it`s here all right.
the last 3 weeks have been between -2 and 10 C,frosty mornings and beautiful blue skies when it should be grey and raining.
the upside is I`m averaging 5.5kwh per day from the solar as whilst the sun is at furtherest distance it is at the perfect angle for the panels.
the downside is that I have to handwater the vegies-the frost draws the moisture from the ground and the studio is a mess and I`m way behind mixing down as it is impossible to be inside when it is so cold but the sky is so blue and the air tastes like chyrstals.
Ironically,after a record breaking 10 year drought we had the wettest year on record and the poor old gums threw out too much canopy expecting more rain and it hasn`t come so they are dying off and falling like flies and I spent yesterday burning off what I couldn`t salvage.
if I was a proper greenie I would have left them as fuel for next summers bushfires and let nature take it`s course?
it is all very well for individuals to try to reduce their carbon footprint but when you see our neighbour,Asia, choking on the fires from illegal logging you have to question whether your individual sacrifices to be self reliant and "green' are effective or just another lifestyle choice.
sometimes I just want to trade the old diesel HiLux in for a F350 Raptor and say to hell with it.
but I probably wont.
PS:is it easier to get warm or stay cool?