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johno
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Greenhouse Apr 17, 2011 19:48:49 GMT -5

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Post by johno on Apr 17, 2011 19:48:49 GMT -5

I've been chipping away at the foundation for my greenhouse. I split a telephone pole for the skids - they will be painted to help isolate the creosote, but it's really old and no longer 'bleeding.' The soil between the skids is almost leveled, one brick thickness below the top surface of the skids. I'm pretty sure I have enough brick to do the whole floor. Also have a good start digging the French drain, and I noticed recently that a strong runoff deposited lots of good gravel for it in the ditch near my mailbox. I have some 4 x 9 western cedar timbers from the high line - the power company just replaced a few with steel. These will be the sill, setting atop the skids. It's gonna take me a long while to build it a little at a time, but I'm feeling satisfied that its finally started. It's positioned where it gets shade in the summer (to help against overheating) but none in the winter, so hopefully it will be functional in time to start fall crop seedlings.

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Garden Stats: 750' elevation, 36* lattitude, rocky gravelly clay soil, cultivated space 1800 square feet, first frost date Oct 20, last frost date April 13, rural setting

grunt Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Posts: 1,139	Greenhouse Apr 18, 2011 0:57:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grunt on Apr 18, 2011 0:57:18 GMT -5 Please give us a few pics as you progress John.
	Always pay it forward. grungysgarden.blogspot.com/ I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake. The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

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Greenhouse Apr 18, 2011 8:08:15 GMT -5

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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 18, 2011 8:08:15 GMT -5

You're inspiring me to get started on foundation of my own greenhouse. I was thinking of something similar - shade in summer, sun in winter but then I was also playing with the idea of opening it during the summer to let rain leach out any accumulated salts.

Looking forward to hearing more.

Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 18, 2011 8:08:15 GMT -5

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