thomas rubino

And then for those who want a workhorse that can go just about anyplace and have heated comfort.
https://www.roxoroffroad.com/
Not cheap, but quality rarely is.

I believe that one panel with bad output will lower the output of good panels, the same as with batteries
I would hope for the best, but I would not be surprised if they do not hold up in the long term.
Keep these panels as one string, and if you get more, create a second string.

Hi Rachel
Well, if they still have full output, and you got them at a great price, then just about any pourable weather-proof sealant will work.
With your plan to use them as a temporary learning tool. I would buy the least expensive sealant and treat the panels gently.
Perhaps attach them to a wooden frame so they can not twist.
As long as nothing traumatic happens to them, they may just last many years.
However, I would not mix them with any new panels you might purchase in the future.

Hiya Matt
I know that smell.  (sounds like a bad Jr high school game...)
Every so often, Shorty gets a dragony smell.
Not enough to bother us, but it does have a distinctive aroma when you notice it.
But it never sticks around very long either.
I do not notice the outdoor dragons having this smell, but both are in high-ceilinged, well-ventilated (leaky) spaces.
Also, both are first-gen designs; perhaps this is unique to the Shorty design?
An oddball idea might be to place a tin of baking soda through the cleanout door and see if that helps.

What a difference a few days makes!
The piggies have been working diligently at tilling the whole pen.
If they dig too deep, they will hit a water line!
By July, they will be moved to the Summer Palace, which has its own apple tree.

A good reason to like traditional automatic transmissions.
CVT's cost significantly more to rebuild or replace than a standard automatic tranny.
When you think about it, there is a whole lot to be said for the simplicity of a standard transmission.
Of course, there is the added personal satisfaction of watching young folks back away from a stick shift car as if it might bite them.
Imagine their confusion if they looked at a three-on-the-tree car...  

I like a D-handle with a square head and a long handle with a pointed shovel.

Moving day.
Today I shut the piggies out of the bedroom pasture and let them into the comfrey pasture.
It won't take them long to till up this area, and be ready for the next.
I will reseed both of the small pens when I let them into the apple tree pen, home of the summer palace.

Excellent idea, Robert!
I like it. It might have some condensation at times, but overall, a great equipment shed.

Hi Anne
One would think that with the grocery store, being a one-way 65-mile trip, we would be very prepared...
But I would say that most of the time, we do not plan meals before shopping.
Dinner planning generally takes place each day between 8 am and noon, just enough time to thaw something.
We do make a shopping list; sometimes it is made just before leaving the house.
Other times, we have a running list on the refrigerator.
Sometimes we forget to bring the list with us... when that happens, it is usually sitting in plain sight on the counter...
When we arrive at the grocery store, there is a 50/50 chance we will remember to bring the list inside, it fits in the car console so well...
Once we make it inside, with the list, we must remember to look at it...

So, planning? lists?  
We just must remember to create one, manage to bring it to town, carry it into the store, and remember to look at it...
Really, how it goes, we just stroll through the store, loading up what we think we want.
If we eat first before shopping, we save money, but spend the next few weeks lamenting not having any snacks...
If we are hungry, we spend extra dollars loading up the cart...

Sure would be nice to have a butler and a chef at our house, then that planning, shopping, and cooking would be their problem, and not ours... so much easier!
Oh yeah, they could do the dishes as well!  Yeah, I like that idea.
Now, if only my unknown great aunt would just leave us a castle and staff, oh, and barrels of money...