We worked outside yesterday. It was 54 and full sun. Nicer day than they predicted!!! Breezy, but still warm enough in the sun to work without a jacket.
We moved all the wood from the greenhouse to one of the wood piles. I finished removing all the interior hardware used to hang pipes for the lighting, removed the two fans, removed all the Reflectix Insulation and cut it up so it won't take a lot of garbage bags to get rid of it. I also removed the front and back doors.
I saved all the brackets and the wood from the doors and will do so with a lot of the greenhouse as we dismantle it. It stuck me that I can make frames with the cedar and the brackets to put over our berry bushes and cover with netting for the summer! I will keep all the cedar that is in good shape...most of it. Some of the polycarbonate will be discarded, some will be saved for future projects.
The greenhouse looks so empty and sad since we started working on it this past Wednesday and today.
Here it is without the doors, raised flower beds in front, all the Reflectix insulation removed, all firewood removed, and all "everything" removed.
The Site Prep company is coming next Wednesday to measure, figure slope, materials, etc. I told them we would be ready for them by April 3rd, but it may be earlier. It takes 10-14 days to get on the schedule once you are ready to have the work done.
Today, I got the gutters off the greenhouse, removed the cage on the strawberry patch and removed any slate or concrete blocks on the door sides.
Tomorrow, we will start moving the strawberries down to the FF. So happy the weather is mild. Then, we just have to dismantle the greenhouse, but we have to wait another 1 1/2 weeks until our 10-foot stepladder arrives. We have a 6 foot one that we used to build this old greenhouse (you can see it through the glazing in the first picture), but that is when I would take the chance standing on the very top as I held on for life. I heard you can get hurt on a stepladder! (
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Gutters down, strawberry cage gone
Moved out of the way
Slate and concrete blocks removed
Footprint of new greenhouse will share the same line as the north and east sides of the present greenhouse.
10-foot Ladder for smart people who prefer not to fall and break ribs!
