Comments on: December utility bill, snow, snow, snow, and animal husbandry in a frozen tundra http://10yearchallenge.com/2008/12/21/december-utility-bill-snow-snow-snow-and-animal-husbandry-in-a-frozen-tundra/ Suburban homesteading & fossil fuel reduction: Fruits, berries, vegetables, chickens, goats, and mason bees Mon, 21 May 2012 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 10yearchallenge http://10yearchallenge.com/2008/12/21/december-utility-bill-snow-snow-snow-and-animal-husbandry-in-a-frozen-tundra/#comment-195 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:04:52 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=555#comment-195 You know what happens to bell peppers when they hit 18 degrees? The cells inside the skin all pop due to ice crystals and you end up with something akin to a mostly-deflated water balloon. Luckily, they still taste OK, but you have to eat them quickly as they are technically dead at that point. Fine in curry – not so great as crudites (don’t know how to put the accent over the ‘e’ – sorry).

]]> By: Dan http://10yearchallenge.com/2008/12/21/december-utility-bill-snow-snow-snow-and-animal-husbandry-in-a-frozen-tundra/#comment-189 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:48:55 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=555#comment-189 Do you ever follow the tiny farm blog? They have chickens and have had all kinds of photos up of the chicken partaking in all the snow we have received over the last few weeks.

Your lettuce looks great and the row cover is a really good idea. I have been reading Four Seasons Harvest and he talks about cold frames within cold frames which is basically the same thing you are doing.

]]> By: sinfonian2 http://10yearchallenge.com/2008/12/21/december-utility-bill-snow-snow-snow-and-animal-husbandry-in-a-frozen-tundra/#comment-188 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:52:12 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=555#comment-188 Ditto on what DoubleD said. I am afraid to unburry my hoop covers to take a look inside at the produce. I hope it thaws to be edible.

Great work on your conservation, I haven’t been paying attention, but with all the money and work we spent to make our home more efficient, I would hope it’s helped. Of course we’re keeping our home at 70 for the kids and stay-at-home mom…

]]> By: DoubleD http://10yearchallenge.com/2008/12/21/december-utility-bill-snow-snow-snow-and-animal-husbandry-in-a-frozen-tundra/#comment-187 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:35:38 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=555#comment-187 The lettuce looks great Sandy! It’s amazing what the double insulation of a floating row cover inside of an unheated greenhouse can do. I am going to plant out my chinese cabbage and kale seedlings in about a week (weather is supposed to be NOT so bitter cold by then) in the unheated greenhouse and I am going to toss a floating row cover on as well just to give them some extra protection as they get settled into the new containers.

Excellent work on your energy reduction – truly an inspiration.

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