Sustainable living in the great white North. December 10, 2015 by cdndirtbags. I was planning on beginning a photo series on the rock house build but a reader has prompted me in a different direction. What would you plan differently? Would you do bigger pods? .

Click here to go to the new blog. Thursday, May 3, 2012. Blogging good, blogger bad. Blogger has pissed me off for the last time. I really hate the new changes. Seems like a lot of other folks feel the same way. I want to thank all those who followed my silly little blog and for taking the time to comment on my blather. If you like you can see my future posts at muddome. Sunday, March 25, 2012.

Looking down the road from my parking spot. I was sweaty and tired after 2. Setting out for the cabin I walked over my cuttings. Some trees were uprooted, some broke off up high, and others like this one shattered at their strongest point. Five poplar trees in a mess at the gate. A 6th is to my right just barely out of frame of the fisheye lens. The gate once again survived in tact.

Thursday, August 13, 2015. The show is captivating, especially from the front row seats here in first primary state New Hampshire. Maybe this is really theater after all.

Thursday, December 12, 2013. Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Superstition Mountains. On the way out of Southern Utah, we passed through Glen Canyon. Click the photo to enlarge. Hard to keep your eyes on the road. Monument Valley suffers from the same haze as Grand Canyon. On the way down through Arizona, we nosed around a bit in Carefree. Is this a cool house or what? Links to this post. Bryce, Kodachrome Basin, and Capitol Reef. The Road Trip, continued.

Adrift, in search of a tagline. Pay careful attention to the words.

Self sufficency, dignity and security. We will continue to learn as we go, but our confidence level in being able to live off-grid with acceptable levels of comfort, convenience, security and economy is on the rise. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS as of January 2015. One Year at Walden Puddle.

The only fault was the fact that there was really no trees to shelter us from the winter winds. Plus the fact that where we would have to build to accommodate the solar panels would even push us farther into the clearing. Not an ideal spot as far as we were concerned. As the property has virtually untouched for we think for at least 20 years it was not surprising. Asymp; Leave a comment. Then winter came back again. Heavy wet snow which c.