Sunday, April 15, 2012

Electricity use for the year

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I just got my electricity bill-- the one that finally marks one year in the new eco-ranch, ergo, all of the usage shown on our bill is for t...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

So much has changed!

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It was a heartbreaking decision, but hubby and I sold the eco-ranch. We took a significant loss : about $60,000 on all the improvements and ...
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Sunday, October 3, 2010

It's been a hard year!

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Wow, that second baby really derailed the whole blog thing. I'm sure all of my former readers have fled to sunnier internet climes. But,...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Life got in the way

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Wow, it's been a long time since I have posted to Ecoranch. Sorry, I mean, if there is even anybody out there reading. The big news is w...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

The garden is in the works!

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I have an ambitious garden plan and April is fast approaching. We have a lot of work to do in order to transform my typical, 1950s in the ci...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

Replaced the not-quite-last water hog

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I finally got around to replacing the old old old water-hog toilet in our main bathroom. Frankly, given that it probably used 5 gallons a fl...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Smart power strips

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In hopes of meeting my goal to reduce our household electricity use, I just bought a Smart Strip LCG3 power strip. At $40, this is not cheap...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

the furnace, the killowatt eating monster

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Well, it turns out our furnace is using much more electricity than it should be. We apparently had some sort of malfunction that we only cau...

Reducing home energy use 101

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Earlier, I outlined my plan to reduce our home electricity use by 10 to 20 percent by the end of the year. In a house already filled with co...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Food gardens that pay dividends

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I wrote this post originally for "Middle Path Finance" but thought you might enjoy it as well. Last August, I drew out a plan of...
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