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 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 5, 2009
Plants (here there be snapdragons) keep popping out of the trays in the light racks. We’re hoping they don’t come too quickly as we’re not quite ready to fire up the furnace in the greenhouse yet. In a few weeks we’ll be forced to start transplanting and letting them grow a bit bigger under plastic.
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