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Success - We put up the greenhouse, anchored it down well, put up shad cloth to block the hottest sun, and used metal barrels filled with water and painted black for stability plus heat. So far it is holding up well. Failure - The irrigation. Hand watering with a hose is not enough to maintain straw baskets. Next spring we need to invest in a modest sprinkler system with a timer.  Neither - The ventilation. We used a big exhaust fan with an extension cord we just set up and moved when it wasn't necessary. It was a bit too big for the space, plus protecting it from water was a challenge. My grandmother has an old smaller fan built into a garage we plan to try to transfer and set up for next year.

pear tree all a bloom Spring is filling me with her abundant energy and things on the farm feel more productive than ever. This weekend we finally  got the greenhouse set up, after eyeing it in the box taking up space on the front porch for what feels like forever. Hopefully in another week or two we will be making our first round of mushroom baskets to fill it with. set up time frame. check. inside complete! and now this is the view from our bedroom window pretty rose we also assembled the chicken coop, just needs chicken wire now You can check out more pictures of the weekend and the animals at the farm blog here . Until next time, Angela Kelly

There's been lots of little projects, growth, achievements... the garlic grows more every day our white rock chicks are getting fat the pekins are obviously much bigger than the rouens the little layers bunny pile but the biggest step of all... we finally have a greenhouse. at long last Live simply, Angela and Jonathan