I just finished your "Low-Tech: What, Why and How". Best one yet! Thank you for what you are doing. I've followed your work since the Oil Drum days. I often wonder if I have Multiple Personality Disorder.
I've been at this "homesteading" thing for decades now and will not waiver. I spend hours a day gardening, splitting wood, building furniture, I even have a small sawmill that I use when I get deadfall or storm damaged trees. I try to learn something old every day - like seed saving. Other hours a day I spend doing computer programing and commercial art. I really can't stand the latter anymore. After a lifetime of making money for other people I'm just sick of it. At 62 I'm trying to retire but clients are pulling hard.
Like Kris I work hard at counting every kWh of electricity I use (I have a 7.3 kWh system with batters) planning power hungry activities during the sunny parts of the day and getting on my wife for firing up the electric range when the sun is down. I can do this since I home from work... Hopefully soon I will home from home!
I'm sure you and I could riff for hours upon hours as you do with many of your guests and friends. Too bad we are not geographically closer I visit with some of my Blackberry wine. That would extend any conversation :)
Keep up the great work. BTW, I have already hauled into the basement three and a half bushels of potatoes!
Nate,
I just finished your "Low-Tech: What, Why and How". Best one yet! Thank you for what you are doing. I've followed your work since the Oil Drum days. I often wonder if I have Multiple Personality Disorder.
I've been at this "homesteading" thing for decades now and will not waiver. I spend hours a day gardening, splitting wood, building furniture, I even have a small sawmill that I use when I get deadfall or storm damaged trees. I try to learn something old every day - like seed saving. Other hours a day I spend doing computer programing and commercial art. I really can't stand the latter anymore. After a lifetime of making money for other people I'm just sick of it. At 62 I'm trying to retire but clients are pulling hard.
Like Kris I work hard at counting every kWh of electricity I use (I have a 7.3 kWh system with batters) planning power hungry activities during the sunny parts of the day and getting on my wife for firing up the electric range when the sun is down. I can do this since I home from work... Hopefully soon I will home from home!
I'm sure you and I could riff for hours upon hours as you do with many of your guests and friends. Too bad we are not geographically closer I visit with some of my Blackberry wine. That would extend any conversation :)
Keep up the great work. BTW, I have already hauled into the basement three and a half bushels of potatoes!