We switched to Geothermal heating cooling system about 3 years ago as well as a heat pump hot water heater last year.  This completed our transition from propane to electric (with renewable electric energy).  The system is fantastic and provides excellent heating and cooling for our home.  Now we only use propane during emergencies to fuel our generator.  Highly recommend Bill Wenzel and his team for geothermal conversions.  We used Rick West to install our heat pump hot water heater.  This pulls heat from our muggy hot basement and keeps it nice and cool and dry in our basement all summer.

After a couple decades cutting logs with a hand saw and dragging them to the yard to cut into firewood with a plug-in electric chain saw, I've been very impressed with the convenience, power, and battery life of my Ryobi 40v/4AH chain saw.

I use the same battery for my lawn trimmer, which I think would run for many days on one charge.

Last week I tried my son-in-law's EGO 56v/5AH lawn mower, and was again impressed with how much work it could do on a single charge.

My current gas-power riding mower is fairly young, and I have nearly two acres to mow, but I'm looking forward to replacing it with a battery powered one in a few years. That wasn't even an option until recently, but a web search produced plenty of them a moment ago.

I also borrowed my son-in-law's EGO leaf blower and like the other tools was positively impressed by it.

I've been doing organic gardening since 2020 with a focus on native plants. This is a good way to protect and encourage our local ecosystem to thrive. 

This spring we installed units that provide heat as well as air conditioning; Acton Refrigeration has been a great resource and did a wonderful job of installing the unit as well as providing excellent customer service.

Our heat pump was a wonderful addition last fall - for heating, of course (SO nice not to rely on the big tank of oil anymore) - but even better, it was really effective at cooling the house during the hot spell in July. Our house isn't vintage - it was built in the 1970s - so we were able to utilize our existing ducting system, and didn't need to install mini-splits. I was worried we would start closing our windows all the time (I love leaving windows open in the summer) - but no need to worry. When the outside temperature dropped below where we set the pump to turn on (78), we just opened the windows to let the breezes and the sounds of the birds in. Go for it if you're thinking about it, you won't regret it!

Low mow, native plants, no chemicals. I finally downloaded iNaturalist which helps to identify plants to encourage the good volunteers and keep out the invasive species. I have at least 5 different goldenrod species and tons of milkweed with monarch caterpillars for the second year in a row!