Could you get free hot water from the sun here in Maine? To find out, join us tomorrow, Thursday, July 12, at 7:00 pm at F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies in Brunswick for "Design and Build Your Own Solar Hot Water Heater", a talk by Al Heath of Arrowsic.
You'll learn how much it costs, how well it works, and how to get started.
Al will explain how he and his wife researched, designed, and built a super energy efficient home themselves, including a solar hot water system that provides the majority of their hot water needs. At tomorrow's talk, which is a follow up to an April talk given to a standing-room-only crowd, he will share lessons learned during the process, focusing on his family's experience living with solar hot water.
Topics covered at the talk will include how much of the design and installation homeowners can realistically do themselves, and how much you need to sub-contract. In addition to describing the solar hot water system already in use in his house, Al will share his plans for increasing the size of his system for space heating.
Composting Clinic, Saturday July 21
Join us next weekend, 11 am to noon on Saturday, July 21, at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick. I'll show you how to make great compost. Call us here (207) 729-4050 for more info.
Summer Focus: Composting Goods & Supplies
Feed your garden with home-grown compost! We have the information and equipment you need to be successful this season making natural fertilizer from your kitchen and yard waste.
Kitchen Compost Carrier
Make your home composting program easier to manage. Perfect for short-term storage of kitchen scraps, this kitchen compost carrier features an optional carbon filter to eliminate odors. Made from 25% recycled plastic. Small (5.8 quart) size, $17.95; Large (9.6 quart) size, $24.95Envirocycle Composter
Make batches of rich compost simply by taking this unit for a spin. This conveniently-sized tumbler is perfect for those who want an easy way to turn batches of kitchen scraps into nutrients for vegetables, flowers and houseplants. Featuring a base that collects liquid for "compost tea", the Envirocycle is a great addition to a deck or back yard for anyone who wants a no-hassle, proven system for composting. Available in black or green. $159Sun-Mar 200 Composter
This innovative outdoor composter is based on a brilliant concept: put yard and kitchen waste in one opening, and remove finished compost from another. Inside the unit are two drums: new material enters the outer drum, fills it up, tumbles into the inner drum, then comes out the middle as finished compost. So well-designed it makes you wonder why all composters aren't built his way! $299Sun-Mar 400 Composter
Suitable for handling large volumes of yard waste, the 400 is the larger cousin of the Sun-Mar 200 Garden Composter. Same great features as the Sun-Mar 200, plus a crank to help turn it. $399Sunleaves Wormtopia
Turn your kitchen scraps and yard waste into high quality worm castings with the help of up to 15,000 redworms (sold separately). Worms convert scraps and wastes to castings as they migrate upward to the next tray, while producing nutrient-rich "worm tea" that can be drawn from a spigot mounted on the bottom. $109.50; one pint of Maine-raised red worms, $6.00Sun-Mar Composting Toilets
Choose a Sun-Mar composting toilet when you need to conserve water, minimize your environmental impact, upgrade your outhouse, extend the life of your septic system, or provide sanitary facilities where there is no plumbing. Perfect for seasonal camps; these toilets can freeze solid with no risk of pipes bursting. Composting toilets harness aerobic microbes to oxidize waste, resulting in carbon dioxide, water, and essential plant nutrients and minerals. 95% of the starting material evaporates, and the remainder becomes an NSF-certified safe soil amendment. Self-contained units start at $1345; we also stock the full line of Sun-Mar supplies.
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