Wire Mesh to Protect Your Plants and Trees

Submitted by cactii on July 6, 2009 - 10:24pm

Wire mesh makes great protection for trees and small shrubs if you have a problem with jack-rabbits or other larger pests. I use wire mesh tubes on all my newly planted trees and shrubs to protect them until they have a more durable, less tasty bark that the animals will leave alone.

The 2 inch square type of wire mesh that's about 4 feet high is really versatile and will go a long way in your gardening efforts. I keep a little bit handy so I'm always prepared to protect my plants and trees from the nasty jack-rabbits that are around our property. Read the full article »

Sun Tracker for Your Solar Panels - Part 2

Posted by cactii
Dec 24 2008

Although we're not finished with this part of the project yet we're going to release it unfinished for those who are following along.

We've decided to use the power window motors found in vehicles to move our solar panel array because the motors are 12 volts DC like the batteries the panels will be charging, the motors are strong, they have built in gear reduction and they're even reasonably cheap because they can be bough out of a car recycling yard. We like the power window drive motors from the older model vehicles because they're a little bit bigger and they have nice steel gears that'll stand up to some real work like pushing and pulling an array of solar panels. Read the full article »

Sun Tracker for Your Solar Panels - Part 1

Submitted by cactii on December 21, 2008 - 1:51pm

We decided to try a project to see if we could get a solar panel to follow the sun so that it always has direct sunlight throughout the day. By having the solar panels in the most optimum position throughout the day their efficiency will be increased and that will allow you to store more energy. Read the full article »

BS2 Is a Powerful Environmental Friend

Posted by cactii
Dec 21 2008
BS2 Microcontroller Development Board is a Powerful Tool

The BS2 Microcontroller may be micro but it is a very powerful little tool and can help you make things happen in your environmental projects.

Coupled with the right electronics and programming you can do many things with this controller. It is a very simple way of getting process control into any of your projects. Read the full article »