Part 2: Dairy Farming–goat milk vs cow milk (by Phoenix)
Phoenix here, continuing our series on dairy farming. In this post, I want to talk about some of the differences between goat milk and cow milk…
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Part 1: Dairy Farming–What is it and why do we care? (by Phoenix)
Hi, Phoenix here. I hope you enjoyed K’s blog series on photovoltaic systems–I know I learned a lot. Now I want to start a series on dairy farming…
Part 6: Photovoltaic systems–types of inverters (by K)
Hi there, K again. So, we’ve talked about solar panels, controllers and batteries. Let’s discuss the last part of the puzzle–how to convert the D.C. power from the batteries to something useful for your home…
Part 5: Photovoltaic systems–types of batteries continued (by K)
Hi there, K again. In this post, I want to continue talking about types of batteries. For a solar system, you want deep cycle batteries.
Part 4: Photovoltaic systems–types of batteries (by K)
K here. Over the last few posts we’ve talked about different components of a photovoltaic system, specifically panels and controllers. In this post, I want to talk about batteries.
Part 3: Photovoltaic systems–types of solar controllers continued (by K)
Hi, K again. In the last blog post, I introduced solar controllers and talked about the power width module (PWM) type of controller. In this post, I’ll continue the discussion by describing the MPPT type of controller and the difference between the two types…
Part 2: Photovoltaic systems–types of solar controllers (by K)
Hi there, K again continuing our conversation on photovoltaic systems. In this blog post, I want to talk about solar controllers…
Part 1: Photovoltaic systems–types of solar panels (by K)
Hi there, K again. In this series of blog posts, I want to talk about photovoltaic systems–their components, different types available on the market, and real life limitations on their use if you want them to last…
Part 4: Challenges we face when conserving water- water tank adventure continued (by Phoenix)
In the last blog post, K and I were completing three weeks without running water, but we had what we needed to install the new tank (at least we thought we did). We started working on the tank on Saturday morning…
Part 3: Challenges we face when conserving water- water tank adventure (by Phoenix)
Of course, it’s not easy to establish and maintain long-term water sustainability. K has a rain-water catchment system that…