When I decided to go off-grid, solar panels weren’t quite as popular as they are today, but with increasing interest, it’s easier than ever to introduce solar energy into our lives. Solar energy is my preferred source of renewable energy.
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If you’re wondering how much a 100-watt solar panel powers, you’ve come to the right place. Solar energy is an efficient way to generate electricity, save money, and help the environment all at the same time. Understanding the capabilities — and limitations — of a 100W solar panel is important when determining exactly what a 100W solar panel can do for you.
Read more →Whether you’re a fan of chicken feed, free-ranging, a chicken garden, or all three, growing herbs for chickens is a great way to supplement your flock’s diet with fresh nutrition. Many herbs and spices are packed with health benefits for your little foragers, so getting familiar with which herbs are the safest and healthiest for your brood is key when starting out.
Read more →Raising chickens can get expensive quickly, so more and more people are brainstorming how to feed chickens without buying feed. If you’ve read my post on combining your chickens and your garden, you know that I’m all for cutting costs, saving space, and providing natural food for chickens and fertilizer for the garden in one step.
Read more →When setting up, practicality, convenience, and space-saving strategies are important for success, and that’s what I love about building a chicken coop garden combo. When you use your garden to feed your chickens and use your chickens to fertilize and prepare your garden, you are about as close to hands-free homesteading as you can get.
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