Our 2010 Garden
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Turnips from the garden
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We should have fresh summer squash in a few days.
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The squash has really taken over, but there are turnips, beets, beans and cucumbers in there too.
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Our first little pepper!
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Broccoli heads
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Flowers!
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Calista in her den
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Our Solar Install
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The complete system.
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The brackets.
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The production meter casing. This meter tracks the kWh production of our system.
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The inverter can display how much power we are producing at any given time.
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the backyard in bloom
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Our Landscaping Project
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The before picture
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Using the rototiller
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We raked/shoveled all of the sod back into the bed to allow the grass to dry out and make it easier to pick out the sod.
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We bought 3 tons of rock. Krishna manhandled the rocks into place to build the wall.
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When the rocks were in place, we put down landscape fabric to block weeds.
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Using plants that we bought at the Friends School annual plant sale, we began planting and mulching.
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We also fixed up the pergola in the backyard and built some fences to keep Calista out of the garden.
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Krishna built a shed with covered walkway off the garage.
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An earlier picture without the laundry. We still need to do another coat of paint.
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Token Calista picture
Greening Our New Home
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Detail on the antique light fixtures
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The original upstairs
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Upstairs.
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BAsement. We're replacing the water and HVAC system
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basement with the sign that was a sign. A sticker he made in the mid-80s is on that sign. WEird.
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Not our style, but we agreed to work with it.
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Original kitchen. Buh-bye.
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Laying out the kitchen. Actually not going with that design.
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After scraping off wallpaper and paint.
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First demo day.
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First demo day. Dusty. Lots of salvaged materials.
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Gutted. Crying out for lots of insulation.
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The bathroom dormer
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Bathroom dormer
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view to the bedroom. Will have nice french doors.
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Lounge area dormer. Stay tuned for big windows.
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Energy label from new furnace.
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New neighbors
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Wall color before the realtor advised him to "tone it down." We've got cans of "margarita" paint if interested!
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New programmable thermostats.
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Mercury thermostat to be removed once new furnace is operational.
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Some of the old ductwork.
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Saver's Switch already on the house means lower electric bills during summer peak.
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All of the knob and tube wiring was replaced.
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New electrical service.
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Salvaged wiring for recycling.
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One of the many uninsulated cavities.
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Materials recycling.
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