The Farm

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New thread, for a new project, step by step.

clearing off the site

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square up the corners and set some posts

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remove the old sprinkler system

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add some bows to the posts

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a stack of parts

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center purlin goes on

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shot from the ladder

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start the channel for the lock

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this is where the poly and shade get attached at

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front end wall framing

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endwall and bracing

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how long will it take to move the gravel for the floor?

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1/3 of a yard  at a time

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first dump

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about an hour later

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add a lil polycarbonate on the end walls

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add some benches

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benches up on blocks looking from front to back

[palmtreesforpleasure]

Looks like you will need a nice cold beer at the end of the day

wish i had room for a shade house like that

well done

regards

colin

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poly and shade are installed

4 year poly and 30% shade

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cranks for roll up sides

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door is hung

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electrical service for timers and clocks etc etc

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hanging the misters and roberts tubing

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roll up side curtains installed

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misters ready to go

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pro mix number four mixed with half a large bag of perlite for good drainage, I am not usually a buyer of bagged material, but the grower from the moshav in israel was convinced if we are to have success this is what we are to use

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the boxes arrive a few days early, we were in a lil rush the whole time of construction

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olive trees the most cold hardy subtropical fruit tree there is

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slicing, bundling, and soaking,

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...

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soak time 24 hours, these cuttings arrived at my front door about 72 hours from Israel, to Miami, to my house in Tx, not bad... the first batches came into Houston where they sat for 5 days or more , started using a broker out of miami and the wait time drops from 12 days to 72 hours?!?!?!? whats up with that houston?

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stuck and sittin on the benches, 4000 cuttings, WILD PIPE SWINGING MONKEY THROWN IN FOR SCALE

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misting heads in action

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sidewall detail roberts tubing restraints to keep curtain from flapping

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night shot

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BIG A$$ rock, it was swag from a landscaing job so I am going to incorporate it into the landscaping of the new mist house!!!

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a week in the house and we have some small new growth. I have some leaf drop but not nears as much as previous attempts

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another shot of some small new growth.

LANDSCAPING IS THE NEXT STEP!!

WILL UPDATE SOON.

[Jeff zone 8 N.C.]

Tad, those are some great pictures showing your greenhouse from start to finish! I have a couple of questions though. In post #14 I see a trench, about a foot inside the wall posts. Is this for drainage or an EPA requirement to catch runoff? Also, I see that your benches seem to have a perfectly good wooden board base, to set plants on, but you have added a wire covered bench above that. Is there a good reason for that?