Finished Greenhouse

Finished Greenhouse

1/06/10 The finished Greenhouse with the play yard. Click on the picture and it will fill the screen. Yes, that is a 35′ Pirate Ship in the background. It has been nearly 2months since starting this project and nearly 7 months since we left Bohol. When this project is fully functioning, it is expected to yield [...]

Re-raising the hoops

Re-raising the hoops

12/28/09 Raising the hoops (a second time) after re-enginnering. Here we are raising the North wall. The roof is 5′ lower than the previous attempt.

Wind Storm

Wind Storm

After a 50 MPH wind storm this was all that was left of the Green house. Oh well, just a minor “speed bump”. Back to the drawing board. Just need to make it stronger.

Digging the Pond

Digging the Pond

11/18/09 The backhoe is digging for the future fish pond.The pond is going to be 4′ wide 5′ deep and 28′ long. It is going to hold about 15 cubic meters of water (about 4,000 gallons). The white posts are actually 2″ PVC that we cemented into the ground to keep the finished Greenhouse from [...]

Breaking Ground

Breaking Ground

11/16/09 It has been about 5 months since the Bohol team (Harry, Carol, Abigail, Reinier, Derek, and I) arrived back home. In that 5 months there was a lot of research and fact finding going on. The premise behind this project was that Harry Smith wanted to find a “Livelyhood Project” that would feed a [...]