greenhouse roof (greenhouse post #9)

starting out the day, only the very side end pieces of the roof rafters are attached




view from the south east. the sheet of plywood inside is for the roof.


chopsaw setup, cutting the remaining roof rafters to length


roof rafters installed


the lip that keeps the roof glass from sliding off


roofing rubber cut into strips and stuck on to the rafters where the glass will rest




glass goes up on the roof






the sheet of painted OSB is cut and put in place, leaving a small opening in the far corner

painting again (greenhouse post #8)

painted the two north/south end boards for the roof rafters, and the two milled pieces for the top of the glass.


painted the milled pieces for the bottom of the glass/top of the plywood


dropped the nearly empty paint can and spilled some paint


painted the horizontal milled pieces for the bottom of the glass/top of the plywood


painted the vertical posts on their sides next to where the glass will be installed so i dont have to paint them when the glass is there.




close up of the milled pieces for the bottom of the glass


cut some backer boards for the inside of plywood seams


seam


two backer boards (not yet installed), cut to fit the seams of plywood that hasnt yet been cut

pears from my pear trees!

summercrisp pear first to ripen, so soon it ripened on the tree. one fell on the ground and ants got it. one i ate right away. leaving only this on. total harvested this year = 3


parker pears


patten pear


left to right, patten, parker, summercrisp. you can see the difference in their spots if you look closely.


parker pears total this harvested this year = 9 (7 i kept, 2 i gave to my parents)



patten pears total harvested this year = 2


luscious pears, last to let go of the tree. letting the young tree product so many seems to have kept them smaller than the other pears. total harvested this year = 35


the pears were slow to ripen on my counter, so i put them out in the porch, in some sun. you can see the sunflower head hanging below, and the plate beneath it that is catching the seeds as they fall out.
(if you let pears ripen on the tree, the overripen and the center rots.)

garden pictures

white bunching onions and 'candy' sweet onions


black eyed peas, still drying in their pods


ground cherries


sunflowers a month ago. i pulled this head off and brought it inside to dry and save the seeds.


this is what the 1st head looked like


i left this 2nd head out in the garden. i didnt know if the birds would come back and eat them all or not. these are pretty much the only seeds left of all the sunflowers i planted.


this is what most of the sunflowers looked like a month ago


i tied the 1st head to some wire shelving in my porch to dry out



what the head looked like with all the little flower buds brushed off the seeds


what the head looks like now, after a month of drying


i left the stalk in the garden of the sunflower i pulled the head off of. it decided to sprout tiny little new flower heads further down the stalk.


the 2nd sunflower head, left a month longer in the garden. the birds actually left it alone. i cut the head and strung it up inside next to the drying 1st head this week.

the greenhouse goes up! (greenhouse post #7)

we had a slight engineering issue. slanting the pavers away from the existing concrete slab for rain diversion is good in theory. when that particular row of pavers is going to be supporting part of a wall of the greenhouse that is also partially supported by that same slab, the pavers and slab need to be level or one end of the wall ends up being an inch off the ground. i need to pull up 4 pavers and re-level them. 4 pavers out of 46 isnt too shabby.


(ignore my fancy paint drop cloth, an old bedsheet that met its death via the dogs nails)




so i pulled the blocks, dumped a bucket and a half of dirt back down, and leveled out those four pavers.


raised up pavers. the north wall base is now parallel to the south wall base.


first two walls up and attached


yes the north wall is taller than the sides and the south wall. it had to be taller to accommodate the salvaged door, and to add a slant to the roof.




all four walls up! with my dad in the corner finishing up.


the door is installed


look at all this space i have beside the greenhouse! space that was totally wasted with stupid landscaping rocks. what can i do with this space...


the second top plate was added above the north wall. working out how much overhang we can allow for the materials we have to use on roofing.


the roof truss pieces on the very ends are cut to length and attached. the remaining boards are just resting up there


the north side


the south(east) side


tarped up for a couple days of rain