Podcast 69

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Chicken update
duck – lame duck
chicks appearing – natural rearing with their mothers/surrogates

Lotte
Produce update - 3rd summer

• tomatoes
• garlic
• onions
• potatoes
• carrots
• peppers
• beans
• peas
• zucchini (courgette)
• berries
• grape vines
• water tank

AJ visit to England

Work on house
Mortgage (short), good interest rates, buffer against future disasters
Envirofoam – basement insulation
Ecowater – water softener
New windows (energystar rated)

Non-house things things (which will not add value to it) too
New sofas and other furniture
2 new netbooks after various laptop disasters

Future works
New roof, skylights, verandah restoration, kitchen door, carpet, flooring, bathrooms, closets, insulation and dry walling. Work on wiring happening in next few weeks. But probably not solar panels for now.

Bad things AJ – his father's death
Matt – the economy

Good things
AJ – Lotte and turning 40
Matt – Skype, white woodwork, clean water, lots of produce, rainwater harvesting.