- Dec 27, 2001
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So my first atempt at gardening was a row of 20 lettuce and 20 basil. They grew to tiny buds in just a few days and have thrived for the past three weeks. The lettuce had leaves about 3-4 inches long.
Everything was going great two days ago. Yesterday I discovered that several of the plants were infested with little green caterpillars. Overnight, they ate one entire plant. I went out last night and got some "garden friendly" insecticide and sprayed the plants this morning, but now I don't want to eat them especially if I need to spray them a couple times a week for the next few months.
I'm just killing the caterpillars for spite.
So, nature got the first laugh, but I will get the last. I just finished building a gate for the fence I built and am feeling pretty good about my basic carpentry skills and am planning a 6' x 50' greenhouse in our backyard. It's going to have concrete footers and will be completely sealed with all openings having a fine filter or mesh covering them. No way even an aphid gets in. Of course, then I'll need a way to ventilate and cool the thing which is my question.
How much would there be to hooking up some solar panels and having them feed a battery that would power a couple fans? My fallback plan is to run an electric cable underground when I run the water over there, but I'd love for it to be self-contained.
Everything was going great two days ago. Yesterday I discovered that several of the plants were infested with little green caterpillars. Overnight, they ate one entire plant. I went out last night and got some "garden friendly" insecticide and sprayed the plants this morning, but now I don't want to eat them especially if I need to spray them a couple times a week for the next few months.
I'm just killing the caterpillars for spite.So, nature got the first laugh, but I will get the last. I just finished building a gate for the fence I built and am feeling pretty good about my basic carpentry skills and am planning a 6' x 50' greenhouse in our backyard. It's going to have concrete footers and will be completely sealed with all openings having a fine filter or mesh covering them. No way even an aphid gets in. Of course, then I'll need a way to ventilate and cool the thing which is my question.
How much would there be to hooking up some solar panels and having them feed a battery that would power a couple fans? My fallback plan is to run an electric cable underground when I run the water over there, but I'd love for it to be self-contained.
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