It was a small air compressor, but it had a big snort. That is, every time I tried to attach the air compressor hose to the staple gun, it blasted a sonorous snort at me in protest. Eventually, I would get the hose attached to the staple gun, then lead the air compressor around wherever […]
When You Are a Helpless Female and You Need A Chicken Pen in a Hurry – Part 2
The next stage of my PVC pipe chicken pen construction has not been going as quickly as I thought it might. My new EcoGlow chick brooder (made by Brinsea) was part of the solution for getting just the coop part of the set-up ready for chick inhabitance anyway, despite the sub-freezing outside night time temperatures. […]
When You Are a Helpless Female and You Need A Chicken Pen in a Hurry – Part 1
My girls have been teasing me that my motherly instincts have gone awry. That is, how important are the little chickies compared to them? But I think the girls love the chicks, too. The girls are young adults; the chicks are helpless babes. The girls have been keeping an eye on me while I work […]
When You Need Adjustable Greenhouse Lights for Taller Plants Call In Your Engineer – Part 2
In part one of this two part grow light project, I told how I learned to bend strips of steel and build a supportive spine for PVC pipe that would be used as a rod for hanging greenhouse grow lights. Hanging the lights from the pipe took less time, but was just as impressive. This […]
When You Need Adjustable Greenhouse Lights for Taller Plants Call In Your Engineer – Part 1
My grow light stands have worked very well for years to provide light for my seedlings which were destined to grow to their full size in the outdoors. But this year, when I decided to try growing tomatoes to harvest in my greenhouse, I knew I would need something different. I presented the situation to […]
