The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

I hope you finish it!

Me too! No frost forecast here for a while but i really want to finish to show up that slacker contractor that is supposed to be building my goat shed. He was off more than he worked this week. I bet he has another job.

 

[Beer can]

graaaaaaaavy!

Somebody said something about food not liked as kids, but liked now here ?
Gravy was one for me. You ate what was on your plate when I was a kid or you stayed at the table till done. If they put gravy of any sort on my food, taters only butter would be OK, gravy on taters, I'd be at the table till bed time, couldn't force it on me, I'd rather eat someone else's snot back then
I love gravy now. Gravy on everything, meat, noodles,rice, taters, bread, toast, everything

 

[Peep_Show]

@Peep_Show Does the greenhouse not have crazy temp swings between night and day? Those usually have so little to no insulation.

The greenhouse is not transparent on all sides. It has the east wall all double-pane glass (4 panels) mounted into a thick wood and stucco wall. The northside is a sliding glass door. The south side has two double-hung windows mounted into a thick wood and glass wall. The westside is the the other side of the garage wall. The wall surface is tongue-and-groove thick pine against whatever the garage wall is. It has a skylight and brick floor. We recently had the house re-roofed and they at that time roofed the studio! Not flimsy tar paper, but membrane and insulation.

So -- short answer -- the temp swings are not too vast. This morning I went out there at dawn (we were down to near freezing last night) and it was an okay 60 in the building and, of course, warmer inside the brooder. The brooder is going to kick on and maintain a certain temperature whatever the ambiance is inside or out, but it's nice that it's not working so hard during the day because the warmth allows it to stay off longer. Plus it's naturally light in there vs. our rather dark garage. (We will not be putting the brooder inside the house this time... Too much chick dander everywhere.)

This house was designed by a chef, so he'd bring his herbs into the greenhouse space to overwinter. There used to be a heater on the wall, but with the new roof (and the fact that I'll be running kilns in there eventually) the need for an industrial heater seemed moot and so it was removed.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Somebody said something about food not liked as kids, but liked now here ?
Gravy was one for me. You ate what was on your plate when I was a kid or you stayed at the table till done. If they put gravy of any sort on my food, taters only butter would be OK, gravy on taters, I'd be at the table till bed time, couldn't force it on me, I'd rather eat someone else's snot back then
I love gravy now. Gravy on everything, meat, noodles,rice, taters, bread, toast, everything

I was raised like you eat what is put in front of me we where a very busy family on the go 5 nights a week Ma worked Dad was a Postal worker, Ma said he had a full time salary but a part time job but we ate canned chow mien at least 1 time a week. I still cannot eat any type of chow mien

The greenhouse is not transparent on all sides. It has the east wall all double-pane glass (4 panels) mounted into a thick wood and stucco wall. The northside is a sliding glass door. The south side has two double-hung windows mounted into a thick wood and glass wall. The westside is the the other side of the garage wall. The wall surface is tongue-and-groove thick pine against whatever the garage wall is. It has a skylight and brick floor. We recently had the house re-roofed and they at that time roofed the studio! Not flimsy tar paper, but membrane and insulation.

So -- short answer -- the temp swings are not too vast. This morning I went out there at dawn (we were down to near freezing last night) and it was an okay 60 in the building and, of course, warmer inside the brooder. The brooder is going to kick on and maintain a certain temperature whatever the ambiance is inside or out, but it's nice that it's not working so hard during the day because the warmth allows it to stay off longer. Plus it's naturally light in there vs. our rather dark garage. (We will not be putting the brooder inside the house this time... Too much chick dander everywhere.)

This house was designed by a chef, so he'd bring his herbs into the greenhouse space to overwinter. There used to be a heater on the wall, but with the new roof (and the fact that I'll be running kilns in there eventually) the need for an industrial heater seemed moot and so it was removed.

my greenhouse is the same as my coop geodesic 17 square feet diameter had it covered in 9 ml plastic it failed the first year I had a white tarp on part folded in that covers it now we had a real door on it with glass in the front but it was too heavy for the dome so we switched it to a plywood one same as we did the coop cannot use to brood as cats can get in no matter how I try to keep them out chicks are eaten when I put a few in there... My new coop is the only spot I can keep small or very young

 

[ronott1]

I think if they thought it was a important addition to the site, they would resubmit or redo their articles themselves if they don't see them here. Be nice if all gets transferred smoothly but IMHO it isn't going to take long before there is more articles than any one person could ever read.

That is so true!

One article was from 2008, around the time that Rob bought BYC. It made through several host changes.

