Pictures of the covered greenhouse and more

Greenhouse covered, doors will be put in soon

                 

Front view of tube tables

                                                      Close up of the planting tubes

Side view of tube tables

Well as I mentioned earlier the greenhouse is completely covered in plastic now, yeah.

The stands for the plants are being built and one picture will give you an idea of what some will be.

Friday and Saturday will be a day of setting up the interior and moving plants from the inside of the house to the new greenhouse home. Busy wonderful days ahead.

"Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil. "

We are also in the process of deciding what types of flowers we will be going with since we pretty much have all of the veggie plants taken care of. So if there is something you would like please let us know so we can consider it.

Ms. Irene Johnson aka grandma in the door entrance of the greenhouse

2 Months of gardening information

Thought you all would enjoy the gardening calendar, thanks to The farmers Almanac.
So the 5th and 6th of March oyu will find us int he greenhouse transplanting the seeds we have already started.

You could say that according to the calendar is where you will find us.

March 2010


1st-2nd. A Most Barren Period, Best For Killing Plant Pests Or Doing Chores Around The Farm.
3rd-4th. Favorable Days For Planting Root Crops. Fine For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.
5th-6th. Excellent Time For Planting Root Crops That Can Be Planted Now, And For Starting Seedbeds. 7th-9th. Poor Planting Days.
10th-12th. Any Root Crops That Can Be Planted Now Will Do Well.
13th-14th. A Barren Period, Best Suited For Killing Pests. Do Plowing And Cultivating
15th-16th. Good Days For Planting Above Ground Crops. Fine For Vine Crops. Set Strawberry Plants. 17th-18th. Cultivate And Spray, Do General Farm Work, But No Planting.
19th-20th. Favorable For Planting Crops Bearing Yield Above The Ground.
21st-23rd. Seeds Planted Now Tend To Rot In Ground.
24th-25th. Best Planting Days For Above Ground Crops, Especially Peas, Beans, Cucumbers, And Squash Where Climate Permits. Plant Seedbeds And Flower Gardens.
26th-29th. A Most Barren Period, Best For Killing Plant Pests Or Doing Chores Around The Farm.
30th-31st. Favorable Days For Planting Root, Fine For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.



April 2010

1st-3rd. Good Days For Planting Beets, Carrots, Radishes, Turnips, Peanuts, And Other Root Crops. Also Good For Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Kale, Celery, And Other Leafy Vegetables. Start Seedbeds.
4th-5th. Barren Days. Do No Planting.
6th-8th. Favorable Days For Planting Beets, Carrots, Turnips, Radishes, Onions, And Other Root Crops. 9th-10th. Excellent Time To Kill Weeds, Briars, Poison Ivy, And Other Plant Pests.
11th-13th. Favorable Days For Planting Root Crops, Extra Good For Vine Crops. Set Strawberry Plants. 14th-15th. Poor Planting Days. Break Ground Or Cultivate.
16th-17th. Favorable For Planting Beans, Corn, Cotton, Tomatoes, Peppers, And Other Above Ground Crops.
18th-19th. Poor Days For Planting, Seeds Tend To Rot In Ground.
20th-21st. Plant Tomatoes, Beans, Peppers, Corn, Cotton, And Other Above Ground Crops On These Most Fruitful Days. Plant Seedbeds. Start Flower Gardens.
22nd-25th. Grub Out Weeds, Briars, And Other Plant Pests.
26th-28th. First Two Days Good For Planting Corn, Melons, Squash, Tomatoes, And Other Above Ground Crops. Last Day Favorable For Planting Root Crops. All Days Favorable For Sowing Grains, Hay And Fodder Crops, And For Planting Flowers
29th-30th. Good Days For Planting Beets, Carrots, Radishes, Turnips, Peanuts, And Other Root Crops. Also Good For Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Kale, Celery, And Other Leafy Vegetables. Start Seedbeds.

As soon as it is available I will post the report for May and June.

Pictures are sure to follow

Voice our concerns

Today was a learning day, it was a day of learning that prices are going up and customer service is going down. For me I do not want to tolerate it and just walk away, I think we all as consumers should voice our concerns. When we blindly turn and walk away we then accept what it is. Should we do so ? We do not need to get angry, we need to politely and patiently address it. Only we can bring about change by our voice.
We all should thnk about it and decide are we going to let it happen to us? Money is getting harder to come by, do we just go along with the "program" of  " it is what it is". With so many on unemployment why do we tolerate employees that really do not work for the little pay they get any way, maybe someone will actually work for minimum wage .

I for one will start addressing issues from bad customer service, I will also start addressing why some charge so much more then others for a like item.
As in the below quote:
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."


Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process
 
Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.
 

