Off-grid homestead presentation for Solar Energy Society of Alberta

On May 23rd 2018, I presented our off-grid homestead to the Solar ...

Off-grid security camera

To keep an eye on our house under construction, we wanted a security ...

The log house

This blog's about page has been claiming we are working on building ...

Missing Grid

Last night a powerful thunderstorm blasted the city with a ...

A much larger garden

I finally bought a rototiller for my tractor; it is a CAT II 1GN-180H ...

Starting seeds in the greenhouse

I fixed my greenhouse a few weeks back, so now the wind can no ...

Sourdough bread

I love "heavy" breads, strong beer and good cheese. In ...

Spring project: fixing up my old 'plastic' greenhouse

Snow is melting rapidly here above the 53rd latitude and people are ...

Wild animals on camera

Moose, coyote and weasel from Arne on Vimeo. The trail camera caught ...

Getting rid of whiteflies

I have a little Indoor vegetable garden that is giving me a bit of ...

An indoor vegetable garden

Indoor vegetable garden Winter here usually starts in November and ...

Evaluating BeagleBone Green with a simple temperature alarm project.

BeagleBone Green temperature alarm I have been interested in ...

Thermodynamic calculcations for cold room

Simplified thermodynamic model of cold room I built a cold room in ...

A cold storage room in a finished basement

2016 harvest in cold storage Fridges and freezers are great ...

Harvest 2016

Leek and red cabbage The fall rye I had planted last fall turned out ...

A log wood shed

Finished log shed What is the difference between a bunch of dead ...

Mushrooms

The summer of 2016 was very wet, causing many mushrooms to pop up in ...

Chickens!

Chantecler and Ameraucana pullets We have plans to turn our 63 acres ...

Solar water well

Solar panels running the pump filling the tank When considering ...