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I've been getting used to using vinegar and water as a cleaner.

It's kind of magic.

I still go inside to wash all my dishes the usual way. But the daily use dishes that I was using parchment and paper plates to keep clean, I'm mostly now just using normally, then spritzing with vinegar solution and wiping with a small paper towel. No water needed.

And I just cleaned my counter to the same way.

Still using some (but not much) paper towel.

The thing is, there's no rinsing.

And the paper towels go to compost.

So, I'm now living in an off-grid cottage. Expoloring #9front on pure solar power. #knitting for leisure & survival. Gathering herbs, mushrooms and checking out wood to keep me warm in winter.

Complete with a composting toilet, fireplace and kitchen with windows to see all the birds chirping in the forest outside. Oh, and a wooden bathtub. Gotta mention the wooden bathtub! So, nice gay yay for the little me!

Any #queer #offgrid folks out there? Drop a comment, share a tale ...

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@susankayequinn

There are cheaper (under US$1k) partial #OffGrid options...

#Solar "generators" can be powered off a sunny backyard or porch, providing backup power to charge phone, laptop, internet router, or other smallish things. They are pretty much solar appliances!

Also, an off-grid trailer, RV or #TinyHome with solar panels and batteries does not require the same degree of regulation for a #DIY option, though obviously the regulations have reasons, so be careful and cautious!

Remounted and enlarged my solar array in Cottenham this week. The older wood frames really suffered in the winter storms so I ended up putting concrete posts in the ground bolting through them to heavy timbers and mounting the panels on unistrut. Panels optimised for winter.

Hopefully this will give me a long life.

Last week, the weather here was pretty miserable. And while we used power as much as we usually do in summer, the solar panels obviously struggled* in the grey conditions to maintain the house battery. These days, our #offgrid power system is so reliable weeks can go by without me checking on the battery shed. But I went in over the weekend, to find one of the solar controllers had tripped. No wonder power seemed down.

* - See part 2

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