Guest guest Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I have a question about solar ovens. I need to know how much I might use it. If I spend a lot of money for something, I had better use it, or the wife will not be happy. ew Re: monday and solar ovens The solar sport cooks GREAT in the winter...I am in Western NC, and cook year round with it-cooked last winter with 17 inches of snow on the ground and no power. The company that makes them is in Minnesota, and they do sidewalk demo's of the sport in the winter. I have been using my Sport since 2004, never had any issues in the cold. I can get group deals on the Global Sun oven too, but I am not a huge fan of it-it offgasses too much, I never could get the smell out of mine. If enough people are interested, I can work up a group order for them. I also have a homemade solar petal cooker that is great for boiling things. --- I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I had initially planned to use mine only during a power outage or emergency when I first got it, but in trying it out, I realized how wonderful it is to throw my pots in there, and not have to worry with them for the rest of the day, and have been using mine almost daily (except for rainy or very cloudy days) since 2004. If I have a busy day planned, I put the stuff in my cook pots the night before and put them in the fridge, then just put them in the solar in the morning...dinner is hot and ready whenever I get back to it, much like a crock pot. I was just looking for a preparedness method of cooking when I discovered solar, but now it is one of my passions. I cook EVERYTHING in my solar oven, breads, veggies, etc. We are vegetarian, but I cook meats when my family comes to visit-the solar does a great job with everything. My FAVORITE part is, I use a LOT of pumpkin as bases for sauce, ice cream, purees, etc., and my old way of cutting and seeding a whole pumpkin was HARD WORK! Now, I just throw a whole pumpkin or two in the solar and let the sun do the work-I take it straight from the garden, give it a little washing off, and put it in the solar whole, uncut. When cooked, the pumpkin is much easier to cut in half, pull out the seed mass and work with. I also use the solar oven for solarizing my soil before planting, so I kill off any seeds. I can't imagine why the whole solar cooking thing hasn't caught on more than it has-it is so easy and care free! How much YOU use it would depend on how many days a week you cook, lol. > > I have a question about solar ovens. I need to know how much I might use it. If I spend a lot of money for something, I had better use it, or the wife will not be happy. > ew > > Re: monday and solar ovens > > The solar sport cooks GREAT in the winter...I am in Western NC, and cook year round with it-cooked last winter with 17 inches of snow on the ground and no power. The company that makes them is in Minnesota, and they do sidewalk demo's of the sport in the winter. I have been using my Sport since 2004, never had any issues in the cold. I can get group deals on the Global Sun oven too, but I am not a huge fan of it-it offgasses too much, I never could get the smell out of mine. If enough people are interested, I can work up a group order for them. I also have a homemade solar petal cooker that is great for boiling things. > > > > --- I > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I am surprised that in places like Florida that solar isn't used more often for electricity. I can't believe they can't make batteries good enough to hold it and allow it to be used. They don't want it developed must be the reason. Why hasn't solar been made more reasonable so we could all have a couple of panels on top of our houses to heat up our water and to provide some electricity? Government used to have a solar program with rebates. Now they don't seem to. Sometimes states do. The places where solar is much bigger is up north. How does that make sense? Carolyn Wilkerson  To: sproutpeople Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:33 AM Subject: Re: solar ovens  I had initially planned to use mine only during a power outage or emergency when I first got it, but in trying it out, I realized how wonderful it is to throw my pots in there, and not have to worry with them for the rest of the day, and have been using mine almost daily (except for rainy or very cloudy days) since 2004. If I have a busy day planned, I put the stuff in my cook pots the night before and put them in the fridge, then just put them in the solar in the morning...dinner is hot and ready whenever I get back to it, much like a crock pot. I was just looking for a preparedness method of cooking when I discovered solar, but now it is one of my passions. I cook EVERYTHING in my solar oven, breads, veggies, etc. We are vegetarian, but I cook meats when my family comes to visit-the solar does a great job with everything. My FAVORITE part is, I use a LOT of pumpkin