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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @User21000000 7 Mar \ on: Low tech offgrid solar power tech
How big a block have you got? Are you running any animals like sheep or cows at all?
Did you build your house? Very cool
Just over 20 acres but its not great soil- stony and harsh climate and strong winds- it was a forest block before but the trees got blown down before they could be harvested.
Yes built cabin from some of the wood I salvaged and chainsaw milled from the windblown forest...the rest got sold mostly for making pulp for making paper.
Neighbouring farmer has been grazing his sheep on most of the block but I am planning to get my own stock in the next year or two. Planning on a few pigs (Kunekune which can survive on grass) and maybe a few cattle and sheep.
Have been planting trees to see what grows and get some shelter...the winds can be brutal.
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Do you get snow there as well or just big winds
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Most years it snows a few times but doesn't stay on the ground more than a few days...but there is snow on the Southern Alps 10-15 miles to the west all winter and the cold air flows down from that snow most of the winter and into late spring when it melts.
The worst wind is the Norwester in summer and is hot and dry.
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