January 2011 Blog Posts (2)
Orchard Insect Abundance
The plan to leave long grass around the new orchards is paying off for insects. Every time I weed in one of the orchards I discover lots of great creepy crawlies. Identifying them all is quite challenging but fortunately most are fairly common species and I'm even beginning to get my eye in a bit. Here's a selection from the recent orchard care day on South Millfields last weekend (16 Jan).
Hibernating …
Added by Russell Miller on January 21, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments
Solar electricity on your roof
There are a couple of initiatives in HAckney right now to get people using photo voltaic solar cells to produce electricity on roofs. I'm thinking of installing a system on my roof in Dalston. It should produce a good proportion of my electricity but only during the day. There's no storage but it can feed back to the local grid (I'm told).
The other attraction is a feed in tarrif (FIT) return on the investment (about £10k). The whole carbon economy is fraught with complexity…
Added by Russell Miller on January 17, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments
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