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post Feb 10 2014, 10:01 AM
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Have you tried to add bushes like service berries? They are quite tasty. Zone 3 plant, requires little water once established......


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post Feb 10 2014, 11:14 AM
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We definately will be doing that but for now we are still trying to establish ourselves. biggrin.gif Will be on the list after we can get a well put in.
Here is a link you might be interested in.

http://csfs.colostate.edu/pages/buying-trees.html

We will be getting some later for wind block, shade and errosion prevention.

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post Feb 10 2014, 11:53 AM
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Oh my, that well permit is expensive now! (Welllll..... since 2005 anyway.) We managed to get in under the wire. Do you know how deep you have to go? Also, it PAYS to have it witched. Every time my Dad tried to put one in where the geologists said to, it was either no or low flow, bad water, or both. When he finally broke down and had it witched, he wound up with an artesian with better than 160gal a minute. It was VERY good water, too! They put in the proper piping, a pressure regulator, and sold the well pump. Not saying that this will happen, but believe me, it pays to have it witched. We had ours witched and it's also a very good well (but nowhere near as good as my Dad's!).


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post Feb 10 2014, 03:50 PM
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First part of the upgrades going in this week - 12 more Trojan L16RE-2V batteries, and upgrading inverters to 48V. Total: 24 batteries. Now, there's a battery bank, guys.
Specs: Capacity - 20 Hour rate - 1110; Energy - 2.47kWh; Weight: 119lbs; Total weight of battery bank w/o cables: 2856lbs. That's nearly 1 1/2 tons. The battery shed needs shoring up!



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