Category Archives: General

Thanksgiving bio char, cow pies and plastic pipe

We had a late huge lunch and since it was one of the warmer days, decided to go for a drive.  Had to get rid of a dead mouse anyway and to not just waste fuel, we took a few buckets and shovel to bring some cow pies back for the garden.
Along the way to [...]

After a long break, MANY updates to post

I’ve been very busy building and trying to earn a living and I also made the fatal mistake of installing Movable Type for blogging software.  MT is so horrible, I paid about $150 for software and support and finally abandoned it.  The MT arrogance and extraordinary unfair business practices left me in no mood to [...]

I moved, am finally off the grid

It’s been one heck of a busy summer.  My 23-year old nephew Tobi was visiting for a couple months, don’t know what I would have done without him.  Of course we also had to have a little fun, so we went to visit friends in Santa Fe and I finally got to [...]

My latest project: organizing my research and sharing my building and off-grid experiences

In spring 2006 I realized that stress from suing the credit bureaus and sitting at the computer literally 12 – 14 hours EVERY day was making me sick.  I got strep throat around Xmas 05, didn’t know what it was and in March finally figured it out when I got rheumatic fever [...]

Financing “unusual” custom homes

I’ve been EXTREMELY busy, building sure takes a lot of time.  I was searching for vigas for the ADDITION, as I my credit cards are almost maxed out and I have to move in and have a kitchen, etc.  I’m converting 1/4 of the 1,500 sqft garage to living area and I’m [...]

Lots of SW design Q & As: Su Casa

Su Casa
Shutters, plaster, Rastra and lots of design questions and answers.
and answers.

Summary: Solar, wind, passive solar, …

I’m totally overwhelmed.
First I thought I’d stay off the grid because I’m definitely NOT going to pay Unisource to ruin my view with these ugly power lines.  Mohave county must be one of the last places in the civilized world to NOT put new power lines underground.
I’ve also asked Unisource for info [...]

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