My facebook friend Bryce warned me of the heat wave moving in...decided this morning would be Pepino II rejuvenation time. Also put up the west side shade. Cleaned out the chambers and installed a new pad. Thankfully, it is still plug'n'play...hooked it up to my batteries and it purred away and cooled like a charm. Outside high in the shade yesterday was 95° and it got up to 92° inside. Today the high was 99.5° outside (in the shade) and it got up to 83° inside. Got my final bits for the courtyard delivered today...some good ol' pressure treated 2x4's and 5/4 x 6 decking. (once installed, this material will get no direct sunlight)
Plucked my first food from this greenhouse season today....a squash just under a pound (372.3 grams = 13.13 oz = .82 lb.) First dividend. I reckon the best way to figure out my return on investment is to weigh all the food I produce. Adding a new number to the string at the end of the blog posts. The last number is the weight in pounds of food harvested. 89,99.5,58,0,W,.82
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stay cool tonight!...next front is coming later in the week...until then, you'll be ahead of us on the summer front. enjoy your squash. very pretty. p.s. where's the 'maters? ours are lookin pretty good.
I can't wait until your harvested weight is larger than the number of visitors on your blog. Go John go!
Congrats on this latest milestone
With the scale, to keep the federales from having to do street market comparrison, report the total in kilos.
Using their math that zucchini has a street value of 10,000.00
Hi John. Love the photos. We've been trying to find the meaning of all the numbers at the end of the blog. Could you post please? Stay cool.
2X6 Pressure Treated curls in the Arizona sun. Be sure to anchor about 3/4" perpendicular in from both sides with 3" deck screws on the stringers which should not exceed 16". Quality Star drive head screws are worth the extra $ in case of future R&R. Grip-Rite 5 Lbs. 3" Polymer Coated Star Deck Screws work best. Cheers!
Can you refresh some of your new readers about the other numbers at he end of the posts? Thanks and good luck with the heat!
For the new readers, here is the code to the numbers at the end of each post:
Temperature at time of blog post, usually around 20:00, High temperature for the day, Low temperature over the previous night, Wind conditions(Calm, Breezy, Windy, Gusty), and Total precipitation for the day.
Some nice stuff today, John. Love the squash, and it's portrait. Can't wait to see that deck take shape. That little Pepino II is a great piece of engineering.
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