>>Have you considered water-bottle heat transfer solar? Place soda bottles painted dark in the sun during the day to collect solar warmth, move them to the chilly part of the house to radiate their heat.
I'll be painting some for the greenhouse, for night-time heating for the plants. Hadn't thought of having other ones to move around the house. Hmm...
>>I'm starting the research on going solar again. The new setups are a lot less hellish than the heat exchange solar I grew up with. That was truly unpleasant.
Looking forward to hearing about the results :)
>>Rather than leaves, which my neighbors complain blow around, I use branches and trimmings from hedges and pruning. They are less likely to move.
That's why we're bagging them. They would never stay by the studio otherwise, because of the wind patterns through our property.
>>We need the snow for more than just earth-blanket. It also works as a heat-deflector. The land is really taking a beating.
True. And esp. true for the maples in the spring -- the whole sugaring process only works because of the pumping action formed by cold nights and warm days, which works best when there's enough snow on the tree roots to keep them from warming up too much during the day. Even if we weren't tapping, the pumping action is necessary for the tree to get nutrients up to the leaves, etc. It's very saddening.
>>And Jason makes great products! I like their toothpaste.
We just got some Tom's of Maine to try out, but I'll get some of that to try next. Thanks!
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Date: 2006-11-02 03:42 pm (UTC)Place soda bottles painted dark in the sun during the day to collect solar warmth, move them to the chilly part of the house to radiate their heat.
I'll be painting some for the greenhouse, for night-time heating for the plants. Hadn't thought of having other ones to move around the house. Hmm...
>>I'm starting the research on going solar again. The new setups are a lot less hellish than the heat exchange solar I grew up with. That was truly unpleasant.
Looking forward to hearing about the results :)
>>Rather than leaves, which my neighbors complain blow around, I use branches and trimmings from hedges and pruning. They are less likely to move.
That's why we're bagging them. They would never stay by the studio otherwise, because of the wind patterns through our property.
>>We need the snow for more than just earth-blanket. It also works as a heat-deflector. The land is really taking a beating.
True. And esp. true for the maples in the spring -- the whole sugaring process only works because of the pumping action formed by cold nights and warm days, which works best when there's enough snow on the tree roots to keep them from warming up too much during the day. Even if we weren't tapping, the pumping action is necessary for the tree to get nutrients up to the leaves, etc. It's very saddening.
>>And Jason makes great products! I like their toothpaste.
We just got some Tom's of Maine to try out, but I'll get some of that to try next. Thanks!