White ash, blue skies

A broken white ash was cut and split in the woods yesterday. We'll haul this up the hill for what should be about a half a cord of firewood. The tree had been down for a few years, but the wood is fine because the tree was not on the ground. Also, ash doesn't rot as quickly as birch or red maple.

Although rain has moved in to start May, April was a very clear month. We've had 19 days of 40 kw/hrs since we installed the solar panels. 13 of those were just last month. It was the most productive month of solar production (just over 850 total kw/hrs) in our nearly three years watching the meter go backwards!