Our life deep in the taiga is anything but ordinary. Follow along with our crazy escapades, if you dare.
It has been a while, but I know that at least a few people have asked about the current status of off-grid projects and life in the boreal forest. And there has been much progress since my last update! I will give a brief overview here, and then...
Last month I promised a deeper dive into solar thermal and PVT technology and, more importantly, whether or not we could use this technology to off-set some or all of the propane and diesel fuel we currently use to heat our house and provide year...
Last month my post about long term storage of solar energy using hydrogen generated a few interesting questions about why we are not using heat pumps, solar thermal collectors, and heating in general. And these questions are certainly relevant. Part...
Every few years, the zeitgeist shifts and a new set of pundits begin promoting the future prosperity offered by the dawning of a new hydrogen based economy. I recall reading about the exciting near-term development of commercial photocatalytic...
It’s that time again! @matrodina It’s March so time for the Noctiluca Ice Classic! Comment the date and time you think my grounds will be completely ice and snow free! Closest guess wins a home made prize. Hints: it usually happens between the...
I know, long time, no update. Like most blogs these days, this one seems to be lost in the ether. But, as you may have surmised from the last update, we have been very busy around the house. Over the past year, our oldest child (Orion) graduated...
Energy Matters If my last post read like an article from the, now sadly defunct, Home Power Magazine, then consider the reason. We tend to take energy for granted, turn a light switch on, press start on the washing machine or dishwasher and...
Much has changed since our very first entry three years ago, and yet much remains the same. We remain on our 10 acres of boreal forest, still living off grid in what we described as our physical off-grid castle. We are in the process of making a...
It has been a long time since our last update, so much to catch up on, so this will be a quick overview. More to come, hopefully, in the weeks to come. Ok, we made it to the equinox, now the days are longer than the nights for the next half-year. We...
As it happened, this week I came across an old blog post I made on a different platform, back in 2006. Here is what I wrote about music 15 years ago on 5/7/2006 (beware of dead links, this content is 15+ years old): I played Tuba in high school and...
