October 25, 2008 in Babble Column by MikeV
A rough sketch of the greenhouse upgrade.
As with any plan, things change. This season I was distracted by bee opportunities and had to shuffle my deck to do a couple of emergency (as in they would be exterminated otherwise) cutouts, which meant building hives and planning my apiary. I have 6 hives being assembled to expand that little apiary and the bees are happy. But, the greenhouse renovation didn’t proceed as planned. But, that was a good thing.
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March 11, 2008 in Babble Column by MikeV
Got lotsa junk to move out of the pit.
Every project has a beginning, when plans get put aside and the work starts. And usually, when it comes to renovation projects, that means clearing out the stuff – making way for the demolition and rebuilding. It’s menial, to be certain. But necessary. This project is no different.
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March 10, 2008 in Babble Column by MikeV
Eventually I’ll have a quarter-acre pit-greenhouse parked in the area that my current pit greenhouse is. It will be deeper and will have tall retaining walls to increase the headroom even more for my coconut trees. But, I’m going to do that right and in order to do that right, I need to have a bit more spending cash than I do now, so my current goals are a bit humbler – clean up my current pit-greenhouse and fully cover it.
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