as bases for sauce, ice cream, purees, etc., and my old way of cutting and seeding a whole pumpkin was HARD WORK! Now, I just throw a whole pumpkin or two in the solar and let the sun do the work-I take it straight from the garden, give it a little washing off, and put it in the solar whole, uncut. When cooked, the pumpkin is much easier to cut in half, pull out the seed mass and work with. I also use the solar oven for solarizing my soil before planting, so I kill off any seeds. I can't imagine why the whole solar cooking thing hasn't caught on more than it has-it is so easy and care free! How much YOU use it would depend on how many days a week you cook, lol. > > I have a question about solar ovens. I need to know how much I might use it. If I spend a lot of money for something, I had better use it, or the wife will not be happy. > ew > > Re: monday and solar ovens > > The solar sport cooks GREAT in the winter...I am in Western NC, and cook year round with it-cooked last winter with 17 inches of snow on the ground and no power. The company that makes them is in Minnesota, and they do sidewalk demo's of the sport in the winter. I have been using my Sport since 2004, never had any issues in the cold. I can get group deals on the Global Sun oven too, but I am not a huge fan of it-it offgasses too much, I never could get the smell out of mine. If enough people are interested, I can work up a group order for them. I also have a homemade solar petal cooker that is great for boiling things. > > > > --- I > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I couldn't agree more, Carolyn! I am stunned that EVERYWHERE hasn't learned to take advantage of all this wonderful and FREE sunshine, and make it affordable! After I got interested in solar cooking, I wanted to do EVERYTHING solar...was shocked at how costly it is! I do have solar lighting all through my house, and outside in my gardens, but I would dearly love to make my house completely solar-but it hasn't been made affordable! I am currently building a tiny cottage behind my house, and I am going completely solar with it-and even that is very pricy for 189 square feet! It boggles that the " technology " of free sunshine has caught on-we have had it since the beginning of time! > > > > I have a question about solar ovens. I need to know how much I might use it. If I spend a lot of money for something, I had better use it, or the wife will not be happy. > > ew > > > > Re: monday and solar ovens > > > > The solar sport cooks GREAT in the winter...I am in Western NC, and cook year round with it-cooked last winter with 17 inches of snow on the ground and no power. The company that makes them is in Minnesota, and they do sidewalk demo's of the sport in the winter. I have been using my Sport since 2004, never had any issues in the cold. I can get group deals on the Global Sun oven too, but I am not a huge fan of it-it offgasses too much, I never could get the smell out of mine. If enough people are interested, I can work up a group order for them. I also have a homemade solar petal cooker that is great for boiling things. > > > > > > > > --- I > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wouldn't it be lovely to live in 's cottage, have everything growing all around you, be in Solar heaven and cook in solar ovens and grow micros and greens and have tempeh. I would be in vegetarian heaven. lol Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Well, just come on over, Melody! I will pull up a rocker on the porch for you...and I am about to train some grapevines up the porch rails...maybe we will take up winemaking! (visions of Lucy and Ethel pop in my head) > > Wouldn't it be lovely to live in 's cottage, have everything growing all around you, be in Solar heaven and cook in solar ovens and grow micros and greens and have tempeh. > > I would be in vegetarian heaven. > > lol > Melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Oh, I could just shoot myself. So much time lost, SO MANY SUNNIES NOT EATEN. And you'll be proud of me. I ran out of Coir and I had to use the Organic Soil I had in the house. Of course I MADE A VIDEO. Putting it up soon. Melody > > > > > > Wouldn't it be lovely to live in 's cottage, have everything growing all around you, be in Solar heaven and cook in solar ovens and grow micros and greens and have tempeh. > > > > > > I would be in vegetarian heaven. > > > > > > lol > > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Next time you go to Home Depot, buy several bricks so you won't run out. Using the soil was good, but it far more expensive that the coir. ew Re: solar ovens Oh, I could just shoot myself. So much time lost, SO MANY SUNNIES NOT EATEN. And you'll be proud of me. I ran out of Coir and I had to use the Organic Soil I had in the house. Of course I MADE A VIDEO. Putting it up soon. Melody > > Mel. > Just think, if you had done this three years ago when I first told this group how