So, we're brand spankin' new at this whole greenhouse thing. Now, don't worry about your produce, we can always buy starts if we need to as a back up. :) That said, here is the story. Isaac built a greenhouse. The pluses are: it's made mostly of 'junk' we found around here for free, and, it works, most of the time. The minuses: it doesn't have a way to ventilate in the heat. So, yesterday, I cut some of it open because it was 70 degrees out. Let's just say I provided a way to close it back up, but it wasn't very wind-proof. So, being Idaho in spring, it had to get super cold, wet and windy today. We looked out and saw the greenhouse practically blowing away! Well, the bones of it are sturdy, but the plastic was flapping all over and the ... other solid parts ... were falling over too. We had a fine episode out there trying to fix it in the wind and rain, while our newly 3-year-old daughter was inside potentially destroying our house with her new exploring abilities! It was enough to keep the plants happy for the day, but when I saw the temp dip to 37 at 9:00 tonight, I went out to rescue them. We do have a heated cold frame and our house as a back up for such emergencies, luckily. And, all of the plants out there are cold-types anyway, except the tomatillos, which do seem pretty hardy too. ... Tomorrow, we rebuild!
We also fenced the goats into a smaller area 'temporarily' while we rip down fences in order to bring in large trucks of compost and such. Well, they've figured out a way to get out. Today we came driving in from a birthday party and noticed they weren't there, but they came to us right away in the driveway. Luckily, they seem to want to get back to their new little home. But, we've got to do something about this before we set our precious little veggie plants out!
Also...3 days til chick time!!
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