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This is a listing of our projects and current interests. We have a separate section devoted to family. |
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The project is to develop a very inexpensive solar and wind system that will power our den. This has been successful and will be expanded to include a garden watering system as well as power for a storage building that is also my shop. |
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Before Virginia, Barbara’s mother passed away we spent several years in caring for her and believe we learned a lot that we want to share |
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We had two dogs but recently lost one due to cancer. Long hours of research and several visits to doctors have enlightened us on how to feed dogs a raw, nutritional diet. |
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Small Renewable Energy System for our home and the CSA farm |
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Dogs and their care |
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Project listing - under construction and always expanding |
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I have long had an interest in Genealogy and with the help of my cousin, Jim Perkins, have compiled a partial historical listing of relatives and a family tree that includes pictures of some of the relatives and slides of Bill, my father, Mona, my mother, Herb and my sister, Carol. |
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Perkins Family History |
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Bill, my father, was an avid amateur archeologist and spent numerous years researching the New York Indian tribes and recovering artifacts. His collection was extensive and is now on display at several locations in the state. He published a number of articles on local ”dig sites” and did a lot of his own excavations. |
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William Perkins—amateur archeologist |
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This project is in the planning stages and a small prototype system is planned. I want to test the ideas for making an inexpensive solar collector using small copper pipe, sheet tin for the fins and a small solar powered pump to circulate the water. I am not sure how much water I can circulate nor how hot I can get it. Therefore, I will build a small system and see what we learn. |
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Solar Heater Project |
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Building a Solar oven and a solar dehydrator |
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Melton Family History - Barbara’s family |
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Under construction |
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The solar oven project and the dehydrator project are planned to assist my grand daughter in her home schooling science projects. The oven will be used to heat rice as well as bake bread. The dehydrator is planned to show that the ancient methods of drying food can be used today for storing food from the garden. |
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Insulating Paint: |
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To further reduce our heating and cooling bill we are repainting the interior of the house using “ceramic vacuum beads” mixed with our environmentally friendly paint. This is a product that our daughter, Kristie, has had great success with. Once the project is complete and we have some useful data to review we will post additional comments. |
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Herb & Barbara our interests and family |