Silverlake lasagna gardening project

Finished lasagna garden renovation

Before all the drama, I had been giving my garden a face lift, by doing some lasagna gardening, for a while. Now that we are moving out, I’m sad to say it’s not looking to good any more.   I got together with two friends (Aaron and John) and started renovating my neglected back yard.…

Thermosiphoning Passive Solar Water Heater

By Lonnie from Builditsolar.com

Build it Solar brings it again! This might be common knowledge but, heat rises and cold falls. This is the action behind thermosiphoning. The short and sweet of it is that you run some cold water through metal pipes that are being hit by the sun to heat it. You have a circulating system where…

Project Weather Aproaching

It’s getting warmer here, and in the rest of the northern hemisphere. This means several things to me. Tomatoes are going to be enjoyed in not to long, I can’t stand the store bought ones after growing my own for several years now. It gets darker later, so more time in the garden after work.…

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