Do it yourself (DIY) projects are very popular these days, but one couple living just outside the Village of Winter is in another league when it comes to major home projects.
Eric and Linda Magnuson live three-quarters of a mile east of the village off Canestrop Drive. Their home is the one with the solar panels facing south. Nearby is what looks like a greenhouse, which it is, but it is much more — namely, a site for raising fish and using the fish waste to grow plants, a system of agriculture known as aquaponics.
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