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- Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:24 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Wind and Hydro Generators
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1115
Re: Wind and Hydro Generators
If small domestic turbines are much worse value than domestic solar, then why would the same not be true for massive installations. I.e why is the country littered with big windmills but fewer big solar farms? Is it that Wind power works ok at larger scale. or is it because of subsidies? There's qu...
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:25 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Rising energy prices mitigation
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7254
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:10 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Rising energy prices mitigation
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7254
Re: Rising energy prices mitigation
Low-tech magazine just released an interesting article about using hot water bottles to bring down energy usage - https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/01 ... ottle.html
- Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:47 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: What are you dehydrating?
- Replies: 594
- Views: 257504
Re: What are you dehydrating?
Is grating the potatoes with a coarse grater to get flakes then blanching that worth trying? You'd have a lot of surface area and because they'd be so thin they'd be quick to blanch. Sorry if this just prattle, the great potato saga is currently my favourite thing to read on this site lol.
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:03 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: What are you dehydrating?
- Replies: 594
- Views: 257504
Re: What are you dehydrating?
That's fascinating, and bravo for doing your due diligence! What's the mash like from dried blanched cubes? Not instant obvs, but quick?
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:21 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Rising energy prices mitigation
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7254
Re: Rising energy prices mitigation
Apparently (https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... rs-venture) going well, first reactors could be online by 2031.
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:43 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: What are you dehydrating?
- Replies: 594
- Views: 257504
Re: What are you dehydrating?
Dang it! I cannot get the hang of dehydrating spuds! Has anyone here successfully made their own instant dried mash by dehydrating their own spuds? Please tell me the secret! I don't know if this is of any use to you Jenny but I got a copy of the Ball Blue Book in Metric and they recommended the be...
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:30 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Help with garden allotment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 568
Re: Help with garden allotment
I'm late, but I'm voting B as well - I've been reading up on security arrangements :oops: and the line of sight shown in B means that more of the garden is visible from the house. Toe-rags really do use back gardens for access, often tramping across several back gardens in the meantime. Good point ...
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:12 pm
- Forum: Finance
- Topic: How is everyone dealing with rising prices?
- Replies: 202
- Views: 16862
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:15 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Help with garden allotment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 568
Re: Help with garden allotment
Hi, I'm no gardener, but a difference is that with 'B' is that you could take multiple routes through from the paved area, to the end of the garden, say with a wheelbarrow. But with 'C' you could only walk into the brown area from left to right until you reach the West boundary wall or fence, then ...