tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409440798412201955.post2684506190932883323..comments2023-11-03T04:02:50.251-07:00Comments on Our Little Homestead: Autumn: Stocking up and winding downOff-Grid Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015036727288329780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409440798412201955.post-29384787841198349912014-10-07T23:26:03.902-07:002014-10-07T23:26:03.902-07:00Hi...just wanted to say I've enjoyed reading y...Hi...just wanted to say I've enjoyed reading your blog...found it yesterday! I used to cook/heat water/heat house with wood. Don't at the moment but would like to point out that when an oil range cooker was installed and we got an Emerson heater(electric) I put on a couple of stone in weight!<br />Hope to be moving in the near future, and seriously thinking of ditching an oil guzzling cooker. EU regulations have altered our oil and now the cookers keep choking up.<br />My parents were practically self sufficient and hardly used a dribble of electric. I never knew them to buy a potato...ours were kept in an old boiler house...with no boiler in in so I don't know why it was called that...covered up with hessian sacking. We had a huge garden and orchard. I too had an orchard for many years until three years ago. Now I'm in a temporary house I just have the potted young trees we brought with us. Soon I keep telling myself! I'm having a major fallout with our large energy heavy freezer and would love a go at canning produce in the future, but here in the UK it's not widely advocated.<br />I'll keep popping over to your blog for some ideas and tips...the bee keeping I can pass on to father in law. He has goodness knows how many hives around the farm now.<br />Take care,<br />JackieWinters End Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924495691256051693noreply@blogger.com