We have always fancied a semi self sufficient lifestyle yet never quite managed it we have however always grown veg etc even many years back when a "townie" however in this move we now have a semi cottage that we beleive is ideal for a certain degree of SS over and above anywhere else we have been, we are duly hoping to pick up a lot of tips, tricks and guidance as we peruse your posts, joining in where we can!
Our first port of call will without doubt be to your alternative heat sources section as we have just lived through the most horrendous weather system i have ever done in all my 48 yrs on this planet resulting in 147 mph winds that knocked our power out for almost 3 days as we only have the dreaded storage heating we have froze for 3 days due to outside temps being -2 on a good night, we now have power restored but the house will take days to re-heat to any degree now and we have more of the same forcast for Tues/Wed the main problem being i suffer with MS as such i require to be kept warm or i seize up and get seriously stiff/sore a situation i now need to remedy prior to doing anything else.
So i am very interested in learnimg about or finding out about either temporary emergency heat and power sources to ensure at times like the past few days we are ok or indeed full-time systems that we would not require to have electricity to operate possibly a multi-fuel stove heating system or similar i am open to suggestion
For now all replies answered we look forward to meeting you'all throughout the next few days as we find our feet and begin posting
Slanj
