[oldhaole]

So, we give this another shot. It's probably gonna sound clunky, after all it has been awhile since I last did this growlog shit.... that said, at very least the short days have lengthen into something we can work with. This hasn't been a particularly bad Winter. It started off sunny and dry, but the short days just killed the yield, no matter how sunny the individual days were. Then just into Febuary we got the Winter rains. Still, Spring is here,

Last year about this time, after watching Casper totally enclose his trip, I finally got on board. We needed to keep things dry. Outside, here, you're gonna lose about 20% to bad weather. It is possible, to most of the time, work around whatever weather is coming down the pike. That said, sometimes, inevitably, the rain and clouds are gonna bite you.

No more.

So, I got my toothpicks (to illustrate scale) out, made a list of available connections, then I designed and built a mock-up of what it was suppose to look like. I put it all over the spot I wanted to cover.

Then I got to work. Put the frame together, then dug holes and poured concrete footings so the frame was solid. The I ordered the clear tarp from the Mainland. Shipping the tarp to Maui was the most expensive part. The first greenhouse was designed to be full enclosed. Putting it together was easy. Everything fit right into place. Didn't expect that to happen.



When it was done it was too damn hot. So I removed two of the walls..... and it worked! Shortly after I built it we had the usual Kona Storm come through. I didn't know if it would be there in the morning. When the sun rose, sure enough, it was still there and all the plants in it were unmolested too.

Once the heat issue was fixed it all came together. The only thing left to do would be to tarp the gulch. Unlike the front garden, which has a nice compact layout, the gulch is one long row. The front garden is sheltered from the Kona winds, the gulch takes the wind head on. Frankly, the gulch is too long and steep for a single cover. So we're gonna build two identical covers, each one covering half the gulch. Since the top half gets better sun we did that first.

Just finished that last week.



So, the cover is now up. There is no reason to lose stuff to the weather anymore. Guess we're gonna need some new flavors.

Some of the shit we're gonna keep. Skunkdog, GG4, Chem D and Valley. This will all stay. Absofuckinlutely no reason to dump these.

Then the guys at Radio Ridge Nursery sent a good chunk of their inventory over here for us to try. It was parted out, and I got a third. We have Mother's Milk, Sherbert, Orange Wookie, Dragon's Breath, Nine Lb Hammer, Tres Fighter, and some shit called Prisim. I know... don't ask me where they get these names from....all of these just got put into flower..... soon we'll see it they are worthy.



Then from Maui, I have a Blood clone and a Champagne Blood clone. We also have an Elephant/Headband cross my partner made long ago. Add that to a local GSC cut and we have Scientist Diesel. Curious about this... heard good things.



Then we had the refugees. One of our mutual friends had a small problem. Not a big deal, just being safe, but he needed a friendly coast for his huddled masses yearning to breathe free to shelter in. "No problem, what are friends for?" I said. Soon I was taking care of quite the impressive nest of genetics. When the time came for the refugees to go back from where they came from.... let's call it Greyland, some of the hoard had decided to stay here. In the spirit of refugees I welcomed Firepie-13 and the Licorice Dog to their new home.



So what's that? Four keepers and thirteen question marks. Sounds like a full plate to me.

[Dirtboy808]

Nice to see you back on the bike. And a nice tarp set up, better then some houses.
I do like your logs. Have a great year. Aloha DB

[Chunkypigs]

the tarp set up is looking sweet OH! get yourself a cut of the Sour Dubb next time you visit Greyland, it's a keeper for sure.

will you set up lights on those frames so you can extend veg?

it looks like the frame is made from EMT and connectors, no?
could you post a picture of the framing in the peaks?