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Comment on The Low Energy Fridge by John

John — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:33 +0000

Your post was one that helped in setting up my own chest fridge conversation. I used a love temperature switch. The chest fridge uses only 6 to 10 watts an hour and the freezer ~22 watts an hour, compared to the previous fridge that averaged 100 watts an hour.

Comment on BYOB-Bring Your Own Bottle by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:13:28 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Vegetable Fermentation by John

John — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:29:17 +0000

Thank you for the excellent explanations and photos. I am starting with pickles today.

Comment on On not wasting water while bathing by Lewis Sanchez

Lewis Sanchez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:03:40 +0000

Also, we hav a solar water heater (save beucoup electricty) and we use all low flow shower heads when taking regular showers, and the garden sprayer only cost $12.00 (dirt cheap I think).

Comment on On not wasting water while bathing by Lewis Sanchez

Lewis Sanchez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:01:24 +0000

I live in Puerto Rico. We decided to cut down water usage because it (like everything else here) is way too expensive, much moreso than in the states. Here is something to try. Get a garden spray. We purchased a one gallon one and pour hot water in it. I devised a holder from 2×4 wood and one can take a complete shower, including washing hair, with less than one gallon. The pressurized water really suds you up and cleans you as well. My wife was hesitant but tried it one morning and was surprised. She took a complete shower AND washed and conditioned her hair with LESS than 3/4 gallon of water. My little daughter loves it, even more than regular showering. PR gets a lot of hurricanes and tropical storms and the water goes out often. This has been a real lifesaver, and allows us to use our stored water for cooking and drinking, instead of wasting it for showering. We made a rainwater collection system for toilet flushing which has also abeen great. To resolve electrical failures, I installed a solar panel system that provides electricity to every room in the house via an alternate wiring system. We use it every day. Total cost: $941– It runs all the lights, 2 TV, my computer and any other small wattage item I may want to connect. Of course, I changed allthe bulbs t 5 or 9 watts CFL and the TV’s are only using 75 and 57 watts respectively. We don;t even notice the frequent electrical cutoffs now. It’s been great. I m now building a manual washing machine and a vertical axis wind turbine to have even more power. Keeps me busy anyways.

Comment on Homemade cheap solar water heater by martin

martin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:05:14 +0000

very cool,thanks

Comment on An End to Only Wearing Garbage by wasteweardaily

wasteweardaily — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:49:10 +0000

What would you have liked to see pictures of? Maybe it isn’t too late.
Cindy

Comment on An End to Only Wearing Garbage by deva

deva — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:55:53 +0000

too bad there were no pictures!

Comment on How Many clothes Does One Need? by Seanna

Seanna — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:35:49 +0000

Just dropping by.Btw, your website has great content!

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Comment on How Many clothes Does One Need? by Karin

Karin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:14:04 +0000

Well, here’s what I do. But I don’t get off the farmlette much. I work at home. I have a couple of “going to town pants”. I have two pair of work pants that can get messy with animals, gardening and cooking stuff. They are patched and mended, sometimes embroidered. I have several long sleeve jerseys in one color, black. One thermal shirt and a turtle neck. a couple paris of thermal udnerwear. I spice up the winter wardrobe with hand knitted sweaters that I’ve made. I have about three of those and one work sweater from a thrift store. I have one winter dress and a couple of nice blouses for more dressier occasions that I wear with my “going to town pants”. I live in rural Maine. It is more about being warm than stylish in the winter.

Summer is about the same with shorts instead of pants and t-shirts. I tend to have a couple skirts I wear to town. And a couple of sundresses to freshen up in after working in the garden all day.

One fleece jacket, one winter jacket, one dress coat given to me years ago.

One pair of hiking boots, one pair of birkenstocks, one pair of garden clogs and one pair of dress shoes, one pair of sneakers. Foot wear is always of good quality and taken to the cobbler when in need of repair.

2 pairs of pj bottoms that I made myself. I have a couple of tshirts reserved just for sleepwear. In the winter I wear a cardigan I made instead of a bathrobe.

I think the key is to have some favorite pieces of clothing that you save for special occasions. If you need a wardrobe for work, have clothing that can be mixed and matched, so there is variety without needing a overly large wardrobe.