Although I did think about the greenhouse a lot...
Monday, June 15, 2015
Nanaimo
We're back from Nanaimo, a four day coastal break from the coast. Odd that we enjoy coastal breaks when we actually live on the coast, but a change of location is always welcome.
Although I did think about the greenhouse a lot...
Although I did think about the greenhouse a lot...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Beer, Pizza, People and more Beer.
Persephone Brewing are generous when it comes to compensating their workers, beer, more beer, pizza and then a gift card for more beer. No wonder, despite our aching shoulders, arms and legs, that we are thinking of attending again tomorrow.
First photo, Karen, Dion (Brewer) and Brian Smith (CEO of Persephone). Second photo, Davey boy, well overdressed for the heat, tired, but loving the beer and the pizza.
Very happy day.
First photo, Karen, Dion (Brewer) and Brian Smith (CEO of Persephone). Second photo, Davey boy, well overdressed for the heat, tired, but loving the beer and the pizza.
Very happy day.
Rhizomes
Tuesday, day one at the Beer Farm, Persephone Brewing.
Our task was a simple one, plant a portion of 3500 centennial hop rhizomes (they cost a buck a piece) and in return, Persephone would supply, beer, pizza and more beer.
It's the first paid day of work for the pair of us since September 19th, 2007.
Our task was a simple one, plant a portion of 3500 centennial hop rhizomes (they cost a buck a piece) and in return, Persephone would supply, beer, pizza and more beer.
It's the first paid day of work for the pair of us since September 19th, 2007.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Green Toed Sloth
A lot of ladder work today so I was taking my time and being careful, it was very hot as well, so plenty of water breaks.
Karen took charge of the long pole thing with the big saw and snippers at the end and gave the trees a haircut while I went up and down, and down and up the ladder to finish the mid truss pieces.
Overall there are some small issues with tolerances, but not bad at all, I will be able to adjust things to make things "look" right and of course, I'm already in the process of forgetting where they are. After all, it's a greenhouse, not a landing gear.
Now it's time to "fill in all the holes" but there'll be no work on the greenhouse in the next six days as we have other plans.
Total cost of the materials for what you see in the photo, from the mighty spreadsheet, is $64.45
Karen took charge of the long pole thing with the big saw and snippers at the end and gave the trees a haircut while I went up and down, and down and up the ladder to finish the mid truss pieces.
Overall there are some small issues with tolerances, but not bad at all, I will be able to adjust things to make things "look" right and of course, I'm already in the process of forgetting where they are. After all, it's a greenhouse, not a landing gear.
Now it's time to "fill in all the holes" but there'll be no work on the greenhouse in the next six days as we have other plans.
Total cost of the materials for what you see in the photo, from the mighty spreadsheet, is $64.45
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Greener
Start of week two and the second end of the truss area is completed, a little window trim added and a whole litre of Copper II Wood preservative has been applied to the top bit, making the greenhouse a little bit greener.
Time for some reflection and calculation now, a little bit of planning for the roof panels and intermediate truss structure. There's no rush, besides, on Tuesday, and perhaps Wednesday, we will be up working at the brewery, planting hop rhizomes.
They're paying us in beer and pizza.
Lots of beer, the posted rate is a growler per hour (each) and we intend to do four hours or more. A growler is 64 fluid ounces. So that is good pay and in addition, we get to be outdoors with a great bunch of people and they feed us and I believe they provide beer during the shift.
Good rates of pay.
They're paying us in beer and pizza.
Lots of beer, the posted rate is a growler per hour (each) and we intend to do four hours or more. A growler is 64 fluid ounces. So that is good pay and in addition, we get to be outdoors with a great bunch of people and they feed us and I believe they provide beer during the shift.
Good rates of pay.
Friday, June 5, 2015
End of week one.
I'm officially tired as I sit here and quaff an excellent Steamworks Pale Ale. It's now been a full week and the bed and breakfast building, sorry, greenhouse, is progressing nicely.
It was a dual effort by myself and the lovely Karen to mount the massive 4x4 at the apex of the roof today, and no-one ended up with a concusssion, so we did well. In addition to the heavy lifting, it was obvious to me this afternoon that my tiredness is cumulative, as I found it almost impossible to put a screw in properly.
A couple of days break is in order.
The calculated eve angle was an exact 26.565 degrees but I'm finding working with culled and used wood quite fascinating, most are "reasonably" straight but some are quite a challenge to fit into the construction, at the end of the day, It's a greenhouse, and tolerances have to be quite generous and believe me on this one, they truly are.
It was a dual effort by myself and the lovely Karen to mount the massive 4x4 at the apex of the roof today, and no-one ended up with a concusssion, so we did well. In addition to the heavy lifting, it was obvious to me this afternoon that my tiredness is cumulative, as I found it almost impossible to put a screw in properly.
A couple of days break is in order.
The calculated eve angle was an exact 26.565 degrees but I'm finding working with culled and used wood quite fascinating, most are "reasonably" straight but some are quite a challenge to fit into the construction, at the end of the day, It's a greenhouse, and tolerances have to be quite generous and believe me on this one, they truly are.
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