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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (12442)	7/25/2011 11:45:22 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24242

In the Garden In Philadelphia, Going Green or Growing Wild? Steve Legato for The New York Times Margie Ruddick in her garden, with Carolina allspice above the basin. By ANNE RAVER Published: July 20, 2011 Enlarge This Image Steve Legato for The New York Times The front yard, including coppiced black cherries. MARGIE RUDDICK, a designer known for her elegant ecological landscapes, got a summons from the City of Philadelphia last year, citing her East Mount Airy yard as being in violation of the property maintenance code. “For weeds over 10 inches,” said Ms. Ruddick, 54, standing beside her favorite pokeweed a few weeks ago. By August, it will be laden with purple berries, poisonous to humans but a favorite of the birds. About a year after she stopped mowing the lawn here in 2005, black cherry seedlings showed up in the tall grasses and wild asters. In the next few years, oaks, mulberry and rose of sharon moved in. “There wasn’t a lot of order or maintenance, and it did look a little unkempt,” said her neighbor John Siemiarowski, who lives across the street. But “the worst of it now is that we can’t see the Komodo dragon anymore.” That life-size wooden sculpture, which Ms. Ruddick brought back from Bali, is now hidden behind a coppiced grove of black cherry trees. And nearby, rising from a thicket of raspberries that Mr. Siemiarowski likes to graze on, is a National Wildlife Federation sign reading “certified wildlife habitat.” nytimes.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (12442)	7/25/2011 4:06:24 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24242

This is cool. We don't have a sewage treatment plant , but Willits does. Looks like 2 banks of panels. City of Willits, Lower Solar Energy Produced Today 969 kWh Total 1,873,056 kWh Percentage of Demand Right Now 4,577 % 5KW to the plant, 243 to the grid funky action diagram sentalis.net edit now 37 to the plant City of Willits, Upper Solar Energy Produced Today218 kWh Total 287,426 kWh Percentage of Demand Right Now 600 % 9 KWH to the plant, 47 to the grid sentalis.net CITY OF WILLITS WATER TREATMENT PLANT 422 kW DC The City of Willits is host to a 422 kW DC ground-mounted solar installation system capable of generating 500,000 kWh of green energy annually. The solar system PV Park system provides clean energy to the City of Willits Water Treatment Plant and was designed to meet 100 percent of the plant's current power needs. PES financed the development and installation of the Willits systems, at no cost to the City, utilizing conventional financing and equity raised through the federal renewable energy tax credit. This custom financial program not only meets the City's water treatment plant energy and budgetary needs, but offers the City of Willits reduced utility costs by purchasing electricity generated by the renewable and perpetual solar energy system at the Willits Water Treatment Plant. goperpetual.com