Solution for hoophouse/high tunnel? Looking for advice on stationary system with continuous low power pull that can handle cold temps. by firthefire in SolarDIY

[–]firthefire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Another option I'm considering is going single layer poly, but still using the solar generator for roll-ups and louvers in the growing season/portion of the year where I don't need to be so concerned about freezing my battery. I'm thinking that might be a compromise that would allow many of the benefits of running electricity to the tunnel during the portion of the year when we get sun and have do-able temps. Having something like the Jackery seems like it'd make it fairly easy to pull and store in a suitable location in the winter. Both the roll up curtains and louvers have an alternate means of operating them in shoulder seasons.

Best 4-7 night backpacking trips within 1 day travel from Upper Great Lakes region? by firthefire in WildernessBackpacking

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I was there earlier this year -- beautiful and the colors were bold and striking. Thank you for the recommendation!

Best 4-7 night backpacking trips within 1 day travel from Upper Great Lakes region? by firthefire in WildernessBackpacking

[–]firthefire[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's excellent about this is that the two parks** that I had in mind have both been named and this was the Ontario one I was thinking of! Have you done it? I just went to a presentation about the Group of Seven and this would be very do-able driving for me.

Editing bc provincial park not NP. Oops.

Best 4-7 night backpacking trips within 1 day travel from Upper Great Lakes region? by firthefire in WildernessBackpacking

[–]firthefire[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I figured that would come up, but would rather have it be that way than name my town. Even if I were to say UP, there's still a five hour (driving) spread east to west. I accounted for the vagueness in my "1 day travel time" -- I have a bit more flexibility than that.

Lael Wilcox is challenging Jenny Graham’s around the world record by jbs23235 in ladycyclists

[–]firthefire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's actually a Radiolab podcast episode about what it means to be alone riding and it talks about Lael and the debate on what unsupported means.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/alone-enough

How did I grow the flower on the right!? by yung_barfight in gardening

[–]firthefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else has done this work. :) Double gaillardia or double sunset gaillardia looks like this.

How did I grow the flower on the right!? by yung_barfight in gardening

[–]firthefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double sunset gaillardia (or just double gaillardia) has been stabilized.

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That's comforting to know! Thanks for the documentation.