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Saturday, March 9, 2024

 

We had a couple of nice days this week witch made for clear nights with frosty mornings.
Sunrises are particular colorful on such days and I managed to snap some shots
..
(imagine me running out
, straight out of bed, buck-naked but for my winter-coat just to catch some colors)


                       
                                        

Abiding by the saying 'make hay while the sun shines' James attacked the office project with renewed vigor:

 

Two walls are up with siding and two without, the roof is on and covered with self-adhered roofing underlayment, and since rain is in the forecast again everything is swaddled with waterproof house-wrap.



Not to be accused of sitting idle and motivated by all this building-business, I 'build' something myself!
I'd ordered a small greenhouse through Amazon ($32) and it arrived disassembled so I had to put it together:



Fortunately this was even simpler than an IKEA package, no screws or tools necessary, and it took me only 30 minutes or so ..

 

It's not the sturdiest contraption, basically all lightweight tubes and a plastic cover, so I placed it on the south side of the RV, in a corner between the slide and the back where it (hopefully) is protected from most of the wind and weather.

I've started to sow my first batch of 'cold-weather' vegetable seeds, as in leek, broccoli, kale etc, who'll be ready to go outside in about a week or four, as well as warm blooded peppers and tomatoes who'll need a much longer to be big enough to be transferred outside.



I'm trying these newfangled seedling trays with high humidity domes that have adjustable humidity vents
AND grow (LED) lights at the top:

   


And since we're still rather cold here in the Northwest I've placed the trays on heat-mats
as well.

 
I've seldom been lucky growing my own seeds, and I don't have high hopes this time will be any better, but you can't say I didn't try!

Actually, now I think about it, I have been successful in growing these 'sprouts' indoors  so maybe there's hope?





And since the weather was so nice I'd come up with the plan to throw something on the BBQ for the first time this season, but when we were ready to do so we discovered we didn't have enough gas-line to hook it up!

Bummer! Oh, well a healthy salad (
Niçoise) with eggs and tuna was a nice stand-in, we're cutting down on meat anyways ..                 
             
         

Tonight we're 'springing an hour forward' to begin Daylight saving time!
James is thrilled but I'm no fan. I think standard time is much more in sync with my biological clock but I guess it is what it is ..

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