Birchwood Homestead
Life in the woods of central Maine
Category: Lessons Learned
THE NEXT LESSON learned
When we were doing our research, and watching our YouTube videos, and feeling pretty smart for preparing as best we could, we learned many things. (By the way, I want to give a shout out to Mark and Trish from Keep Your Daydream for… Continue Reading “THE NEXT LESSON learned”
Mead Making Made Easy – Part I
We are pretty avid mead brewers here at Birchwood. We have been brewing mead in our own kitchen for almost 20 years, and have come to realize over that time that the process can be much simpler than most people think. I will let… Continue Reading “Mead Making Made Easy – Part I”
Going Solar – Lessons Learned, Part II: It’s a Generation thing
This is one of those things that we did not consider when we began our solar project. I mean, we figured some day we would invest in a decent generator – you know, when we ready to be truly severed from the Grid of… Continue Reading “Going Solar – Lessons Learned, Part II: It’s a Generation thing”
Going Solar – Lessons Learned, Part I
Last summer in 2018, we realized a dream that we had for years and converted the homestead to solar power. To say it that way over-simplifies what was in fact a journey that took us almost eight months to complete. While the process has… Continue Reading “Going Solar – Lessons Learned, Part I”
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