Cause … the bills came!
Uh, yay.
Well, in any case, here’s what this month had to offer:
Gasoline: due to … not driving much, I used 7.5 gallons so far this month (for 4 people) — 4.6% of the US national average
Electric: 3207 kWh — 354.7%. Not a good month, and I don’t see the […]
I think last month, my calculations were off for the Riot.
Here’s what I got when doing them again (and we’ve had an excellent month):
This month –
Gasoline: 16.4 gal (for 4 people) - 10% of US average
Electricity: 1981 kWh - 219.1%
Water: 4230 gal (for 5 people) - 28.2%
Natural Gas: 8.2 Therms - 10%
For the year (which […]
Finally got some rain last night, and all but one of my rainbarrels is full.
Yesterday we had friends over for a BBQ, plenty of local meat and a good time. Today we had lots of leftovers.
Planted two tomatoes and a watermelon, harvested a lot more peas, put some local hydroponic tomatoes from the co-op in […]
No, I didn’t write yesterday. Yes, I’m fine.
My husband took yesterday off (he tends to take his vacation days one at a time), and we got some things done around the house. Went grocery shopping, etc.
Planted several tomatoes and a pepper plant. The first ones I planted seem to have recovered from the […]
Not much got done outside, there are two inch puddles everywhere. It’s times like these I wish I had more rain barrels: mine are filled, the 5-gallon buckets around them are full, and the water’s still overflowing everything.
Note to self: do not let Shadow (one of our rabbits) go out when it’s raining. Leon (the […]
I have a theory, gleaned from the two time periods (back about fifteen years ago and now) that I started a new garden for food production. There seems to be definite stages people go through:
Fumbling around — This is usually what happens the first year in a new place: half-heartedly putting things in the ground, […]
I figured out the numbers for April (except the water bill’s not in yet) for the Riot for Austerity challenge, and I got a nice surprise!
Here’s the numbers we started out with back in June 2007:
Gasoline: 59% of the American national average
Electricity: 425% (multiple computers, TV’s, and lights on all the time, in an almost […]
Remember that garden plot I told you about before? Well, I’ve been hauling compost to fill it one bucket at a time, and today I put some of the wood chips (from the branches that fell in the ice storm) on top as mulch. The mulch made this look nicer and makes it so I […]
So it was nice out today, and I had an hour, so I decided to do a little project: make a new garden plot in the front yard.
Now most people would think this is difficult, but it wasn’t.
Here’s what you need (click on the pictures to enlarge):
Newspaper and a bucket of water. You also need […]
… but I got a link to this video in my email today, and I just had to share it. It’s all about how to quickly put a water feature in your yard. If you use edible plants and fish, you have a pretty close to instant aquaponics garden! How cool is that?
Garden Girl TV: […]
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