Today while I was equalizing the battery bank I built the knee wall for the dome greenhouse. What I really wanted was to get the board up on top of the wall so I could start the greenhouse dome frame. Alas, it took all day to frame in the plywood wall lined with hardware cloth. Partly because I had to dig out so the panels could be screwed into the 4X4 posts. Top board is next! I got more done today than I planned to but less than I hoped for. Sometimes I overestimate my awesomeness.
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
Just keep posting (not what you think)
Last week we got the greenhouse posts and concrete done. So what's up this weekend?
Winter is coming!
SO, we set 3 more posts for a post and beam support for a WAY overhanging roof on the shed. That'll keep that overhang from getting broken by a big snow load and gives me a surface to do a cheap and cheerful retaining wall. So before the snow falls I gotta dig out and throw in my wood wall. Shouldn't be too big a deal. But while the concrete sets up on those posts........
I'll cut off last weekends posts in the greenhouse-to-be and see about starting on the hardware cloth wrap and top board. Then we can zip zippety doo dah throw up the greenhouse frame next weekend.
We don't push on projects anymore, the goal for finish glazing the greenhouse is early spring.
Till then we'll just keep posting, as in 4X4 posts and concrete. :D
Winter is coming!
SO, we set 3 more posts for a post and beam support for a WAY overhanging roof on the shed. That'll keep that overhang from getting broken by a big snow load and gives me a surface to do a cheap and cheerful retaining wall. So before the snow falls I gotta dig out and throw in my wood wall. Shouldn't be too big a deal. But while the concrete sets up on those posts........
I'll cut off last weekends posts in the greenhouse-to-be and see about starting on the hardware cloth wrap and top board. Then we can zip zippety doo dah throw up the greenhouse frame next weekend.
We don't push on projects anymore, the goal for finish glazing the greenhouse is early spring.
Till then we'll just keep posting, as in 4X4 posts and concrete. :D
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Saturday plans
Today we're gonna plant posts for the dome greenhouse. It's a bit of reverse engineering :D I seem to specialize in that. We're building a 3' knee wall to set the dome on. 2' of it will be below ground level with 1' above. We'll wrap the whole thing in hardware cloth to keep the rodents out and are hoping to use brick pavers for the floor after we get it all up. Raised beds should make it workable for a long time, no one likes working on their knees. Pics as we get em.
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