Solar Panels 3

I went to Prairie Fest last weekend and talked with a group promoting solar power in north central texas. I asked them about the suped up panels where light was concentrated onto a small solar panel and asked, as I believed, if it would deteriorate the panel quickly.

They confirmed it as the heat would make the panel work worse. As you might know superconducters are kept COLD. Electricity works better this way.

Solar Plot Reclamation

I have finally cut down the Mimosa Tree and realaimed a portion of my solar plot. It was in the backyard and so doesn't affect the temperature of the house which faces south.

There is still a bit of shade around but I can now put at least three 4x4 gardening boxes in the area where the tree was shading. I already have a small mound where there is garlic and squash in front of the shed just this side of the remaining trunk. That is where another tree used to be and is a great place to grow things since the roots and ramains have rotted for some time and I have built a fire there a couple of times until the fire department said I couldn't. Who knew.