When summer arrives and the garden becomes a wall of greenness, many creatures—large and small, pollinator and predator, flying and crawling, welcomed and not—countless variations of life, all come along…
Two years ago we had solar photovoltaic panels installed on our roof. The temperature the day the two installers from Catamount Solar started their work was well below 0F. Since…
It is appropriate that today, the winter solstice, the Sun is shining here in Central Vermont, even if weakly and not for long. When people tell me that using solar…
One of the reasons I love trees is that their lives are often longer than humans. That said, sometimes we humans make choices that affect the life of trees. This…
The weather was perfect today to see the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun! I have found I can photograph the sun directly only clouds are in…
The moon last night caught in the trees and the sun surrounded by a rainbow this morning. Who could want for more on this day?
Since early May, I’ve run our oil-hot water heater for 30 minutes. The rest of the time: our wall-mounted solar hot water heater. Below are the tank readings from two…
Every day we can gather more and more of the sun’s energy. Our solar hot water heater has totally replaced fossil fuels for over two weeks and I expect it…
The year is moving on, the sun shining more often and rising higher each day. We’ve just passed the traditional point in the year when old Vermonters would look at…
The Winter Solstice has long been a special time for those of us living far north of the equator. While for some it is—understandably—a hard, cold, dark time of year,…
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