Greenhouse projects

The first day of the month brings forth new projects for the greenhouse such as building the tables/racks for the plants in the greenhouse. So four of us set out today for what we thought was an easy mission to purchase the supplies needed for the tables. We left home at 10 A.M. and went 25 miles away and we returned home at 3:30 P.M. . Does that tell you if the mission went easy? First stop plumbing supply house to retrieve the pvc needed, decided to check Lowes on their price for pvc. We called them on 2 occassions and received no customer service. Given that it was just around the corner, what the heck, jump back into the vehicles go to Lowes, how hard could it be. Let me tell you this, prices are going up and customer service is going way down. As we were checking prices and asking for assistance, which we got very little of if any, we had to change our design plan and in the few minutes it took to to do this, Lowes  raised the price on our pvc pipe to almost double what it was, yes you read it right, it was $8.45 when we entered the store and while we stood around the corner in the next aisle reworking our design it went up to $15.01 in 10 minutes. Well some of us said what the heck, we will go back to the original store and get it there, of course me beign me said, not going to do it, found a store manager, explained the situation and righted a wrong. Yup we walked out of there with the price we saw when we entered! Okay so you are thinking that is the end of the lowes saga, well no it is not. When we finally went to check out, everything seemed to go smoothly, Tony is walking out of the store wondering what in the heck did we buy that added up to $500.00, okay so we were also wondering the same thing. After reviewing the receipt it was obvious that the one box of screws was added up 12 times, we purchased 12 hinges, not 12 boxes of screws. So of course back into the store we go, okay Tony and K go, Christal and I head to Builders Discount in New Bern. It was looking like everything was going to get better, the weather was great what could go wrong, all we needed was 12 boards. We all arrive there, only one of us count and one of us pay, if you are familiar with the place you will then know that upon leaving someone checks your receipt and counts what you purchased. We almost made it , we got our 12 boards but Tony only paid for 10! Back into the store we go, we are all getting tired, but moods are light and friendly. By this time though I am starving, I mention this and K suggest Mongolian house restaurant, great idea K, yeah we are going to sit down , relax have lunch, after I get diesel. The pump was so slow you would have thought it was molasses flowing! Okay finally arrived at the restaurant to see Tony and K coming out of the restaurant, nooooooooo, go back in. The restaurant had to close because some idiot ran into the water main in town !  They had no water. I do not want water , I want tea! Ok, Ok, find another restaurant, finally sit down,  eat , drink and be merry. We all filled up and headed home, made it safe, rough journey that ended great.

Greenhouse is nice and warm, still looks great, go upstairs to look at all of the seedlings, K has mentioned that she is worried that they are not doing good, I said no worries , we have more seed if we need to start again. Wow, did I say WOW, we have tons and tons of seedlings, I am glad we all love veggies , we will be selling off some of the plants. If this was something for K to worry about then I do not want to see how many it would take for her not to worry.

More blog to come.....

End of the month

Well it is the end of a month and it has been a rocky one, mainly due to weather. It was ended on a great note though, the plastic for the entire massively huge greenhouse is up. Many thanks go out to K and Tony as well as Irene, and of course we cannot forget Greg, as well as thank you to Chuck, Christal, Shelley, Malydia, Wendy, Paul and Susan for assisting with the framing. This is truly an Amish barn raising even though none of us are Amish, I guess they have taught us something. It is easier to do projects with friends and neighbors.

" Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life."

Here are a few pictures of yesterdays events.

Before the plastic

Tony and Greg putting on the plastic

Finishing touches to the plastic on one end.

Tomorrow you will see the finished greenhouse. It was done on the last day of the month, which means the first day of the new month will be wonderful. K and I will go buy materials to make the tables and then we can start moving in the plants.

A quote from Tony, " they beat the wind" !  It was pretty windy today but they got it done.

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. "

So a new day for a new month starts tomorrow, so tune in for another report tomorrow with new pictures.

The wonderful beach chairs in a brief snow storm, is it not beautiful. Not sure if you can see it but in the middle of the chairs is a great table made by Shelley and Malydia. It is being painted by K.

Tre' AWEN

Good Morning , Eve is back from a hospital visit and all is well.

Sometimes in life I feel that we all need reminders , our lives get so busy I know we forget things, no I am not talking about groceries or paying a bill, I am talking about how we act and how we live. There are universal laws that we need to be reminded of and here is one of them.

The law of cause and effect is known as karma. Nothing ever happens to us unless we deserves it. We receive exactly what we earn, whether it is good or bad. We are the way we are now due to the things we have done in the past. Our thoughts and actions determine the kind of life we can have. If we do good things, in the future good things will happen to us. If we do bad things, in the future bad things will happen to us. Every moment we create new karma by what we say, do, and think. If we understand this, we do not need to fear karma. It becomes our friend. It teaches us to create a bright future.
The kind of seed sown will produce that kind of fruit.

Those who do good will reap good results.

Those who do evil will reap evil results.

If you carefully plant a good seed, You will joyfully gather good fruit.

Dhammapada

I picked this lesson since we are in the process of planting our seeds. A few months back I ordered some seeds from a non profit company and since I have heard nothing and received nothing I figured it was a fake company and the check of ours that they cashed would be my lesson, so I gave up on receiving the seeds. Well low and behold yesterday while lying in bed after my time spent in the hospital and pkg arrived by UPS, it was filled with hundreds of pks of seeds and many pairs of brand new gloves. So my lesson once again is to believe and to let GOD, I have done good deeds so I will receive good deeds.

So for today's blog go out into the world and do good deeds, they will come back to you ten fold.