February 3rd, 2010 by Suellen
(DJ Mitchell Photo) On January 25th I posted about the strong winds that bent our wind turbine http://jackrabbitcheese.com/2010/01/25/ranch-picture-of-the-day-12/ Since then the wind turbine has been brought down. This picture shows the top of the wind turbine (working). The pole is now laying on the ground and this top part is in the barn. We have decided to [...]
January 25th, 2010 by Suellen
(DJ Mitchell Photo)
(Brigette Adams Photo)
With one anchor wire already broken the strong winds last week bent our wind turbine. We will have to bring it down. We can’t bring it down if it is windy. We will need to get the guide pole that we use to lower it off the roof of the barn were [...]
November 18th, 2009 by DJ
Google Book Search, a database of over 10 million printed works, offers magazines for reading online. Included is Vegetarian Times, the classic journal for vegetarians. (When I was vegetarian, I subscribed.)
Issues available range from 1980 to 2004. They are not downloadable, but they do offer online browsing– and you can save links to pages you [...]
November 11th, 2009 by DJ
Our new project, the Self Reliance WikiResource, now has its own domain:
www.SelfRelianceWiki.com
Come visit! Better yet, add a page.
November 9th, 2009 by DJ
We’ve given up propane in favor of wood for heating. This three minute video follows wood from mountain to stove.
November 3rd, 2009 by DJ
Cindy47452 photo: An Amish barnraising.
We’ve started a Wiki: the Self Reliance WikiResource. It will cover such topics as:
Renewable energy
Self employment
Gardening
Making cheese
Preparedness
Cooking & recipes
And more…
It’s not exactly an encyclopedia, because it will contain personal experience as well as facts. So we’re calling it a resource.
At present it only has a few pages. I’d like to invite you [...]