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Tag Archives: solar hot water heater
solar nerds
We have definitely become solar nerds. I’ve written before about timing and planning fires in the masonry stove based on the weather forecast. We’re definitely more skilled at this now than we were last year. This year’s mild winter has … Continue reading
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triple threat
Today is extremely gray, cloudy, and rainy. Seems like a perfect day to write about the triple threat of solar energy since we have so little. We continue to be impressed by passive solar. It’s amazing what orienting the house … Continue reading
cycles o’ laundry
It’s the weekend. That means laundry. Which means multiple loads of laundry with various steps and stages. Nothing like one word–‘laundry’–that actually masks the multi-step process that can eat up a bunch of the weekend between the sorting, carrying, switching … Continue reading