Our next homestead open house is July 29, 2023. Our family will be giving tours of the home and grounds during this time. You’re welcome to take a quick look or stay for a longer visit during the open house hours. If you’ve wanted to see firsthand all the odds and ends I’ve talked about…
As some of you know, in our home we use three different heating sources – passive solar, a masonry stove, and radiant in-floor heating warmed by a combination of active solar water heating and a propane boiler. I can’t give firm numbers, because we have very minimal monitoring set up, but I’d estimate that the…
The “Building an Eco Home” series is a set of articles that were originally published in The Healthy Independent while we were in the process of building our current home. I have made only minor edits to include links and format for the online publishing. I will be discussing green building and remodeling in more…