> So I have a few questions to brainstorm about:

I would suggest going down to your local magazine shop, and get a
subscription (for a while at least) to Home Power magazine, and Mother Earth
News. Even if you don't want to go the whole green living way of things,
these will give you good info on making your home energy efficient.

Doing things like having a broad expanse of windows that can catch the
winter sun, to heat an indoor stone wall that acts as a storage heater
during the dark hours is the sort of thing I'm thinking here.

Both are available on the web.
http://www.homepower.com/
http://www.motherearthnews.com/

MEN will probably help with planning what to do with the rest of the acreage
as well, as it really is the whole alternative lifestyle magazine (c.f. the
other thread here that interleaves with this one).

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