Installing a Door on the Hoop House...Finally

I have been nagging john to put doors in the hoop house since I saw Grant and Christy's slick setup.  They have five hoop houses and all of them have screen doors on them.  Not to say that the zippers on John and Lissa's hoop houses are that bad, its just that doors would be so much easier especially when harvest time comes around.  John and I took lots of measurements a few days ago and he went out and bought all the lumber we would need to frame the door.  This morning as I finished organizing the catering kitchen/CSA staging area John finished the door frames.  I guess I did not realize how many steps there are to installing a door, it took us a large chunk of the day to finish it.

Frame is in

Almost done

Just need to clean up...

Now I just need to nag him enough to get him to put the other one up.  The frame is built and I think the second door will take a lot less time than the first.  Stay posted to see how long it takes.  The lilies in the hoop house are starting to bloom. they are so beautiful.  They will be a burst of color to look at while harvesting vegetables in the first hoop house.

We were sitting down to dinner when a huge porcupine came waddling through the yard. I have never seen a porcupine before, so it was pretty exciting for me.  John told me that porcupines eat leaves and berries in the summer but in the winter they will eat bark, he has seen an entire tree stripped of its bark and killed by a porcupine.  I had no idea porcupines can climb trees.  I wish I had my camera, he was a very handsome porcupine...as handsome as a porcupine gets.
I have started sprouts.  Lissa wanted to run an experiment to see how long it would take to grow sprouts.  We would like to be able to offer them to the CSA, but we need to figure out how much time and space it will take to grow enough for the CSA members.  Sprouts are the easiest thing to grow, with a small initial investment of seeds and sprouting trays, you can eat fresh sprouts all year long. 

First, soak seeds for 6 hours

Then rinse a couple times a day until they are desired height.

 I will post another couple of pictures of the sprouts soon.  They take an average of 5 to 6 days to grow fully.