Our Lifestyle Blog as We Create a Homestead in Northern Ontario
It finally happened! My get rich at a moderate pace plan is beginning to come to fruition! After nearly nine years and over five hundred different posts, Google has emailed me to tell me that they have cut me a cheque for $100 (Canadian, in case it matters – or almost $77 US). Not sure … Read more
After a couple of mild days, and warm fires, and wishful thinking, the water line in the bathroom suddenly burst to action just the other day! A sight for sore eyes! There was a bit of sediment that had collected, but surprisingly less than I feared. It’s so nice to wash up in there again! … Read more
We received some warm temperatures the other day that let the snow start to slide off the porch roof. Here’s one unusual structure that developed. Cool style! And the view from beneath…
When I first conceived of my storm windows, it was without question that they would be mounted on the inside of the existing windows. The past two years that I’ve done this, I noted how the acrylic (or in some cases, thin poly plastic) was always billowing inwards. I assumed this was because the woodstove … Read more
The other night we reassembled the portable shower. This time I put Panasonic Alkaline batteries into the sump pump and it made a huge difference compared to Walmart “Great Value” brand batteries, and an even greater one compared to Dollarama Zinc Carbide batteries. We were actually able to pump water a couple feet higher than … Read more
Saturday was a clear, cold day, but they were predicting snow for overnight (which did come, although not too much). I decided it would be better to try to get the ATV started sooner, rather than later, so I thought I’d do a quick pass on the driveway just for practise and to warm up/charge … Read more
While it’s been hard to quantify how much the heating pads on the solar batteries have helped, I can say that in spite of frigid temperatures, we haven’t lost power due to overvoltage, and the batteries have been ranging between 6 and 10 degrees in spread between their temperature and ambient. Twice since the installation … Read more
Thanks goodness! The cabin felt positively cozy this morning when I woke up to 14 degrees inside, and only ten below outside! Sorry for the potato quality, it was dark and I had to brighten the photo to show the numbers.
And this morning… Photo courtesy: Mama
We’ve had an extended cold spell here that has kept our temperatures close to thirty below for the past week and a half, and it isn’t suppose to let up until closer to Sunday. It has gotten me looking online to see just when the lowest temperature in Thunder Bay is generally recorded. Frustratingly, it … Read more