August 30, 20196 yr Thanks to this forum I've already been successfully assisted twice with my solar set up, so I thought it only polite that I introduce myself. We have a small, and I mean small (not sure how familiar everyone is with the "tiny house" and minimalist movements), place up in the Upper Highway area of KZN. The intention is to try and reduce our impact on the environment (and reduce costs!). We'll never eliminate the negative impact but we can try to reduce it. We are not connected to municipal services at all. Rain water is harvested and filtered for all our water needs. Power is provided by solar and supplemented by gas for hot water and cooking. Waste is dealt with via a septic tank. We are also getting a veggie garden going but we'll need to build an enclosure before we get fully into that (vervet monkeys!). We have also planted a number of fruit trees with more to come. In the garden we are looking to be very water wise so succulents and a bunch of spekboom. Anyway, that is us. Look forward to learning more from this forum. This last year has taught me plenty but there is a lot more to learn.
August 30, 20196 yr 44 minutes ago, ClintZA said: Thanks to this forum I've already been successfully assisted twice with my solar set up, so I thought it only polite that I introduce myself. We have a small, and I mean small (not sure how familiar everyone is with the "tiny house" and minimalist movements), place up in the Upper Highway area of KZN. The intention is to try and reduce our impact on the environment (and reduce costs!). We'll never eliminate the negative impact but we can try to reduce it. We are not connected to municipal services at all. Rain water is harvested and filtered for all our water needs. Power is provided by solar and supplemented by gas for hot water and cooking. Waste is dealt with via a septic tank. We are also getting a veggie garden going but we'll need to build an enclosure before we get fully into that (vervet monkeys!). We have also planted a number of fruit trees with more to come. In the garden we are looking to be very water wise so succulents and a bunch of spekboom. Anyway, that is us. Look forward to learning more from this forum. This last year has taught me plenty but there is a lot more to learn. now get some chickens and you can get the compost heap going for the veggie patch .... eggs are a bonus Edited August 30, 20196 yr by stoic
August 30, 20196 yr Author 11 minutes ago, stoic said: now get some chickens and you can get the compost heap going for the veggie patch .... eggs are a bonus Chickens are certainly in the plans. The one issue is having natural hunting dogs... 🤣
August 30, 20196 yr For a veggie garden, try this method, less time spent digging and more time for drinking beer. The shade net over the garden is also not for shade, but to keep the monkeys out. https://powerforum.co.za/topic/3953-deep-mulching-vegetable-production/
August 30, 20196 yr 21 minutes ago, DeepBass9 said: LOL, a true offgridder drinks his beer from a quart! It's nature's way. Yea AND it is cheaper AND you get R0.70c back for each bottle returned ... how else do you do it? 🤣
August 31, 20196 yr Author 22 hours ago, The Terrible Triplett said: Yea AND it is cheaper AND you get R0.70c back for each bottle returned ... how else do you do it? 🤣 Can't say no to R10.90 a beer with 90c back in my neck of the woods. 🤣
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