Filtering Drinking Water

About a month ago, in a moment of synchronicity, Michelle clicked on an ad in a homesteading/gardening blog she likes just as I admitted we had a problem in the kitchen.

The cylinders in our two water filter pitchers both reached the point where filtration takes too long to be practical.

Our current filtering pitchers, working hard to keep up with demand (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

Our current filtering pitchers, working hard to keep up with demand (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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Here Comes the Sun!

The optimist within me wants to announce: “It’s been sunny all month long!”

Perhaps some may find that outlook a little, well, sunny, but the first week of March has been delightfully clear. Friday, the skies technically clouded up, but we got plenty of sun breaks. More than enough to keep our battery bank full on solar power alone.

A lovely March day (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

A lovely March day (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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