Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 13 Entries. Friday, January 2 View Page Happy New Year ! It has been a cold winter so far with little snow, but the days are going get longer! Saturday, January 31 View Page My winter project is about to get started, I took down one of the gh last fall. before freeze up and expanded the foot print So I am hoping in the next 6 weeks , I can get the new one up and ready to go for the 2026 season.So I can start the ground thawing process in early April. At this point , I am still optimistic, but being a one man army, will see how it goes Wednesday, February 18 View Page Well ,I am finally got things going , snow blowed 30 inches of compressed snow off the foot print , and got the 3 main sections up for a 28' 6" clear span , now have to get the gable ends done and start the purlin install process,weather has been decent 20's to the teens ,I went with a 6 pitch on the roof , hoping for easier snow removal, as my getting close to 68 years old ass, could use it Thursday, February 19 View Page Also , went with a pole barn style of framing, triple ,2x4's glued with titebond 3 and shot with 3" galv ring shanked nails, I was a little nervous, because I built everything inside and didn't know if it would fit till I started to put it together, went well Friday, February 27 View Page Greenhouse update, I was hoping to be farther along at this point in time, but with this guy trying to help out and the not the most ideal weather for outside work , things going along slowly. Those temps don't include the windchill factors as it has been breezy. The hardest part of a cold weather build is keeping your hands warm , as your gloves have to come off alot, but overall happy as almost done with the high part and still on schedule , hoping to be done by germination day, we will see Thursday, March 5 View Page Well , the framing is almost complete , just a few more braces to install (wind shear) Just happy to be off the ladders for now , always slow going The roof will be 1/2 poly carbonate panels and 1/2 6 mil IRAC poly film , which works well for this environment The temps are going to warm up to high mid 20's (yeah) with snow for a couple of days , then drop right back down again for sub zero night time lows, good news gaining over 5 minutes of daylight now per day Monday, April 13 View Page GH update, as you can see different month same old crap , unless you like snow and cold... I got my gh plastic now ,as usual cost more to ship than to buy, but it's going on tomorrow as time is running out since we have a Aug 31 st weigh off , the only one I can attend Weather looks bleak , but oh well I will give it a go and hope for the best Monday, April 13 View Page The photo Saturday, July 11 View Page Overall patch view,,with new gh on right .pumpkin on left at day 30 and the other at day 20 , the weigh off is 50 days off , so probably nothing big this year , after a late start and my wifes health concerns Saturday, July 11 View Page Hard to get excited about growing , when this is the typical forecast Saturday, August 1 View Page 31 days to go still hoping to get something for the weigh -off I am down to just one competitive Pumpkin now Saturday, August 1 View Page Just in case you needed a laugh I got this on my phone today The funny part it's only for one day Saturday, August 29 View Page Well , weigh -off is on Monday , the 31st, the gh on the right is going to be awesome, unfortunately not this year is every Pumpkin on my 2023 plant aborted, it was a genetic nightmare of this particular seed The greenhouse has the 2147 Marshall plant, growing good but nothing get excited about I'll be happy to hit 1600 pounds This greenhouse gets torn down this winter , and rebuilt similar to the other one, good luck to all the other great growers out there. I hope you all exceed your personal best.