Started reassembling a walk in cooler, (Thanks Ian!) With help from the hardworking crew that got the big parts moved into place. (Thanks Rob & Fernando!)
The compressor and fans, which are the heaviest part are attached through the top roof panel which is made of polystyrene sandwiched in tinfoil. It's very heavy, bulky and fragile. Arg!
But a homemade crane made slow work of it...
Those are two come-alongs on 2x6 frames that lift up each side. Then we slid it over the walls.
Meanwhile, tomatoes are rockin.
I managed to get out for a walk in the woods and found a cool variety of orchid
Tilled stale seedbed. (Nicely cultivated, watered, let the weed seeds germinate, and then tilled again)
Same place, buckwheat germinating
Future home of raspberries after rollling in buckwheat.
Charlie's tractor set up with discs and a 'new' seed roller. After I've spread the cover crop seed I drive this contraption around with the discs set to a very light amount of tillage, which effectively rakes in the seed, then the giant heavy tube packs the soil around the seeds. Good seed-soil contact means good germination. The long line of squeaky metal being pulled behind makes it feel like I'm driving a train.
A nice overview of the south field
