Summer Update
Someone asked if I was paid to blog about our home…No, I wrote this because I couldn’t find a blog that had specific information about PH! Other blogs gave pictures but not details that we wanted to have. So, I am trying to write information that we would have loved to have before we started on this journey. I thought that I would continue to give updates about our home.
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| Enlarge and count the bees on the artichoke flower |
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| Enlarge and find something on the hydrangea |
This summer we have been working on some of the yard, trying to finish the areas we started last year. Here are some pictures of what it looks like now. Inside not much more has been done, but our home has seen a houseful of guest and family. Lots of Barbecues and nice evening!
Last summer, we where having issues with the overhangs/eves and heat gain windows since the sun was coming in our home. So we put up some blinds outside by Coolaroo which blocks 90% UV ray out of our home and drastically reduced the temperature inside our home this summer by 10F to even 20F degrees. The highest inside temperature was 79F with the outside being over 100F for a week. Most of the time our home stayed in the low 70F this summer, very comfortable.
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| Produce from our garden The blueberry I just froze |
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| Our garden |
Since we have put up our solar panels we have seen a drop in our electric bill by close to 70%. I did have a question if we have a dryer, yes we do. In the summer I hang out our close most of the time but because we live in the west it is very wet. It drizzles or rain 90% of the time, fall, winter and spring, (yes, we do have duck feet) and it would take days for clothes to dry. Plus it would add humidity to our home and we don’t want to have that issue. We have a humidity meter and try to keep our home in the 40%.
During the last six months we have generated with our 3.2 kWh solar system; 2.553 kWh of electricity.
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For me its the best time of the year. Let's enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteLove reading your post. Summertime is the season to enjoy basking in the beach, visiting the garden such as these in your blog and receive sunlight for solar panels.
ReplyDeleteColorful flowers and harvest to enjoy. Best wishes and have a good day.
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