ALIVE & WELL

After a very long break I am pleased to be Alive & well, just in case anyone was interested. Someone in Sweden wanted the blog site, sorry, but I think I will hold onto it. I am sure you are cleaver enough to come up with your own name. Look forward to visiting Sweden, I drive a Saab Griffen, a great fun car.

Winter is around the corner, but we have had no fall rain. This is even worse than last year and makes looking after cattle a real challenge. Had a great Summer crop of fruit and veg, with over eighty large cobs of corn frozen or given away to friends. This should see us through this year and if necessary, next as well. Takes a lot of water for good corn production. The baby bulls loved cleaning up the stalks and poor ears.

Starting the fall pruning of the orchard and site preparation for next spring. I have given up trying to grow winter veg, it is just too cold.

I had solar power installed in February, just a six panel system. Our purchase of power has dropped from 12.5kw per day to under 7 with apprx. 1kw per day sold back into the system. Two years ago our consumption was 45kw per day. By changing over our old low energy lights to the newer type and replacing a few left over incandescent bulbs, plus removing the oil column heaters and using the pot belly stove more, we have made the savings. This will equate to a dollar savings of $1,500 per year, at that rate we pay for the solar cells in three years.

Thanks for reading, drop a line if you have a positive comment, no spam please, Cobaw