Werefisteria

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Mark Zeiger

We’re slowly, casually compiling a Homestead Lexicon in this blog, as we find more and more unusual words and terms from around the world that apply to our life. So far, we have Hygge, and Upterrlainarluta, and a growing list of words that describe human interaction with the forest, such as Shinrin-Yoku and Waldeinsamkeit.

Here’s another: “Werefisteria’. Werefisteria is an Old English term that means to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery.

This is a forest that offers mystery! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

This is a forest that offers mystery! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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Entering New Territory

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Mark Zeiger

In my last post, Use It or Lose It, I talked about monitoring the new solar array’s output and performance. On August 12th, we entered a new phase of this evaluation. Up until that date, we matched or exceeded the amount of daylight we received on the first full day of operation. After the 12th, we started seeing how the array performs in steadily lessening daylight as we approach the Winter Solstice. We’ve entered new territory, monitoring, and trying to predict the new limits of our electrical harvest.

A cloudy September day that brought in all the power we needed (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

A cloudy September day that brought in all the power we needed (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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