rigged up a solar 12v lighting and power system so that our dining room lights and phone and computer charging are all off grid. It's not hard to do if you have the mind to be curious and can use a few simple tools. Oct 21 we used 210KW of electricity. Oct 22 149KW.