[MrEnergyCzar]

Here's my Peak Oil Garden on my small suburban lot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYFWTruwCzs

MrEnergyCzar

[Narz]

Nice. Where do you live?

[MrEnergyCzar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', 'N')ice. Where do you live?

[hillsidedigger]

My garden in the Blue Ridge foothills of WNC also is North facing. That's a cool connection. I wanted to garden and did a little before I got this place and I wouldn't say the prospects of peak oil was my primary motivator but as time proceeds it seems to be.

North facing hills don't dry out as quickly and are less prone to poisonous snakes which might not be an issue further North.

The gardens are turning into a farm.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MrEnergyCzar', 'I')n CT, on a hill facing north....

[Sixstrings]

Wow, very informative videos. It's really a travesty how every household appliance uses energy on standby. I mean, there really is no reason a freaking stove should use energy 24/7.

Great system you have with your water.. with those filters lasting 3-4 years, that's something you can stock up on and still have clean water for years post-collapse.

Again really amazing, you're all perfectly set up there. I have a kill switch on my water heater.. I just flip it on to take a shower, only takes 15 minutes to heat up, then I flip it off after. So my heater is on only 30 minutes per day. I've never understood why people need hot water all the time.. waiting 15 minutes for a shower is no big deal, and hot tap water serves no purpose in cooking.

I wash my clothes in cold water too, I agree with you that washing in hot water is unnecessary. Welcome to the forum by the way.. you're certainly one person Pops can never tell to "stop talking and start doing."

[MrEnergyCzar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'W')ow, very informative videos. It's really a travesty how every household appliance uses energy on standby. I mean, there really is no reason a freaking stove should use energy 24/7.

Great system you have with your water.. with those filters lasting 3-4 years, that's something you can stock up on and still have clean water for years post-collapse.

Again really amazing, you're all perfectly set up there. I have a kill switch on my water heater.. I just flip it on to take a shower, only takes 15 minutes to heat up, then I flip it off after. So my heater is on only 30 minutes per day. I've never understood why people need hot water all the time.. waiting 15 minutes for a shower is no big deal, and hot tap water serves no purpose in cooking.

I wash my clothes in cold water too, I agree with you that washing in hot water is unnecessary. Welcome to the forum by the way.. you're certainly one person Pops can never tell to "stop talking and start doing."