2011 Veggies
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Toolage 87
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Sounds good McPurple. I'm thinking about building a small greenhouse and because I might have found a good place that I can buy solar cells and such so I might make it part solar like if I make it soil I might put a low wattage chiller and a water pump. Sadly i can't use glass or clear sides because of people that I don't want to see that there are plants in there they will more then likely brake into it and take the solar stuff or kill herb plants and such. Also I would use it to clean any plants that I buy from the store so that I can bring clones of them inside.
Also I might build a pond and link it to the greenhouse solar system.
Growse
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Hey all!!! Nice gardens ive seen so far. I dont see it much but im growing indoor veggies along with my medicine. 4 habanero plants, 3 jalepeno, Basil, and rosemary. I hope they do good. So far my basil is growing strong, but all my peppers are still seeding out haha. Good luck to you all!
mcpurple
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sounds like a good idea. i just bought mine as it was a good price for the size of it. i to was gonna use some solar pannels to run a fresh air intake and hot air out take but i never got to it, and maybe a panelt big enough to run a tiny heater in theri
Toolage 87
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Well I found a site that sells solar cells but I wanna order form them to see if they are legit or not. They pretty much sell every thing that you need except for frames. They have 25 2"x2" solar cells that put out 0.50w - 0.627w per cell and by doing some math you could make 5 of them put out as much wattage as a 5"x5" cell and those only cost $25 including shipping. If they are good I might buy the solar cells and encapsulation stuff and sell my own made panels. A single 5.5w Solar Panel here cost $89.58 if I was to buy that built one.
Toolage 87
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That sounds good. I was thinking about doing that but You'd still have to buy tabbing wire , bus wire , stuff to make a case for the cells and such. The 2"x2" cells that I was looking at doing a panel with 21 cells you can build a panel that can produce around 10.53w to around 13.16w for peak range depending how to wire it and its only 9 inches wide by 12 inches long so its under 1 square foot.
mcpurple
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well you seem to know ore about it then me.
ive been interested in learning about duck weed energy, its supposed to be the most efficiant now and its local in my parts.
you should look it up some time.
Don Gin and Ton
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well after picking up my tomato bushes for like the 6th time. i stuck some bricks in the base of the pots. they haven't blown over but the plants have 
Toolage 87
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I've already tried looking it up but I can't find any around here.
DST
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First flower on Broccolli. Really bummed about the Romanse Broccolli, they hate rain apparently, and Cabbage White's love em (munched to a frazzle some of them where). They are now in th egreenhouse and seem to be okay for the time being.
And my wifes avocado farm in th emaking, lol.
I have still got a load of tomatoes to harvest but after that it's just the weed that's in the greenhouse along with a few other flowers, herbs (oregano, thyme, basil). Anyone got any suggestions for what I could grow between now and November? lol. I will have my greenhouse heater running in a while when the temps start to go so I reckon I could be okay until November. Any ideas vegg-oiders?
Peace, DST
And my wifes avocado farm in th emaking, lol.
I have still got a load of tomatoes to harvest but after that it's just the weed that's in the greenhouse along with a few other flowers, herbs (oregano, thyme, basil). Anyone got any suggestions for what I could grow between now and November? lol. I will have my greenhouse heater running in a while when the temps start to go so I reckon I could be okay until November. Any ideas vegg-oiders?
Peace, DST
mellokitty
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.... kale? idk.
i'm sore about my romanesco broc too, *something* (not sure what) is eating them.... our cat ran away/got hunted by an owl a couple weeks ago so the rabbits have been partying at dusk too.....
i'm sore about my romanesco broc too, *something* (not sure what) is eating them.... our cat ran away/got hunted by an owl a couple weeks ago so the rabbits have been partying at dusk too.....
mellokitty
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well, he's a ginger tom, and we find they're more nomadic than most.... he just showed up on our doorstep as a wee kitty one day and decided to stick around 'cuz we fed him or something. i'm hoping he just found some old people that feed him better, you know?
as to the owl, there's been one hanging aboot the yard, probably for the rabbits, but we watched him try to hunt kitty for a good hour one day... he just kept hooting and making that weird "click click" noise that they do and occasionally swooping menacingly by. kitty was MAD too, got all big and was like "BRING IT. *FSSSSST*"
pretty surreal watching them "yell" at each other like bad neighbours.
as to the rabbits partying, well, it does certainly beat having to mercy kill one every other day.... gotta say i don't miss the "living presents" much.
as to the owl, there's been one hanging aboot the yard, probably for the rabbits, but we watched him try to hunt kitty for a good hour one day... he just kept hooting and making that weird "click click" noise that they do and occasionally swooping menacingly by. kitty was MAD too, got all big and was like "BRING IT. *FSSSSST*"
pretty surreal watching them "yell" at each other like bad neighbours.
as to the rabbits partying, well, it does certainly beat having to mercy kill one every other day.... gotta say i don't miss the "living presents" much.
mcpurple
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the codos look good DST.
as for some winter crops, you can start more lettuce, cool weather radish, beets, turnips, carrots, you can plant onions for over wintering as well as taters. theri is a just a few you can do, if they are in the GH they should be fine.
on the farm we are planting walla walla onions soon for next year.
i also got 2 free house trees, they are over 30 years old and are said to be over 100 bucks each and my boss just gave them to me as she did not want them and could not give them enough love to keep them nice, so i am gonna restore them to good health and have some nice small trees
as for some winter crops, you can start more lettuce, cool weather radish, beets, turnips, carrots, you can plant onions for over wintering as well as taters. theri is a just a few you can do, if they are in the GH they should be fine.
on the farm we are planting walla walla onions soon for next year.
i also got 2 free house trees, they are over 30 years old and are said to be over 100 bucks each and my boss just gave them to me as she did not want them and could not give them enough love to keep them nice, so i am gonna restore them to good health and have some nice small trees
DST
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Thanks McP, nice one on the house trees. I got a small tree inside my house that was given to me 11 years ago when I moved to Amsterdam. Thanks for the veg tips, think I'll try some potatoes. are there any particular varieties that work better in colder temps?
Walla walla onoins sound interesting, never heard of them before.
Walla walla onoins sound interesting, never heard of them before.