And the knee wall is up. :D

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.

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

So there are the posts, with a goofball in the middle.

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.

Labor Day

We're having a good labor day weekend around here.

Yesterday we went to Salida for the wine fest there. It was a great day, the weather was good, the wine fest was fun (and full of wine), Moonlight Pizza was a fabulous dinner, and the whole dang day was just relaxing and fun. Even deciding to get up and go was no stress.

Today we're chilling and internetting and petting kitties. Just started some laundry since the sun is out and it promises to be a good power day. Later I might go lay out the wood to get cut up for the geodesic dome greenhouse project. We finally got the bill for the dirt work, and it's what we expected so that's good too. Mostly, today will be chill. :D

Tomorrow? If we don't barbecue something today we'll do it tomorrow. And I'm sure there will be hammock sitting and cocktail drinking.

We've big plans, but I think we have the intestinal fortitude to deliver.

Setting up for the Crystals Grow World

So the wood is here, the hubs are here and I've found a site to order the polycarbonate 8mm doublewall covering from. (That's the expensive part). On Monday the 6th a local contractor will meet me and we'll set up to move the small mountain of dirt that stands between us and a constructed grow dome.

http://advancegreenhouses.com/  is a good place to find polycarbonate sheets.

We're still trying to research and decide how to form the base for the greenhouse, I'm leaning towards a small knee wall from 2X6's with a door and airlock on the North side.