Food Preservation efforts and Solar panels install

We worked the week to get our produce preserved

Just a quick picture montage of the produce preserved!

Got 2 pints of pickled crab-apples!  They smell so nice!

3 pints and 1 cup of corn for the freezer. It was the first corn of the year so a lot that I picked last weekend got eaten before it could be frozen!

First canned green beans of the year.  We need to can the remaining green beans because we are so short of freezer space.

Cucumber relish!  16 pints!  Still have some cucs left - those will be used for refrigerator pickles probably.  

Freezer seal replaced

We ordered a replacement seal for the standup freezer downstairs at the city house.  It came over the weekend and I finally got around to installing it.  I don't know if it is better yet or not.  The stuff I have read on the internet say that it can take a few days to seat right.  In fact, it has improved alot since I installed it last night.

The old seal.  Frankly, it look ok to me...

This is the NEW seal.  See that gap at the upper corner?

Another shot of the gap.  I hope that seals up.  

This is the side that used to have problems.  At least this side looks good.  Time will tell

Vivint Solar panels installed

Vivints installers came out Tuesday and put up their panels and installed the transfer box in the basement.  Its not supplying power to the grid yet.  The Vivint representative (Hi Ron!) said it usually takes about 6 months before it goes live after this point.  

The obligatory sign!

Hard to get a good shot.  They did a great job.  I found no damage to anything around the yard and no debris.

This is a better shot I think.  Covers a good amount of the roof.  That side of the roof is mostly facing west, but gets light all year.

The permits need to be up until inspection and electrical switchover.

This is what they added indoors.  The box on the left is new.  Just a big switch from the panels.