There was an old foundation on the property with some nice stones. Dave brought them up to the house and is making a flower bed for perennials. Next is the compost and then after it sets over the winter - planting.
It is going to be excellent.
BettsBerm -- Documentation of the construction of our bermed home and ramblings about our life in the foothills of Maine.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Flowers for next Year
There was an old foundation on the property with some nice stones. Dave brought them up to the house and is making a flower bed for perennials. Next is the compost and then after it sets over the winter - planting.
It is going to be excellent.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Sira gets her CGC
Last night, our pup, Sira, passed her CGC test. A picture of her celebrating with a friend after the tests...
The CGC - taken from http://www.akc.org/events/cgc/training_testing.cfm/
Test 1: Accepting a friendly stranger
Test 2: Sitting politely for petting
Test 3: Appearance and grooming
Test 4: Out for a walk (walking on a loose lead)
Test 5: Walking through a crowd
Test 6: Sit and down on command and Staying in place
Test 7: Coming when called
Test 8: Reaction to another dog
Test 9: Reaction to distraction
Test 10: Supervised separation
Why?
Because to be a responsible owner, you need to do more than love and feed your dog.
A book on CGC: http://www.amazon.com/The-Canine-Good-Citizen-Edition/dp/0876054521
A blog about CGC: http://caninegoodcitizen.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Meters installed
Central Maine Power was here - we now have a double meter. Top one measures what is coming in - bottom what is going out.
Yesterday was a nice sunny solar day - and as of midday we were producing 2660 Kwatts. I can see how a person could become meter addicted, LOL.
Not really certain exactly how the meters do the calculations and measuring - but they do!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Solar Installation - Completed!
What a wonderful crew showed up yesterday morning from Revision Energy to install our system. Very polite - neat - and capable group of 4 did a fabulous job!
We now have 18 photovoltaic panels (240 watt) on our roof! It looks wonderful - just like the roof was built for them. We have a Solectria PVI 5000 inverter. We also have a new highly efficient 58 gallon electric water heater.
This system is rated to produce approximately 4,715 KWhrs of power yearly which will offset 6,130 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide. Final step will be to complete the grid tie - then we can send electricity your way....
Pictures of the day can be found in larger format if you prefer. Large picture slideshow.
grid_tie solar solar_panels solectria revision_energy
We now have 18 photovoltaic panels (240 watt) on our roof! It looks wonderful - just like the roof was built for them. We have a Solectria PVI 5000 inverter. We also have a new highly efficient 58 gallon electric water heater.
This system is rated to produce approximately 4,715 KWhrs of power yearly which will offset 6,130 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide. Final step will be to complete the grid tie - then we can send electricity your way....
Pictures of the day can be found in larger format if you prefer. Large picture slideshow.
grid_tie solar solar_panels solectria revision_energy
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