Melissa and I broke ground on our new greenhouse today at the 92nd Street Farm Patch. Yesterday we purchased all the lumber and hardware needed for the 6x10x5.5-8 structure. We also acquired the used brick pavers for the floor, and a vinyl gutter that will feed our rain barrel. It's all coming together rather rapidly, and yet there is still so much more to do.
For one, we have just over 24 hours left to fund our urban farm and greenhouse project. Follow that link if you want to help get our urban farm off the ground. A hearty thank you to those of you who have already backed us. As you can see, your support is already going to great use.
Now that the foundation has been dug out, we will need to clean, sand and prime our windows. The brick pavers will need to be laid out and leveled. Then we can set our concrete piers and place our posts. After that comes the fun and exciting time of measuring, placing windows and cutting. Once this is done our walls will be constructed and then secured onto our posts. The plexiglass roof will come last. When all is up, we can install our art glass windows and paint on our pretty colors!
Only when all this is completed can we actually start our seeds...hopefully by mid February. Throughout this upcoming month we will also be working on the art glass rewards the backers of our kickstarter project are looking forward to. Needless to say, we're quite busy.
- Ben
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