Well, step #1 toward our solar installation is done. The tree on the east side of the house is down. I don’t take cutting down a tree lightly, but this was a junky tree – that side of the house is constantly littered with small branches. Plus, it’s a Norway maple, so it’s been sucking all the nutrients out of the ground there since it sprouted.
So now we’ll be doing a little wait and see to see what it’s going to be like over there. The neighbor’s fence means it takes a little while for the sun to get there in the morning, but it does seem to get a fair amount of sun for a chunk of the afternoon. So there’s a possibility for more garden space there. Or, it’s a place we could put some sort of evening gathering spot – it’s way better shaded at dinnertime than our deck currently is.