What did you do in the garden today?

[Compost King]

Looks good! Diagonal bracing can prevent the non-hinge side from dragging.

Thats what I normally do for doors but due to reasons I can not explain I choose to go with chain and turnbuckle inside the wood frame.

 

[Compost King]

Chain and turnbuckle to support the far end of the door. Connected at the high hinge for maximum support.

 

[WthrLady]

Thats what I normally do for doors but due to reasons I can not explain I choose to go with chain and turnbuckle inside the wood frame.

Because it's adjustable as your non sealed wood inside your hot and wet greenhouse moves with the inside and outside weather battle. SMART move.

 

[WthrLady]

Thats what I normally do for doors but due to reasons I can not explain I choose to go with chain and turnbuckle inside the wood frame.

Although if you can. your top eyehook should be reset with an upward angle, so the downward pull of the chain and door set it in the wood, as opposed to pulling it out of it's own hole. Also, if your door will be covered in the same poly-vinyl sheeting, make sure it is tight and that the wind won't allow for banging against the chain, as it will rip.
Top dressing strips on the plastic sheeting attachments outside will prevent tearing as well.

It looks WONDERFUL!

 

[Acre4Me]

So glad my Ma named me PennyJo otherwise everyone's critters share my name I have been doing puppy He is so young he has no teeth yet just barely breaking through I just cannot see selling it from it's Dam He is learning to

She kinda named herself, actually! We adopted her around 4-5 months old. We tried several names before "Penny", over the course of several days, and she had zero response to any of them, even if we would be playing with her and using the name. But, we were holding her and talking names and we said to each other "How about Penny?" She looked right up at us, with a very interested look....so we said it again, and she was clearly interactive and interested in that name. Even the next day - still a very aware response ...so Penny is what she is called!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Does not bother me think it is funny anymore think most folks find their name someone named a animal that way

 

[igorsMistress]

Good morning gardeners. Went and straightened up the coop this morning, swept all the litter back down into the pit so to speak and tossed three eggs to the flock. I was going to wet it down this morning but the flies are already out in force so I put up a strip and will wait until they die down a bit. Not sure why they’re hanging out here, everything is pretty dry and the wood chips help keep it that way. There’s no way the flock has pooped enough to make it a problem yet. However, I know one of the neighbor families are serious slobs and I doubt they pick up after their dogs daily so that could definitely be a contributing factor. I had ants building a home under a brick I was using to hold down a cage around a fairy duster. They have been dispatched but I was in a hurry and used straight permethrin, poured it right on their holes inside the cage. They have bitten me many times and I didn’t have time to go buy a new Hudson sprayer, the dry heat here kills them quickly, and make the solution; we had dinner reservations for last night with my folks so straight out of the bottle it was. The flock can’t get anywhere near it so I’m pretty sure it’ll be ok. Everything seems to be holding on. The days are warm but this morning it was 66*. We are finally getting some cool nights and the flock seems relieved. I’m a little worried about the Nn roo though, he’s panting during the day and the rest of the flock isn’t. Not sure what that’s about but I’m going to run the hose for them a little bit this afternoon or maybe wash their pool and put some water in it in the shade. I still have weeds out with the oleanders so I should get that worked on today, we shall see. I think I’m going to have hubs measure that bed and we’re going to get some bricks to make a higher bordered around those. I can then backfill with some wood chips to keep down the weeds and help build that soil for better moisture retention.

 

[WthrLady]

I am plopping myself on the tractor today and moving about 100 cu feet of compost and manure into the hayfield today and spreading it. Then I'll water the orchard.
I'd rather be writing and getting fall photos online, but it is what it is.
Yesterday we drove up to Loma to pick up some things and I saw what I thought was a bolt sticking out of my tire. It turned out to be a 150 year old, hand forged, iron nail. I must have picked it up when using the truck in the pasture chasing the cattle. There used to the old original homestead here. Cool, but cost me $250 for a new tire. It was in a place that couldn't be plugged. Still neato.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Cool hand forged gotta love that be worth the tire

 

[Compost King]

Although if you can. your top eyehook should be reset with an upward angle, so the downward pull of the chain and door set it in the wood, as opposed to pulling it out of it's own hole. Also, if your door will be covered in the same poly-vinyl sheeting, make sure it is tight and that the wind won't allow for banging against the chain, as it will rip.
Top dressing strips on the plastic sheeting attachments outside will prevent tearing as well.

It looks WONDERFUL!

The last time I did what you said with the angle of that eye I ended up bending the threaded metal which lead to a sag. But that was on a giant gate with much more weight. The door is going to be wood because that's the north side. No need for anything clear on that side. I am actually putting the wooden wall up now with that dog ear fencing board. I start at the Hinge and go to the near side, then I start again at the hinge and do the door and the far side. I will go take a picture.

I like to start at the hinge so I do not need a rip sawed board near the most delicate point of the wall.I need to make sure the wall does not make the hinge/joints immobile. I only screwed 2 boards on and then realized I was hungry enough for a lunch break.

I am either going to need to rip saw a board which is not easy with this wood due knots causing the wood to break when rip sawed, or have a bit of an over hang which may or may not be a problem. Cross that bridge when I get to it I guess.

Above is a view from the inside, Depending how cold it gets inside I make have to use silicone caulk at the cracks. I am not going to stress it too much because it might not get cold enough for that to matter. Nothing wrong with a little bit of fresh air coming in the cracks and on this vary cold days I can throw an old blanket on the wall to stop any drafts.

I still have a 1 foot gap up top, not hard to fix but I am leaving it open until the day before the first frost. I may discover I need more vents and fans and that gap is where they would go.