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2024-07-29
Discount Plant Sales in SE Minnesota
Sargents North Garage Sale First Saturday in April Saturday April 8, 2024 8AM-5PM "Once a year, we shed our shelves of overstock, carryovers, or gently used products at 50%+ off! We have pottery, d...
2024-04-03
Horizontal Honeybee Hive
By Matt I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to construct your own beehive parts and accessories, especially ones on building medium and deep supers and swarm traps. I came across a differen...
2020-05-12
Smashup of Cattle Panel Greenhouse and Straw Bale Gardening
I usually start our seeds indoors and get our garden plants started about 4-6 weeks before the last frost date here in Rochester which is May 15th. While we do get some awesome light through our la...
2020-04-14
Did our Net-Zero house build meet our energy goals the first year
By Matt Utilizing higher levels of insulation, high performance windows, passive design, whole house electrification and a 9.8 kW solar energy system we were successful in being Net-Zero in 2019 w...
2020-01-12
Why we decided to build an energy efficient home
By Tracee Matt and I met training for Grandma's Marathon. He was getting his PhD in biochemistry as a protein chrystallographer and I was getting my Masters in Architecture. We got to know each ot...
2019-06-16
How do I pursue an energy efficient build for my home?
By Tracee "Energy efficiency" can be a fairly abstract term when it comes time to prioritizing and taking action. For our EarthFest open house and booth at the Expo, we wanted to help people unde...
2019-04-28
EarthFest Open House
By Tracee Yesterday was Earth Day, a worldwide celebration of our Mother Earth and the life she supports. Like other cities, Rochester, MN celebrates all week with EarthFest, hosting events to help...
2019-04-23
Our Home Energy Score (HERS) wins us an award.
 Our home received a HERS index score of 32 without solar and -3 once we incorporated the photovoltaic panels. The score of 32 earned our home "The Lowes...
2019-03-21