Bob | May 8, 2009
Digital cameras have other uses beyond taking pictures for others to see. Sometimes they can be used as a great visual reminder of how to put a piece of equipment back together. Here we’re taking pictures of the mower deck before removing it to sharpen clean it, sharpen the blades, and put a [...]
Bob | May 1, 2009
We go through a ton of plug trays, seemingly an endless amount. It seems that whenever a few more trays of baby plants go in the ground a bunch more go from the light racks to the greenhouse. All in a days work. Eventually by the end of June the plug trays [...]
Bob | March 26, 2009
The new wheel hoe arrived the other day and it’s all put together. We’ve grown to a size where we need to “move up a level” in terms of the equipment we use for various tasks. On the weeding front we hope the wheel hoe will help speed up the labour intensive task of [...]
Bob | March 25, 2009
Tonight is the test run of the greenhouse. The furnace seems to be running great after we put on a new thermostat and removed the dead bird from the fire chamber. Apparently the bird got in through the chimney and died in there. We’ll put some chicken wire over the chimney tomorrow to prevent more of [...]
Bob | March 24, 2009
The greenhouse is ready. Tomorrow night we’ll fire up the furnace for a test run to make sure it’s in shape to keep things warm at night. During the day the sun will get the temperature up to 25C or more and the exhaust fan will kick in. At night the furnace just needs to [...]
Bob | March 23, 2009
On the other side of the shed is the non-flower part of our farm. Last fall things got so busy that a small piece of ground didn’t get plowed. Conditions were pretty good Saturday morning so the last of the wheat stubble was plowed under. Seagulls must have amazing hearing. It only took about an [...]
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