Amazing the amount of heat in the Sun as it gets lower in the sky and the rays are more direct.
Stoves go off before 10 am even at -30C !  Another 3 weeks and it will be an inch above distant Nadina Mtn. This shot just after 11 today.

November 2014

Wind from the North today. Mist flowing past the window. Toasty warm  with the new Quadra Fire Santa Fe upstairs. It goes on and off with the thermostat. Identical stove also downstairs both stay on low now so pellet burn about the same just more even heat . House is very dense so it holds the heat well. The walls are one inch thick wood and all the cement in the basesment including the entire floor have 2 inches of dense Styrofoam and vapor barrier under it.  Passive solar heat storage ...it works!

Best Summer for Growing!

168 Acres, not ALR, 2 hydro meters, many building sites. Close to Smithers Airport, Houston , Burns Lake.

The downstairs bathroom has a tub that is fed from two large galvanized steel tanks that get their water from the roof when it rains. The tub has it's own pump and hot water tank. Raining today.

Walking through the young pine today. Looking so good. I predict that there will be 3-5 hundred grand $ harvested in 60 years . If we still have this place the grand kids will smile. 100 acres of trees more or less. Will post pics as soon as I get the garden in.

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