We Won!

We have just been informed that our cistern article won the Instructables "Be Prepared" Contest!

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Duckweed

We just collected a bottle of duckweed, which we have dumped into the barn's tank.

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Rocket Mass Heater

We have just finished building and installing a Rocket Mass Heater, and it works great.

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Vote for Cistern Howto in Instructables Competition

We have just finished a full howto on our new cistern, and we've entered it in a competition.

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Bugs

Prey Mantis. One of our favorites.

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Heat Exchanger

One of the things we've been doing in the lead-up to winter is making our heating system more efficient, starting off with a new heat exchanger.

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Catch-up

I haven't blogged in two weeks and thought I'd do a general catch-up on what we've been up to.

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