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Solar Dehydrator Project.Part Four: Making the dehydrator cabinet cladding.
One of the first things we needed to do was as a science/mathematics home school project was measure the panel sizes to cover the framework.
We used 3 ply panelling we had left over from building the chicken house in the barn..... set up the jig saw and two cordless drills. One as a screw driver and one to drill holes. First job before cladding the framework was to put the shelf supports in so we could manoeuvre the drill without any restrictions from the outside walls. We actually used tomato stakes cut up for the job at two foot lengths.
Originally i had 5 square foot of dehydrating space in my electric dehydrator. I now have 42 square feet of drying space. No comparison... and if you grow a garden and dehydrate you KNOW that is a very small volume for when the crops are in. Therefore instead of spending a great deal of money and the ongoing cost of electricity to power it.. i thought it a good opportunity to invest time into a way to dehydrate that would be far more sustainable in the long term.
Not only that but we have also no running costs.
No electrical power needed to run this low tech way of preserving food.
Tomorrow's task is to make the back doorway and we have decided that we would be better off purchasing a piano hinge to take advantage of the large opening without being concerned with limitations to access.
Photo's to follow.
Btw we bought tomato stakes to use as shelf supports/shelf framework and total cost so far is $30.
We used 3 ply panelling we had left over from building the chicken house in the barn..... set up the jig saw and two cordless drills. One as a screw driver and one to drill holes. First job before cladding the framework was to put the shelf supports in so we could manoeuvre the drill without any restrictions from the outside walls. We actually used tomato stakes cut up for the job at two foot lengths.
Originally i had 5 square foot of dehydrating space in my electric dehydrator. I now have 42 square feet of drying space. No comparison... and if you grow a garden and dehydrate you KNOW that is a very small volume for when the crops are in. Therefore instead of spending a great deal of money and the ongoing cost of electricity to power it.. i thought it a good opportunity to invest time into a way to dehydrate that would be far more sustainable in the long term.
Not only that but we have also no running costs.
No electrical power needed to run this low tech way of preserving food.
Tomorrow's task is to make the back doorway and we have decided that we would be better off purchasing a piano hinge to take advantage of the large opening without being concerned with limitations to access.
Photo's to follow.
Btw we bought tomato stakes to use as shelf supports/shelf framework and total cost so far is $30.
Rustling through some old papers........
I came across a couple of my poems i shared on Redbubble..... but since to me the poetry is also all about listening to the words i decided to have a go at making a sound file and discovered a site that makes it easy here is two i created have a listen.
TRANSMIGRATION
THE BOOK
GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK
This week our main focus in homeschool inquiry will be geography and science as we like to take chunks of learning over a week to really get our teeth into the subject and the content. It really helps with interest and learning tends to be very much more connected to experience.
CHECK OUT THIS cool link: FINDING YOUR OWN LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Test your GLOBAL IQ!
How much do you know about the world?
Can you name the world's most spoken primary language? The largest consumer of oil? The most heavily fortified border on the planet? The current population of the U.S.?
We tested the geography knowledge of 18- to 24-year-olds across the U.S. to see how much they know about our world. How did they do? More know where the TV show CSI is set than can find Iraq on a map. The survey shows that too many young Americans have a limited understanding of the world.
Why Is It Important?
Geographic literacy is more than knowing state capitals. It's understanding how people and places interact, where things come from, and where we're going. Without geography, our young people are unprepared for an increasingly global future.
There is a daily geography quiz to take at two levels..... for the beginner and advanced. 10 questions against the clock.... multiple choice answers. A fun activity that also exposes kids to great language and exploration points of areas they need to explore more.
GEOGRAPHY GUIDE
Lots of games to make learning fun. Looking forward to exploring with the boys this week.
HANGMAN
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