The Field Lab

Life off the grid in the SW Texas desert. An experiment in sustainable living. NUMBERS AT THE END OF EACH BLOG POST: temp at 8PM,high temp,low temp,rainfall,wind conditions(CalmBreezyWindyGusty). YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFieldLab Daily live streams at https://www.youtube.com/thefieldlab/live

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

coming together...

The pieces fell i nto place today quite nicely. Beautiful weather...finished the insulated box for the new solar oven - reached 25...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

more oven

Thanks for all the birthday greetings. Got the inside lining done on the solar oven (lined with sheet metal and one coat of paint) before th...

Monday, April 5, 2010

what a birthday...

So today was my birthday.....but the story gets much better. Labored away half the day in the boiling sun working on the new solar oven - pa...

Sunday, April 4, 2010

smell the skin burn...

Had one of those excellent high UV days....where you think you can actually smell your skin burning. Finished rigging up the heat ...

Saturday, April 3, 2010

East Sunrise Equinox

Sure wish I had another day like yesterday.....but I didn't. Finally got around to installing the cooling fan and solar panel on the IP ...

Friday, April 2, 2010

on the ball...

9 hours on the job for a change - jumped right into it in case the winds picked up, but only a nice cool breeze all day...changed batteries ...

Thursday, April 1, 2010

chew this....

High winds = low work. Problem was I slacked off all morning while it was calm then the winds just kept building throughout the day. Patch...

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John Wells: The Southwest Texas Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living Field Laboratory

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