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<\/a><\/p>\nThese two small greenhouse (24′ x 17′) have been languishing unfinished for about three years, due to lack of a coordinated effort among other things. When Lyle asked Bob if he’d like to “jump in” and complete them, Bob was thrilled. As you can see, the worksite could use a little planning and organizing.<\/p>\n
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REDO FROM START<\/h3>\n
The first couple of weeks were spent undoing a number of missteps. The frames were not straight, the polydrums were unnecessary, and the gravel laid down on the soil (without a weed barrier) was dysfunctional – except for weed propagation. Landscape cloth was deployed to cover the wet red clay, and the site and the materials were reorganized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It turned out that the base of the greenhouse, meant to be a rectangle, was in fact a parallelogram. After a bit of straightening. a sheet of plastic cover was laid over-top to ensure that it was square enough to be properly skinned. The gravel was raked up and redeployed on the road which benefited greatly from the additional material.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It appears that the plastic will fit just fine. When completed, it will sport two layers of 6 mil covering kept apart and insulated by air pumped between the two layers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At month’s end, the remediation work was completed and new work begun. Hopefully by the end of March it should be complete – ventilation fans, doors, and skin installed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The farm next door is always a pleasure to visit. Real Farmers doing real work. The well used tools are a testament to the fabulous produce being coaxed out of the red clay.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jason & Haruka have a knack for raising nutritious food in cooperation with nature. Lots of starts in the greenhouse and spinach rising.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Haruka is tending young plants in their greenhouse while Kuroda stalks the aisles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We certainly are lucky to be able to get both local food and local fuel right next door. Kome perches on top of a pile of rice straw, and Piedmont Biofuels’ off the grid, passive solar pumping station is full of locally made B100 biodiesel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Spot is pleased to have shed his winter coat (of snow and ice) and BOB received his annual 3 yards of compost made locally in Graham. Bring on the seed potatoes!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob planted spinach and lettuce in two of the re-purposed totes. Along with both seeds and starts, there are mantis egg cases that were recovered from a brush clearing project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With a new set of Tibetan prayer flags, and some luck, we’ll have another good gardening season.<\/p>\n Greenhouses Rising! <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A PROJECT A LONG TIME COMING <\/p>\n \n These two small greenhouse (24′ x 17′) have been languishing unfinished for about three years, due to lack of a coordinated effort among other things. When Lyle asked Bob if he’d like to “jump in” and complete them, Bob was thrilled. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sub-story","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6213"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12526,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions\/12526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nFUTURE VISION<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nLIKE A GLOVE – ALMOST<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nLIKE A PHOENIX<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nMEANWHILE, A VISIT TO THE NEXT DOOR GREENHOUSE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nSPRING’S HOPE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nNICE OFFICE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nFOOD & FUEL<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTROUTSFARM IS PREPARING FOR SPRING AS WELL<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTHE GARDEN BEGINS AGAIN<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nKARMA COUNTS<\/h3>\n
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[Troutsfarm]<\/a> * [February 2014]<\/a> * [Trip to Georgia]<\/a> * [Snow Daze]<\/a> * [Greenhouse Magic]<\/a><\/h4>\n
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