And There Are Still More

Today, I went out to tend the greenhouse and encountered a good pile of tomatoes ready to harvest. A red bell pepper and two ripe jalapenos chuckled in good-natured greeting. All-in-all, I think this is a pretty good haul for November 3.

We've had a couple of days of amazingly sunny weather. Yesterday our 4 KW PV array produced about 14 KWH of energy, and I think we may do something in that range again today (although there's now a gigantic splodge of bird poop on one of the panels, so until the next hard rain, the output will be sorely diminished).

Here at the 48th parallel, the sun does quite a seasonal zig-zag between north and south. At this point in the year, much of the arc of the sun's apparent path is obscured by large trees to the south (not our trees, else they'd be trimmed). This impacts our solar gain even on sunny days.

Soon the arc of the sun will matter less, because sunny days will be rare. From December through mid February, most days will be dark, and many days will be wet. A few may bring snow. But for now, the days are often mild and our greenhouse continues to yield food.  In the north garden, a new crop of lettuce nears harvest.

And winter rye, our cover crop for the main south garden is rushing from the rich, moist earth into the crisp air. Angel has just about finished winterizing the second south garden area. The blue sky calls.

The denizens of the rock answer according to their individual voices.