Member The_Farm_on_Fall_Creek
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The wattage will depend upon exactly what you want to run. If you really mean your whole house then your probably gonna be looking from 17k to 20k for the wattage. Example: I use a 6500w generator at my house for when we lose power. It is enough to run all lights, fridges/freezers and our well. Anything more than that will trip the generator. So no heat, no ac, no dryer, no water heater. I am interested in what your plans are? I have a creek and have been toying with the idea myself for the last year. I just haven’t had the time to dedicate to it yet beyond thinking some ideas thru in my head. Some of our monthly power bills this winter though have moved the project up higher on my list of a million things to do. Let me know your thoughts, happy to help if I can.
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7a here. 16×24 greenhouse and I have 4 heat lamps set to turn on at 38 degrees. This works well normally but for extreme cold which we had over Christmas( 2 degrees for low and 18 for high) I ran 2 single burner propane heaters at night and maintained 40+ degrees. Turn on before sunset and turn off next morning after sun starts warming it. I also keep two fans running year round, low speed in winter and high speed in summer. These work well with circulating the heat on cold nights. I have learned you just have to bite the bullet, I have found no way to combat cold without propane, wood or electric. I have not had issues but I have read where some had issues with smothering their plants using propane. If it’s not vented you will need some fresh are coming in. Multiple ways to achieve this depending on your setup with ventilation. Hope this info helps.
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I do pretty much the same but I prune early spring. Have had good luck so far. Deepsouthhomestead has a video on pruning black berries, I tried to take their advice.
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Could just be one more window to board up in an LCE.
Full disclosure: this is coming from someone that would require multiple trips to a lumber store to board up all my windows…
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My advice is to enjoy the fact that you are living the way have always wanted and that you are able to provide for your family. I have begged, bargained and argued and always get the same result. People only tend to change out of necessity so consider what your doing as the ground work for when necessity comes.
I also brag a bit about how good “my food” taste or how good “my garden” looks ect. It doesn’t work either but I still enjoy doing it!😁😁😁