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Comments (150)Hi everyone. Hope you are all keeping warm. I have to admit, we haven't even really seen winter at its worse, but already I am sick and tired of snow. I am seriously considering moving somewhere where there is no snow. I can always come back to visit. All the boxes are great. Love to hear what everyone has sent and the enthusiasm of the recipient. I agree Shirley, it's like Christmas. Speaking of christmas. My tree is still alive and going strong. I put it outside in the stand, of course the water is frozen solid and under a foot or two of snow. We strung berries and oranges and nuts, pinecones slathered in peanut butter and then rolled in seed, all over the tree. The birds are going insane to say the least. I haven't wintersowed a thing. i decided this year i'll just go out and sprinkle seeds everywhere. i was getting prepared but then we got hit with the first snow and then the next one and then the cold and then more snow...so i said the heck with it. It sure is another cold one tonight. I think we are going down to about 9 degrees. guess i'll take that as opposed to minus any degree. hoping i will be able to join in february's swap. love the simplicity of it, but then i can execute on that...that's what craps me up with swapping LOL just an issue i need to get over. well, that's it for now. i have an early morning tomorrow. be well everyone, stay warm and remember....Spring is on Monday, 21 March 2011...56 days, 19 hours remain. maryanne p.s. mellen, i would love that website/link as well....See MoreIt's January 2026. How's Your Build Going?
Comments (16)It'sbeen a busy 12 days since that first spaghetti wiring post. I hung the inverter up. Started laying the wiring in Today it is all down, but for two conduit pulls from outside. The power goes from the main on the left over to the inverter on the right, and then to the critical loads panel in the middle. That gutter makes it neat and easy. I backed up several important circuits, things like the lighting, the fridge, the platform lift, the sewer pump, our bedroom outlets, a few kitchen outlets, the hydronic heat pump, and the circulation pumps for that. The solar panels and battery can power all that, and it switches over in 10 milliseconds! after a power outage. When trying to look at the cost of the solar and the benefit, a critical loads backup and a hybrid inverter like this one really clouds up the math. I don't have a whole home backup generator, just the critical loads. A whole home backup generator install is 12~15K I also don't have a $500 a year maintenance agreement for said generator. The lighting would not be so easy to back up, but for the low voltage lighting system. The whole house, including 5 ceiling and 5 bathroom ventilation fans, runs on a single 20 Amp circuit to this cabinet. The actual full load of 127 fixtures and the 10 fans is 1092 watts, all on....See MoreGarden Tales >>> January 2026
Comments (3)Jealous is how I'm doing. There won't be any gardening here until April when the compost and the ground thaw. Even then, all I can plant are onions and peas. Outdoor gardening doesn't really begin until early to mid-May. I have an indoor plant propagation set-up, and I used to get antsy and plant stuff in February, which is two months too early. I end up nursing too large seedlings desperate to get outdoors. Now the first thing I write on new calendars is an entry on the 21st of April---DO NOT PLANT ANYTHING INDOORS PRIOR TO THIS DATE. It's nice hearing from other more fortunate' gardeners in the meantime....See MoreJANUARY 2026: Plan It, Love It, Do It (FOTESS)
Comments (30)Hope everyone is staying warm and safe. Half the month I was dealing with dental issues and seems the other half has been weather issues and a leaking sink upstairs (not weather related but had to have a wall partially torn out). We still have ice in the driveway and on part of the lawn from last weekend. We had freezing rain, sleet and snow and lots of 32 or lower degrees. It's supposed to get up to 55 degrees tomorrow so that should finally melt all the ice. I made a partial list for Plan, Celebrate, Do It? but never got past 19 items. Here is one that did not happen. We had a trip planned to Georgia leaving last Tuesday and coming home next Wednesday. We had made the decision to cancel based on our weather and what we thought might happen while we were traveling since we had planned to drive. Turns out that was a wise decision. It was going to be a small Zmroczek family get together in Dahlonega this weekend, plus we were going to visit some of my family before and after Dahlonega in Covington, North Georgia and Tennessee. A few others that did not happen was harvesting more of my seeds, ordering seeds, planting seeds and cooking specific recipes. The very few that that did get done was taking down Christmas decorations, read several books, started my Christmas stocking stuffer shopping for next year, worked on organizing some of the 4 things on my list. Also worked on a plan of what I want to plant for summer veggies. Later...See More
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