Sunday, February 21, 2010
I know in 12 months I'll be wishing it to rain but...
Paul is out there today fixing up more of the posts and, weather permitting, we should start putting them in by Thursday - so it means a couple of late nights this week putting blackjack on the posts we've done - just going over the bottom plate.
I can't wait until we are out of the ground so we can kind of still work if its rained.
Watch this space....
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Now this is a crappy Job
It took us most of the day to complete 28 of them - 18 have not been made yet - so there's another fun afternoon in the making.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
We have a Tank
I was worried the dog might fall in, until I saw the plastic. This tank will be our only water supply. We had other tanks in the design, but I decided to have just one and see how we go. We have left the door open for others if we need them...
The picture below shows the tank is relation to where the hosue will be. You can also see the shed with the other tank on it ( this water wil be used for veggies) and behind the tank is where the straw is sitting at the moment - keeping nice and dry under the massive tarps.
A new addition
Posts are Up
We have 9 poles that form the basis of the build - these came from Grafton! The steel for the posts has also been delivered and hopefully in the next week these will be made a put in the ground - all 46 of them. For a green house there is a fair amount of concrete going into it - but there is not a lot we can do. Once a plot has been labelled (firezone, reactive soil, flood) you pretty well have to comply with all the regs that come with it. People say to check these things before you build, but realistically unless you have a lot of money - the land that has none of these constraints are pretty expensive. Thankfully the changes we have had to make to the design, and the materials has not been too great....