House Archive
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Solar Array 1st Week Test
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe solar array was completed on Thursday the 26th of August, and the first full day of generation was Friday the 27th. We went on holiday on the Saturday, but... -
Washing Machine Pain
Posted on March 4, 2010 | 2 CommentsAh, its never fun to have a broken washing machine when you’ve got twins. Of course, it just happened to occur just before we were about to put on a... -
Snow'd In
Posted on December 23, 2009 | 1 CommentWell there’s about 15cm of snow out there in places. Lots of fun, and very pretty as long as we don’t need to go anywhere -
If you go up to Tranent today, you'll be in for a big suprise!
Posted on August 31, 2009 | 1 CommentThe boys up to all sorts around the garden and house: -
Starting the permaculture garden experiment
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 1 CommentFiona’s mother “Rosemary” was up this weekend, and the weather was nice, so we took advantage of the opportunity to work on the garden. Attempting to improve our Eco footprint,... -
Docherty Power Use
Posted on April 23, 2009 | 2 CommentsToday we finally got our first-utility smart meter online and fully working. We now have power use data for every 30mins from the the 9th of April till last night.... -
Smart Power Meter Installed
Posted on April 9, 2009 | No CommentsWe got our new Smart Power Meter installed yesterday by our new electricity provider First-Utility. The meter continously monitors the electricity passing through it (like any old meter), but has... -
Aliens in Tranent!
Posted on January 24, 2009 | No CommentsFantastic view looking over the field to the East of the house. This was taken one morning in late December, and you know what they say “Red Sky In Morning,...














