Thank God for craigslist and thank god for perseverance.
I have just found the cheapest retailer of solar panels in the country I believe. If you have the cash, and the need (as we do), Call Jay Granat @ 1-214-613-0498.
He has around 400 180 watt panels he is trying to get rid of at the the...
I'm thinking about brewing some beer in the next few years (after the hobbit house is up, after the fences are built, after the chicken coupe is done, after the barn is up), and we have some nice hops growing wild on the homestead.
I know you need malt, hops and water to brew beer... But after...
You can always grab yourself a log splitter with the savings!!! I'm sure you could find yourself one on sale or for sale for less than a thousand... the trees in our area are prairie trees, aka twisted, knotted and generally hard to split without 3 extra days and a sledge/wedge set.
Found an old stove top waffle maker in an antique store in Nebraska... Didn't buy it till I had an insane dream of fluffy, golden brown waffles a thousand miles from home. Next time I slipped through that area, I bought it, along with an amazing kerosene lamp.
Surprised my little lady with...
We bartered a cow once for a years supply of butter when growing up. The quality of the feed was off, so the butter tasted a bit odd... But then again, my parents were purists being ex dairy farmers ;)
Sitting in Dallas/Ft. Worth at the moment, waiting for a load going north on Wed and realizing how annoyingly hard it is to search for wholesale Solar retailers on Google.
Long story short, I started looking on Craigslist. Found a supplier selling panels for $1 a watt!!! Sharps models, all in...
I'm a long haul trucker, and I know first hand how fragile our infrastructure really is.
Canada had a fuel shortage a few years ago and it shut down a quarter of the trucks on the road... that's just a shortage. Now, what would happen if there was a sudden stop in truck traffic due to a couple...
My Girlfriend is a plumber with a Geothermal company and has explained it to me very well.
Basically you are looking at a heat exchange system. Pipes are either drilled down to a depth of 150 feet (more costly) or laid down in a trench that is about 1200 feet long (much less costly). The pipes...