October 18, 2010
Mountain View Solar and Wind installed these solar panels for us:

We saw the meter running backwards already! WHOOHOO!!!


A mostly local dinner
Catching up on some pictures from August:

solar-dried herbs

Our 32nd anniversary dinner on the balcony! (this was pre-stink bugs)

This giant cherry tomato plant was a volunteer that threatened to take over the entire kitchen garden!! Below it you can see some small cucumber plants.
Now these are from September:

Here are the new chickens with the Buff Orpingtons investigating the new garbage deposited in the compost pile at left.

The new chickens are Barred Rock, Black Australorp and (I think) Golden Pencilled Wyandotte.