trailer transport – moveable on farm housing
this picture pretty much says it all. on the road, towing an unlicensed trailer with a a special permit. spending $ on gas. looks like the van did around 15mpg unloaded. i was pretty light on the gas, but will be good to see if we can improve that. towing i got 10mpg, but i […]
CSA registration is open
Join the Growing Heart Farm CSA to share a garden of local veggies picked fresh and delivered to your neighborhood. Current 2012 pickups locations are WEDNESDAY EVENINGS @: Curious Pictures 5-7PM 440 lafayette st Astor Place, ny map Nathan Love 6-8PM 407 broome st SOHO, ny map Golden Drum 6-8PM 97 green st. (@ franklin) […]
Flashing the greenhouse
this went more smoothly than we thought. we used clamps and 2x4s to bend the flashing into shape. i had been warned several times to work in 8′ lengths and this was good advice. we bent the edge exposed to the plastic back on itself to help prevent tears. we found using another piece of […]
lean to greenhouse progress
anthony after a hard day of work in the cold. the side walls are mostly in place. We have some details on the path, the door frame, and the electrical box. then we will need to flash both sides of the header. we are still not sure of the best solution below the header. […]
the next life of a tree
The guess is that this pine was about 60 years old. the 96 year old neighbor remembers planting this tree. jay, who is 56 has pictures of his first communion with the tree about head high. It was damaged in the october snow and threatened to fall on a house. Everyone was sad to see her go. […]
Tree house step 1
the man in action. immediately due south of the solar site is a tree that would knock out several hours a day of electric production. the plan is to do an aggressive prune of the tree and then build a treehouse in it. jesse uses a chainsaw as an extension of his fingers. he climbed […]
greenhouse – moving along
The boys making it happen. you can see the western most hoop in the background. since we are modifying a greenhouse kit we had to make up the exact placement of the arches as we went along. we lost 10″ by not having the ridge connector. we spent the day pounding 2.5′ posts into […]
heart mobile
our third grey vehicle. our mechanic joe downey and i drove to farmingdale, ny to buy our new van. thank you search tempest for letting us look at all craigslist ads within 200 miles. for the last two years we had multiple delivery days partly because we could not fit enough shares into our station […]
