Farmhouse

The latest stage of life has been just to keep house, work and day to day tasks going.  I haven't had much time other than to maintain the hydro plants.  I had some more tomatoes and lettuce for a salad.  The arugala was lost due to aphids, so that went outside and unfortunately just was the way it was to be for them.  The cilantro was saved, and short of some neem and some soapy water, it almost got buggy too.

My big update just has to do with the new greenhouse.  I received it last week, picture to follow and got it setup on the weekend.  Before NJ was to get some nice new snow and hopefully the last of the season.  I tore down a smaller 6x6 plastic one I had and got that out of the yard.  My main reason for a greenhouse outside is stricly for pest control. Keep the munching critters and some bugs out of my veggies....since it seems once there is something red or near-ripe, it gets chewed on.  So, the 8x9x8 unit came, a standard farmhouse model and I set it up...wow is that a big unit.  I hope the neighbors don't care much, since it sticks up above the fence by 2 feet. lol.  Well, its a temporary structure, so Im hoping no one makes a big deal of it.  I moved my shelving and tables into it and put the tarp down.  I have a thermostat and fan for it and probably will use the over-the-top shading which comes with it for the hot sun when it gets to be summertime.  It will have fun sun.  A Mister-misty I will use in it as well for keeping the temperature down as well as a water timer for some watering in the morning.

My intend is to have two hydro systems inside, and some dirt tomato plants as well.  We will see what I can fit, and while it wont be sterile, it'll be managable and we'll keep the squirrels out.  I intend on trapping and baiting in the yard since I or neighbors have no pets and the critters just are not bearable, they chew on everything.  I am surprised the house doesn't have chew marks on it.

Now with the 3-5 inches of snow we received today, knowing it was coming, I put a small heater in there and put it on 60 degrees just to keep the snow from accumulating on the top of the new unit.  I dont want to do a weight test on 5 inches of snow when Im at work, so it'll stay on until tonight or tomorrow, depending when it passes.



More to come...