They were pretty cute but grew sooo fast. We needed to get them out of the garage cage much sooner than anticipated. 3 araconas and 3 rhode island red hens sure got crowded in their chateau.
Chris built an amazing greenhouse that was unfortunately blown down in a windy storm. Chris's dad was hanging out at our house and while we were gone at work he constructed a much sturdier version. There are doors on both sides, and it was about 6.5 feet tall, 5 feet wide, and 10feet long. Big enough for us to get into some trouble!! The nights were still getting into the 30's-40's so we needed to provide heat for our seeds to germinate. We thought we would be forking it over big time but didn't notice the increase too much, just a few bucks. (Also, the chickens required a heat lamp so that their Ritz was ~80-90degrees. We were thankful that we didn't need to switch to candlelight to power the chickens and greenhouse project.)
I enlisted co-workers, family , and friends to collect plastic containers to start seeds in. Some were started in a sunny windowsill but I got carried away and ran out of room FAST!
Starter peas!
Cilantro in windowsill, before greenhouse was up!
Chris built an amazing greenhouse that was unfortunately blown down in a windy storm. Chris's dad was hanging out at our house and while we were gone at work he constructed a much sturdier version. There are doors on both sides, and it was about 6.5 feet tall, 5 feet wide, and 10feet long. Big enough for us to get into some trouble!! The nights were still getting into the 30's-40's so we needed to provide heat for our seeds to germinate. We thought we would be forking it over big time but didn't notice the increase too much, just a few bucks. (Also, the chickens required a heat lamp so that their Ritz was ~80-90degrees. We were thankful that we didn't need to switch to candlelight to power the chickens and greenhouse project.)
I enlisted co-workers, family , and friends to collect plastic containers to start seeds in. Some were started in a sunny windowsill but I got carried away and ran out of room FAST!
Starter peas!
Cilantro in windowsill, before greenhouse was up!
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