tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post2339119626556602762..comments2023-06-21T08:45:02.969-07:00Comments on The Stay @ Home-Gardener: I'm Back! Again. :)The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-84342311668358343512012-07-07T11:30:05.031-07:002012-07-07T11:30:05.031-07:00Thank you Kindly, Jenny.Thank you Kindly, Jenny.The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-18572282607032354252012-07-07T11:29:11.344-07:002012-07-07T11:29:11.344-07:00Our gardens do love the water and temps so far! Ha...Our gardens do love the water and temps so far! Have to build more tomato gallows. You guys definitely had it worst than we westside a2s did. A few 100k people on your side while only 10k or so here... Glad YOU made it as well!The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-66819618304406179172012-07-07T11:27:44.822-07:002012-07-07T11:27:44.822-07:00How did you enjoy the search? It should have taken...How did you enjoy the search? It should have taken you to a page with an Aussie man yeah? I miss Oz. It was nice living down there a while.The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-144982980910092552012-07-07T11:26:51.196-07:002012-07-07T11:26:51.196-07:00Good insight. We were thinking more mobility like ...Good insight. We were thinking more mobility like a rolling Amish lightbulb. You know, battery box on the bottom, single pole with light bulbs. Maybe a 120v plug on the size. 12v dc light, 12v battery, dummy charge controller, no fancy mppt. small inverter. :) <br /><br />ANY sort of PV system would be taken with us! Nobody is going to take our PV panels away when we get them. :)The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-1797024517312646932012-07-07T06:02:50.595-07:002012-07-07T06:02:50.595-07:00Glad you made through the storms and welcome back....Glad you made through the storms and welcome back.Jenny Rottingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559432369642740389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-11720099672202501012012-07-07T05:09:59.146-07:002012-07-07T05:09:59.146-07:00We were knocked out-twice-by the storms this week....We were knocked out-twice-by the storms this week. We were down Tuesday for several hours, which wasn't bad, but then the set of storms that rolled through on July 4 (which completely missed A2) knocked us out. Until Friday night. Sigh. With kids and one having severe food allergies, being w/o the fridge is a HUGE DEAL, so we did borrow a generator to keep that running, and escaped the the neighbor's for a day and then to my parent's place by 12Oaks for the remainder. The garden, however, loved the heat! Glad you're back, too.Dorothy-Life With Boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699859607138279117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-1312730195113087112012-07-07T04:50:21.427-07:002012-07-07T04:50:21.427-07:00I always tell people that the best thing to do whe...I always tell people that the best thing to do when considering alternative power is to shut everything down and really see what they can live without. So now you got a taste of that ;) I was flipping through a Northern Tool catalogue (I think it was)the other day and I see they have exhaust fans that come with their own little panel. Reasonable too. It might be better for you to get something like that than invest in a panel to run a few things since it is not just as simple as buying a panel. There is the batteries, charge controller, inverter, wiring, connectors, you will need to change things in your electrical panel, and a lot of little hardware items to make it work. It might be better to wait until you are where you want to be before you hook that up to save a few bucks. <br /><br />Oh, and you are supposed to go to bed when it gets dark. No need for lighting. That is how the farmers do it...and the chickens. And we all know how smart chickens are ;)Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-72415034522425088572012-07-06T21:36:14.276-07:002012-07-06T21:36:14.276-07:00Glad you are back. Wondered how things were with ...Glad you are back. Wondered how things were with the storms. Glad y'all are ok first of all and then glad the garden is ok as well. <br /><br />You know you can always have oil lamps as a backup. We intend to do that at the farm, I have some oil lamps that were in my Grandparent's cellar for years, just need new "guts". I'd like at least one oil lamp in each room. They put out a LOT of light. Way more than candles (though I love some candle light on occasion too). I agree that light is important. We were without power for 14 days after Hurricane Ike. The heat was unbearable, but at night when it got dark and at least was a bit cooler, but the darkness was unsettling. It did make you feel isolated. <br /><br />Like the idea of a chest freezer turned into a solar fridge, I'll have to "google" that. ;-)<br /><br />Welcome "home", we missed you!1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-28519537880361826752012-07-06T20:49:40.552-07:002012-07-06T20:49:40.552-07:00Good point on the garden produce. I've seen a ...Good point on the garden produce. I've seen a few articles online how you can easily convert a chest freezer to be a fridge and run off a single solar panel as it only consumes 100 watt-hours a day. A freezer would take more of course. <br /><br />What did occur to me with everyone running generators was that for a modest price (The neighbors purchased a 6000 watt one for $750) you could instead have a solar panel or two, small inverter and batteries. Not enough to power the ac or many things but all we need really in an outage is a fan, a couple lights, and having the internet would be lovely as you say. :)<br /><br />So long as you have lights, all other things are simply an inconvenience. Without lights it would eventually make you start to feel isolated.The Stay @ Home-Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102175625149771801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192028072022682301.post-44313620998949724652012-07-06T19:35:31.128-07:002012-07-06T19:35:31.128-07:00Welcome back! I love how you seemed to take the l...Welcome back! I love how you seemed to take the lack of power in stride even with the heat. I think we would have been miserable. It seems as though you and V treated the situation as an adventure.<br /><br />A period without electricity certainly make you realize how much we take for granted. Where we live, we tend to lose electricity often. There are little things that we have done over the years so that we are self sufficient during the periods of no power. We have battery backups on our computers and cable modem for a few hours (most times cable is still on even though power is out). We have a wood stove for heat in the winter. Gas gill for some cooking. Power inverter allows us to use electricity in a pinch (hair dryer when getting ready for work). This year, we finally purchased a fairly new, second hand generator to keep our chest freezer going. No need preserving a bunch of garden grown produce only to lose it because of a multi day power loss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129119492962711399noreply@blogger.com