I was pleasantly surprised to receive an Oregon Scientific Weather collection model number BAR218HG to provide a review about and just try out for myself. While I don’t consider myself too much of a techno geek I do find new electronic toys rather cool to play with! What arrived in our box was: •One indoor temperature/humidity/barometric pressure set display unit •One outdoor temperature/humidity sensor — the system allows for up
Life in Alaska moves infinitely slower than it does where we came from on the East coast but our gardening season is much much faster. So much so that it stunned me how quickly it ended. By the middle of September we were getting close to the type of temperatures that would kill the cold loving brassicas so we knew, the time has come to harvest what was left. Gardening
I’m always looking for something new to learn, whether it be spinning my own yarn, canning a new recipe, or making soap so when I came across a really good deal at my local grocery store I just couldn’t help it. I had to try something that I had only read about previously. Rendering animal fats into solids.If I were to render pig fat the end result would be lard;
Ever since the snow has melted, about a month or so ago, we have been adding bits for our garden. Buying small bits here and there and all the while waiting for the day when we can really start building. I knew the day would come, and once it did we would be super busy. Of course, I was right. In Maryland we started our garden in 2010 and it
I write this now, coming from about 4 months, give or take, experience now at reducing our electricity bill each month. Energy here in Fairbanks, Alaska is expensive. In fact per the US Energy Information Administration only a few other states are higher. In case you’re curious, Hawaii is the most expensive with New York and Connecticut following. We’re number four on this list. Unfortunately for us here in the
Since the last time I have written on our electricity bill and our efforts in reducing it we’ve had a few developments. Now keep in mind with all of this. We do not have some of the typical high energy items that many have. We have no water heater that draws energy nor do we have electric heat. We do have, however, an ancient waterbed. Thankfully that will be replaced
Yet another step made to prepare our backyard for our move from Aberdeen, Maryland to Fairbanks, Alaska. This past weekend our goal was to dig up as many Jerusalem Sunchokes as possible and since the weather was dry and sunny we figured it was time. First a bit of history, after all, you know if you’ve kept up with me in the past I love reading the histories of each
Fairbanks, Alaska, dubbed the Golden Heart City has a lot of positives to it. The people here are welcoming and friendly. The town is a great place to raise kids; it has a small town feel to it; there is very little traffic except for the two usual times of day and even that, after driving in I95 traffic on the East Coast is nothing. All in all, after all
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