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Unless you are looking to get totally "off of the grid" right now, you can instead consider a "phased in" approach to growing your solar power electrical system as you can afford it. You can...

Solar Power Systems: A Tutorial

After completing a few of the solar panels on our massive DIY project,  it was finally time to think about permanently mounting some of these panels here at work. Fortunately, the building here has...

Getting The Most Out Of Your Solar Panels

We started building our own solar panels several years ago, after we stumbled on some solar cells that had gone up for auction.   Since then, we've gone through trial and error to determine what di...

What kind of plastic and how big? Any clear, UV stabilized plastic works (generally 6 to 8 mil thickness is best, thinner punctures and rips too easily, thicker is more expensive and much h...

How to make grain-based mead or, if you prefer, honey-based beer...like a Viking of course.  What I’m going to cover here are the two simplest methods for the beginning brewer, but that are ...

  You never know what goodies you’re going to come across while roaming the Zimmerstead’s edible yarden. While clearing out the remnants of my summer vegetable garden in preparation for my winte...

Note: this article pairs with the DIY Vacuum Canner video. With a few simple tools and some parts from the hardware store, you can have a working reasonably inexpensive dry canner. The tools ...