I started saving last summer for a backup solar generator, large enough to run a refrigerator. I did this because I love my creamer, cheese and real butter. We had intermittent blackouts last summer here in good old Calif., I also fill the empty spaces in my freezer with small bottles of water, ice. I planted fruit trees and blue berries, strawberries, Goji berries, asparagus, and then any seasonal stuff. I just moved here 2 years ago and am having to improve the soil. My soil was so bad at first my beautiful cantaloupe tasted like wood pulp. I am composting like crazy and am going to get a vermiculture bin, I can dig all day long and not find one worm. I have a pecan tree that so far has put out about 8, 5 gallon buckets of pecans. I also got 5 truckloads of mulch. The mulch brought many types of mushrooms I haven't identified yet and MORELS! I have a small rocket stove I made from water heater vent pipe and use that right now to make charcoal. In the summer I can cook outside using sticks for fuel. The charcoal is for water purification if needed.
Biogas is another thing I am looking into. Turn your poop into fuel to cook with or heat your home. I am looking to replace my old septic system, so this might work for me.
I started saving last summer for a backup solar generator, large enough to run a refrigerator. I did this because I love my creamer, cheese and real butter. We had intermittent blackouts last summer here in good old Calif., I also fill the empty spaces in my freezer with small bottles of water, ice. I planted fruit trees and blue berries, strawberries, Goji berries, asparagus, and then any seasonal stuff. I just moved here 2 years ago and am having to improve the soil. My soil was so bad at first my beautiful cantaloupe tasted like wood pulp. I am composting like crazy and am going to get a vermiculture bin, I can dig all day long and not find one worm. I have a pecan tree that so far has put out about 8, 5 gallon buckets of pecans. I also got 5 truckloads of mulch. The mulch brought many types of mushrooms I haven't identified yet and MORELS! I have a small rocket stove I made from water heater vent pipe and use that right now to make charcoal. In the summer I can cook outside using sticks for fuel. The charcoal is for water purification if needed.
Biogas is another thing I am looking into. Turn your poop into fuel to cook with or heat your home. I am looking to replace my old septic system, so this might work for me.