Comments on: About Us http://10yearchallenge.com Suburban homesteading & fossil fuel reduction: Fruits, berries, vegetables, chickens, goats, and mason bees Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: erica http://10yearchallenge.com/about/#comment-1308 Mon, 16 May 2011 01:29:51 +0000 #comment-1308 We live in a 900sqft home on an acre. We just had to find a new home for our three goats. We have chickens and barn cats. And we keep receiving infomational letters from our electric company to tell us that we are the highest users in our neighborhood….everyone else has 2500+sqft homes… We definitely need improvement.
I just used Nancy’s advice and moved my chickens into their new coop after they settled down on the fence for the night. They sure are a stubborn bunch of gals. Love the blog. :)

]]> By: sinfonian2 http://10yearchallenge.com/about/#comment-61 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:04:13 +0000 #comment-61 2,500 SF on an acre… beats the heck out of my 2,100 SF on a quarter acre. Now I see how you have room for goats, chickens, a big greenhouse and a garden. Very impressive!

I hear you on the electricity usage. The bigger the house the more you use it seems. We’re up over 29 a month, compared to PTF’s 6 and dropping. As close as those numbers sound they’re not. Tough to get a 4 and 2 year old to turn off lights though. hehe.

Great to find you on Freedomgardens and your blog. Great work!

]]> By: 10yearchallenge http://10yearchallenge.com/about/#comment-45 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:57:03 +0000 #comment-45 Water isn’t as big an issue here in the NW as it is in other areas of the country, but we do have pretty dry summers. We’re actually setting up a good number of rain barrels for watering our garden. We never water our lawn (it’s half grass/half weeds anyway) and I’ve decided not to water our ornamental plants either.

We have a septic system too, but I’ve never thought of tapping into that. I’ve been reading a bit about grey water usage lately, so maybe we’ll get more water creative in the future.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll definitely check out your page.

Sandy

]]> By: Nancy http://10yearchallenge.com/about/#comment-41 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:32:29 +0000 #comment-41 Wow, I’m impressed…we’re trying, and do pretty well on no packaging and limited disposal. We got our chichis last year and they have really done their part with their wonderful emissions. Our septic system is a Hoot…REALLY…It is great for reuse of water and the only sprinkler system we have…*: ) We also have the first two of hopefully many rain barrels to come…I suppose in your area the water is not so big a problem. We live on an acre with mostly trees and we NEVER water grass just the garden… The septic waters the grass in the front yard. I will definite mark your site and if you stop by it may just be in my blogs I read list. Thanks for sharing.

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