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The August, 2016 issue of Green Energy Times is now available and is being delivered to stores. An online copy is available as a pdf file at This Link. (12 megabytes) Individual articles have been posted. A table of contents can be found at This Link. Paw paws ripening on a tree in Bristol, Vermont. By David Fried There are at least three great reasons for fall planting: The earth is moist, and it will be raining or snowing for the next six months, so the new plantings will receive all the moisture they need without having to water […] Pickin’ Up PawPaws … Put ‘em in Your Pocket Pawpaw – In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit By Andrew Moore Chelsea Green Publishing, July 2015, 296 pages, $26 Review by N.R. Mallery Pawpaw? What’s a pawpaw? Do you remember singing “Pickin’ up paw paws, put ‘em in your pocket … […] Purple Kale. Photo courtesy of West Coast Seeds Courtesy of West Coast Seeds Late season planting is often a finicky affair. With choices limited, it takes careful consideration in picking the right seeds to keep your harvests arriving weekly even late into the season. Kale (Family: Brassicacea, Latin Brassica oleracea var. acephala) is […] By N. R. Mallery At the time of this writing, we are in the midst of a heat wave and drought here in Vermont and in much of the Northeast. I live in a passive solar home that is designed to keep the heat in or out, according to season. Nevertheless, I try to […] With a New Sense of Style The original Olsen’s General Store in Vischer’s Ferry, New York holds many memories for the locals. Photo: Flickr, picssr.com. By George Harvey On September 11, 2013, a suspicious fire severely damaged the Riders Crossing Tack Shop in Vischer Ferry, a hamlet in Clifton Park, New […] By Green Energy Times Staff Everyone should experience an old-fashioned New England general store. They can be delightful, and perhaps Dan & Whits in Norwich, Vermont, is about as delightful as they get. Dan Fraser, the current manager, is the grandson of the original Dan, who started the store with Whit in […] Robomow RS360 mowing the perimeter. Photo courtesy of Robowmow.com By George Harvey My first job was tending grass in a local cemetery. I used hand clippers to make the grass around the headstones look nice. I was sixteen years old, and for that reason was not allowed near lawn mowers. The […] Image: Publicdomainpictures.net By Larry Plesent You work hard in your busy day doing what you do. Work, chores, and everything involved in keeping the rain off your head, the wind off your back, and the wolves from your door. And then we drop off to sleep. And we wake up and do it […] In this microhydro system, water is diverted into a penstock. Conduit-based systems use pipes that are already serving other purposes like irrigation or wastewater. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy by Russell King The classic picture of hydropower is that of a large concrete dam that spans the breadth of a river, providing water […] |
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