The home standby generator, which had been on order since April, was delivered two weeks ago and was connected Friday morning. It is just behind the backyard fence at the end of our driveway, where it is out of the way but not far from the house. There was a small grassy area between the fence and the driveway, now mostly dirt after the power and gas lines were run underground there. I’ll probably plant a few mums there in the fall while deciding how best to landscape that area in the spring.
The installers from Wells Electric were quick and efficient; they came out early in the morning and were finished by noon, although it took some time to dig the trench for the power and gas lines. The electric installation on the wall looks very neatly done.
We had to move a large boxwood that was too close to the electric meter. It was mismarked as a dwarf plant when I bought it about 20 years ago. After a while, we realized it was instead a full-size boxwood. I should have dug it up years ago, when it first reached the height of the meter; but I didn’t get around to it, which made extra work for me (and for my husband and son; the job was too big to do by myself). The boxwood has now been relocated; this photo shows its height, as we have a six-foot fence. My husband set up a sprinkler on a timer, and we hope that such a large plant will survive being moved in the heat of summer.
Thunderstorms rolled through on Saturday, and it was nice not having to worry about power. It stayed on in our neighborhood, but there were high winds across Ohio. Our daughter’s house lost power, and she came to visit for the weekend. Because severe windstorms have become more common in the past few years, we have begun to strap down the chairs on the deck when strong thunderstorms are forecast.
The house now feels like a place that is well prepared for weather.
