Its not easy going green

I initially started to blog because my husband was on the fast track to make our household green. But it happened so fast I really never got a chance to blog about it. So here's a report card on the green doings in our household.
Solar Panels A- :Why the minus you ask? Because in Los Angeles you can't really be off the grid.
                             Now that we have our panels installed, inspected and approved, we are making
                             electricity all day long.  That's great, except we aren't usually home to run things
                             during the day. Needless to say the meter spins all day crediting the amount of
                             energy we put  back into the grid. But that's the problem.  Because we are putting
                             energy back into the grid we are connected. So, if there's a black out or a downed
                             line our electricity making solar panels automatically get switched off. They say its
                             so we don't electricute the power guys but really I think it is a control thing. I mean
                             if we are going green and getting off the grid I want to be able to survive the
                            "big one." I want to be the big queen of power, people coming to me and bartering
                             away their last be of money, food, amunitions, to charge their batteries with my
                             power.

Rain Barrel A: Pretty simple rain comes down fills up barrel when its not raining we use the water to
                         water the plants. I've seen some great set up with rain barrels connected to automatic
                         watering systems but we have a small yard, and fake grass so we don't need that much
                         water.

 

Fake Grass A+    Best thing we ever did to our front yard. Looks great, feels great, no allergies,

                             no sprinklers, dog poop picks right up and doesn't stick to it. 

Okay that's all for today. More on going green and growing green later...