I did suggest that the members with the messed up articles be contacted to get them to fix them

 

[CapricornFarm]

The greenhouse is not transparent on all sides. It has the east wall all double-pane glass (4 panels) mounted into a thick wood and stucco wall. The northside is a sliding glass door. The south side has two double-hung windows mounted into a thick wood and glass wall. The westside is the the other side of the garage wall. The wall surface is tongue-and-groove thick pine against whatever the garage wall is. It has a skylight and brick floor. We recently had the house re-roofed and they at that time roofed the studio! Not flimsy tar paper, but membrane and insulation.

So -- short answer -- the temp swings are not too vast. This morning I went out there at dawn (we were down to near freezing last night) and it was an okay 60 in the building and, of course, warmer inside the brooder. The brooder is going to kick on and maintain a certain temperature whatever the ambiance is inside or out, but it's nice that it's not working so hard during the day because the warmth allows it to stay off longer. Plus it's naturally light in there vs. our rather dark garage. (We will not be putting the brooder inside the house this time... Too much chick dander everywhere.)

This house was designed by a chef, so he'd bring his herbs into the greenhouse space to overwinter. There used to be a heater on the wall, but with the new roof (and the fact that I'll be running kilns in there eventually) the need for an industrial heater seemed moot and so it was removed.

You do ceramics?

 

[Alaskan]

The greenhouse is not transparent on all sides. It has the east wall all double-pane glass (4 panels) mounted into a thick wood and stucco wall. The northside is a sliding glass door. The south side has two double-hung windows mounted into a thick wood and glass wall. The westside is the the other side of the garage wall. The wall surface is tongue-and-groove thick pine against whatever the garage wall is. It has a skylight and brick floor. We recently had the house re-roofed and they at that time roofed the studio! Not flimsy tar paper, but membrane and insulation.

So -- short answer -- the temp swings are not too vast. This morning I went out there at dawn (we were down to near freezing last night) and it was an okay 60 in the building and, of course, warmer inside the brooder. The brooder is going to kick on and maintain a certain temperature whatever the ambiance is inside or out, but it's nice that it's not working so hard during the day because the warmth allows it to stay off longer. Plus it's naturally light in there vs. our rather dark garage. (We will not be putting the brooder inside the house this time... Too much chick dander everywhere.)

This house was designed by a chef, so he'd bring his herbs into the greenhouse space to overwinter. There used to be a heater on the wall, but with the new roof (and the fact that I'll be running kilns in there eventually) the need for an industrial heater seemed moot and so it was removed.

that sounds wonderful!

@Beer can great song!

and yep, growing up, and raising my kids, you eat what is in front of you...or just go hungry.

One stubborn child hated spinach, told him if he happily ate one large bite, I wouldn't put more on his plate.

The next morning at breakfast...that kid was eating his cereal in an odd way..asked him what was up...

the spinach was still all balled up in his mouth...good boy hadn't spit it out...but he had slept with it in his mouth and had never swallowed.

That same kid on a different occasion, we had Brussels sprouts. I told he had to happily eat half a sprout (grumpiness or whining or complaining means that they have to eat more..until they can do it politely).

He said he really couldn't. I told him he had to. He ate a bite and spewed all over the bench he was sitting on and the floor.

 

[CapricornFarm]

that sounds wonderful!

@Beer can great song!

and yep, growing up, and raising my kids, you eat what is in front of you...or just go hungry.

One stubborn child hated spinach, told him if he happily ate one large bite, I wouldn't put more on his plate.

The next morning at breakfast...that kid was eating his cereal in an odd way..asked him what was up...

the spinach was still all balled up in his mouth...good boy hadn't spit it out...but he had slept with it in his mouth and had never swallowed.

That same kid on a different occasion, we had Brussels sprouts. I told he had to happily eat half a sprout (grumpiness or whining or complaining means that they have to eat more..until they can do it politely).

He said he really couldn't. I told him he had to. He ate a bite and spewed all over the bench he was sitting on and the floor.

I know my Dad used to make us kids eat stuff until one day he made me eat beans and i barfed on my plate. After that, not so much.

 

[Latestarter]

With my kids I always insisted that they at least TRY it. If they in reality didn't like it, I wouldn't force them to eat it. That did NOT mean that I would make them something else in replacement... just that I wouldn't make them eat that. Always bothered me when they'd say they didn't like something before they'd even tried it. They have grown up adventuresome and willing to try new things.

Hey Al, on that new porch SCG and her SO built, dropping it 4" won't really matter a whole lot when there's 4' of snow on it... You should know... you live in a place that gets snow every so often... you're STILL going to bring some in with you regardless. A real good reason to enter through a "mud room" or enclosed entryway where you can remove the snow covered items from your person before entering the home.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

We enter through garage.

Lost power at 3 am.