to grow sunnies in a container. > ew > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Do you mean the leaves were different colors or did they have flowers on them that were colorful? Trying to figure out where the color was. Looking forward to the video. Carolyn Wilkerson  To: sproutpeople Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:24 AM Subject: Re: solar ovens  That's us, Lucy and Ethel. Now is Alan, Ricky or Fred!!! And want to hear something very interesting. Yesterday when I came home and harvested MUCH of the sunnies, I knew there would be others that would grow so I left them on a sunny window sill.Well, in a few hours, so many reached the top I said to Alan " look at this, there are more sunnies and I harvested so many this morning " . This is the greatest thing since sliced bread. And this morning I just took a little ziplock bag of sunnies to breakfast and put them on my sandwich. Well!!! you could have knocked me over with the colors. I called the waitress over and she was going 'Oh, wow, look at the colors on that sandwich " . I was so impressed,tomorrow morning, I'm going to bring my Flip and videotape my breakfast sandwich. I know that no one cares about that (except for the waitress) but they were so pretty. Have to show you guys. Tomorrow!!!! lol Melody > > > > Wouldn't it be lovely to live in 's cottage, have everything growing all around you, be in Solar heaven and cook in solar ovens and grow micros and greens and have tempeh. > > > > I would be in vegetarian heaven. > > > > lol > > Melody > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 How did you do solar lights inside your house? I have solar outside. But inside do have to have sun to shine on batteries to get the solar. Do you have panels on the roof? Carolyn Wilkerson  To: sproutpeople Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:56 AM Subject: Re: solar ovens  I couldn't agree more, Carolyn! I am stunned that EVERYWHERE hasn't learned to take advantage of all this wonderful and FREE sunshine, and make it affordable! After I got interested in solar cooking, I wanted to do EVERYTHING solar...was shocked at how costly it is! I do have solar lighting all through my house, and outside in my gardens, but I would dearly love to make my house completely solar-but it hasn't been made affordable! I am currently building a tiny cottage behind my house, and I am going completely solar with it-and even that is very pricy for 189 square feet! It boggles that the " technology " of free sunshine has caught on-we have had it since the beginning of time! > > > > I have a question about solar ovens. I need to know how much I might use it. If I spend a lot of money for something, I had better use it, or the wife will not be happy. > > ew > > > > Re: monday and solar ovens > > > > The solar sport cooks GREAT in the winter...I am in Western NC, and cook year round with it-cooked last winter with 17 inches of snow on the ground and no power. The company that makes them is in Minnesota, and they do sidewalk demo's of the sport in the winter. I have been using my Sport since 2004, never had any issues in the cold. I can get group deals on the Global Sun oven too, but I am not a huge fan of it-it offgasses too much, I never could get the smell out of mine. If enough people are interested, I can work up a group order for them. I also have a homemade solar petal cooker that is great for boiling things. > > > > > > > > --- I > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Several of the solar lights I use inside are designed for garden sheds or patios. They each have their own panel, which is mounted outside of a window, with a small charging wire that runs in the window (the wire is very thin, so the window closes easily over it) I plug the wire in to the light when they need charging, but for the most part they are unplugged. I also have some lights that have their own charging panels built in-I just set those outside to recharge during the day. I have one that is a lovely blue globe, and puts off the prettiest ambient blue glow at night. My little 3 year old neice calls it the " monster light " -she was spending the night with me and was afraid of monsters, so I gave her the light by her bed and told her no monsters would come round with such a light! She now grabs the light every time she comes over, lol. I got the patio/shed lights at Home Depot on clearance at the end of summer, and have acquired others as I find them. I am currently building a " tiny house " cottage and will be doing it all solar. I wish I could do my entire house in solar, but again, they make it cost prohibitive! > > How did you do solar lights inside your house? I have solar outside. But inside do have to have sun to shine on batteries to get the solar. Do you have panels on the roof? > > > Carolyn Wilkerson > > >  > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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