Working in a heavily insulated shed has so far been cosy during the summer months. Even on those cloudless starlit nights where the temperature plummets towards midnight.

I'm currently working on a plan for heating my outdoor space during the winter and can imagine this being an interesting experiment to see what it takes to keep warm all the year round. 

I have a small 500 watt oil radiator I've salvaged and a flat panel electric 600 watt heater that may replace it if it's not up to the job.

Today though, on the hottest day I remember for a long time, I installed a solar powered weather station. As usual for an affordable 'solar powered' gadget the little solar panel faces into the room. Why when these things are designed to capture light the designers do that i don't know. Ideally it would face the other way when it is sat on the window ledge. That said, it's important to keep this out of the sun as it will affect the indoor temperature reading.

I wondered how a device that not only receives time updates from the atomic clock but also wireless temperature updates from an external sensor could receive enough power from such a small panel. The truth is it can't. The panel it turns out is designed mainly to supplement the two triple A's the device runs on. The sensor I have placed outside above my low power security light takes a single AA battery.

At the moment it appears to be 33 degrees C outside and 37.5 degrees C inside. And yes.. I'm feeling it.

The unit records the lowest outside and inside temperature and It will be interesting to see how the insulation in my shed copes.

The Oregon solar weather station RMR 802 is the cheapest of many in the range. I paid £19.99 as I have a pretty good app on my phone to give me a forecast and was more interested in the local temperature inside and outside @Docuden

It seems pretty well made and was easy to set up.

I'm getting up now to open the windows. I'm getting sweat on the keyboard.

Not satisfied with the Shoffice (@Docuden) I have built a smaller shed to house garden tools and maybe a solar light if i feel the need. This went up in about 4 hours and is visible from my desk so I may make it look pretty.. You know paint it a random pastel colour and grow stuff up it.

I'm liking the newly liberated free space now in the garage and look forward to setting up my vice and tool bench. It's been a while since i have had any decent workshop space to get dirty and make stuff.

The 5x7 was less than £250 and has done wonders as a storage solution.

I can see how some people get addicted to these little structures. The little lad wants one now. I may wait till next summer and build him his own den.