I did my usual practice in the garden today, starting with opening the greenhouses in the morning, watering seedlings and plants, picking 13 different fixings for a salad, washing and assembling the salad for lunch, then doing more watering in the afternoon. Here is what it looked like:
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| The final salad |
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| The makings of a salad |
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| Broccoli almost ready to pick |
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| Quinoa experiment |
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| 1st zucchini |
The quinoa growing experiment is going well with seedheads forming. We also have our first zucchini, a light green type with a creamy texture called Cavili.
We spend alot of time here watching birds. The Stellar Jays are particularly present at the moment.
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| Stellar Jay |
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| Our house with new roof |
Finally, we had a new roof put on the house last week. This entailed taking off the solar panels before the roofers did their work, and the re-installing the panels. I think it looks good. You can see the bottlebrush plant, the angelica plants, and the rust covered garlic in this photo.
Wow, so you’ve installed solar panels on your roof! That will definitely help you save on electricity costs. You’re harnessing the sun’s energy and avoiding the use of power from the grid. And I bet you’ll find those unbelievably useful come summer, when the sunrays are at their brightest. In fact, it may be possible to use those panels solely to power your AC unit at home to keep you cool throughout the summer heat!
ReplyDeleteHi Brendan,
DeleteHeat and Big Lagoon don't belong in the same sentence in my experience. Actually it rarely reaches 75 degrees F here (maybe 3 or 4 days a year), and the ocean (which you can see a peak of on the left of the picture) provides the cooling. It is great to have the solar panels though. It is a grid tied system and has cut our power purchases dramatically. The house is designed with passive solar heating and cooling in mind as well. Hope you enjoyed the blog. Jim