First of all if you didn’t see the new Clankenbeard art work of me as M.O.D.O.K. then look for a bonus post from last night. It is amazing as always. Really it is great. Thinking about asking if it is cool to make tee shirts with this on the back. I just need CTH to stand for something as cool/evil as AIM…
Okay lets hard break to the leaf of this post, Backyard Farm update. Last night as a fam we did some work/repairs on the greenhouse. We had a few days of real strong winds where I realized that I had made a real error the placement of the door of my greenhouse. It is facing north. So right now as the seasons are changing we are getting a fairly strong north wind that is trying to blow my green house up like a balloon. Meaning that this winter I will also have a cold wind attacking my greenhouse. Had I put the door on the south side then we would have been much better off. Live and learn I guess. I wonder if I could get 6 or 8 strong friends to help me pick the hole thing up and turn it around??? Maybe if we do a down time and empty the thing I can make that happen.
Over all things are growing well.
Grow beads 1-3
We have enough greens for a salad they are really going as you can see. To the right we have some tomatoes and some herbs growing. And in the back of that tray the bell peppers are doing well.
Here is a close up of tray three where we have some more herbs growing and doing fairly well but toy can see the cucumbers just starting to pop up. These were all from seeds so I am happy to see them growing at all.
Speaking of seeds, the seeds I have right now are just from True Value, which is fine as most of my plants are from the same place atm. I don’t know the quality of these seeds or the plants they are going to be, but I did pick up some heirloom seeds from Underwoodgardens.com. They have a solid reputation and I have high hopes for them. And when they come in I will go into getting them started.
In tray 4 we have the peppers and they are rocking as they do. But here you can see my soil tmp, a nice warm 61.
Bead 4
Very over cast day. Also you see one of the new water tanks temporally set up as a rain barrel.
As you can see it was warm but overcast last afternoon. Want to say the air temp was about 54… And the tmp difference was great enough that the wife was annoyed anytime I wanted her to help me out side of the green house. J
Lets see two quick photos of one of the tanks in place.
Filling the tank with 175 gals of water… Oh the water bill this month might hurt.
Messy Samius.
When we first started to fill the tank I had the value open and made a bit of a mess. But you can see the basic plan. Big tank of water add fish and plants, grow both and win. But here is the thing; I really think I want to pump the water from the bottom drain, shit sinks right? And/or I want to be able to set things up to drain water out of this to water the plants with once and awhile so to both control and ammonia build up and as bonus fertilizer tee. I don’t think it would be all that tasty but the plants love it.
Soon I hope to have fish in the tank and my grow beads going real soon just need to get their supports in and setup.
Well better get moving on the day.
<3s
Samius Gurobo 
What does the neighbor think of Farm Garubo?
To the north i have the neighbors with all the kids. As the hang out at my house a lot to the point where some of them helped with some of the projects, i dont care what they think as i am an unpaid sitter. And if they piss me off there kids can walk to school in the rain. 🙂
To the south, i have an couple who just built themselves a massive 3 car shed and still have their old shed in the back yard. But i talked to them and they were super super surprised when i quoted the city ordinances. And when i asked how they got perment to use so much of their yard for buildings against the ordnances they where very cool about my little green house and chickens…
And the little old lady to the east… in 6 years in this house i have seen her 4 times. Don’t think she will mind.
But again it is all about knowing the laws for your area. 🙂
What’s the plan for the water tanks? For gardening?
The one in the green house for sure is the main tank for fish in my planed aquaponic setup. The other might stay as a rain catch (but not in that placement) or might become a holding tank for adding water to the main fish tank. Not 100% sure what i want to do with it.