Tag: energy efficiency
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The Monday Post – there’s a house in there!
We had a massive prune! Not the dried fruit kind, that is, but the tree trimming one. Hopefully it will pay off and increase the yields for future years and the range of plants that we can grow in the front garden.
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Who’s that by the fence… It’s only me!
I scared myself today… Saw someone by the back fence who shouldn’t have been there. I had to laugh when I recognised that it was only my reflection. I found some metal reflectors attached to some fluoro light mounts a little while back and stashed them in the shed thinking, as usual ‘those should come…
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Jerusalem Artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus)
Jerusalem Artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus) are a close relative of the well known Sunflower (Helianthus annuus). They are equally as tall, hardy and beautiful as their cousins and even more productive.This plant has many names, the most descriptive being ‘Sunchokes’ or ‘Fartichokes’. I call Jerusalem Artichokes ‘everyone’s best friend’ because they have so many…
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Down with the bubble wrap!
‘Did you break your windows” ‘Why have you got bubble wrap on your windows?’ ‘What the hell are you up to now, Haines?’ These have been the three most common questions that visitors have asked over the last few months upon seeing the bubble wrap on the inside of the windows. We’d heard…
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Boinc and the World Community Grid
Over the last few days, I’ve been looking at ways to use my spare CPU power, thinking that the electricity used to run my computers can be used more efficienly. They’re running a lot of the time, but not using 100% of their resources. I discovered BOINC and through that, the World Community Grid. BOINC…
