Food and fish up and running

Food&Fish

A bit more progress today [jees its cold ]
Front board on 2 sheets laserlight up ss shelf in and 2 power points

Food&Fish

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How good is gumtree
Been looking for a sliding door for the hot house
They all go for over $200 [to much for a man of my meagre wealth

]
So looked on gumtree ,In the wanted section a sliding door $50
Hmm I wonder if somebody offers 2
Ring him [no I don't want one I want to sell one ] his misses put it in the wrong column
Yep I will take it of to melton in 1 hr I had a $50 door a very happy chappy

Mel Redcap

Good thing you called! That was a lucky impulse for both of you.

MrGrumpy

Food&Fish wrote:

How good is gumtree
Been looking for a sliding door for the hot house
They all go for over $200 [to much for a man of my meagre wealth

]

I've found the Buy Swap Sell on facebook (if you use it) to be really good for stuff. Generally everything you could want comes up at one time or the other...

Food&Fish

Done and dusted

Food&Fish

All sealed up and ready for action
Starting tomato seeds tomorrow

Mel Redcap

Awesome job!

dlf_perth

Be interesting to see how the polycarbonate sheeting goes over something like glass.
Will you be keeping track of inside and outside temperatures F&F ?

Food&Fish

dlf_perth wrote:

Be interesting to see how the polycarbonate sheeting goes over something like glass.
Will you be keeping track of inside and outside temperatures F&F ?

Yes I will give it a good go
My mate has a polly house and he is still picking tomato

Food&Fish

dlf_perth wrote:

Be interesting to see how the polycarbonate sheeting goes over something like glass.
Will you be keeping track of inside and outside temperatures F&F ?

Today outside temp 14 deg inside 34 deg

Mel Redcap

Wowza!

dlf_perth

>> Today outside temp 14 deg inside 34 deg

wow, that will ripen tomatoes. Plan B will need to be a venting option for when it gets too hot ;-)

actually forget the plants, with cold days we are having at present would be worth moving in there ;-)

then have an excuse for cold beer.

does it hold the heat - or is that just the full sun temp then dives once sun goes down ?
not much insulation in poly I wouldn't think.

Food&Fish

You are right it dives once the sun goes down
In the last house I had a full ally'eden' glass house and when it was 00 outside it was maybe 1 inside
You need a heat sink ,I am going to heat the insulated garden beds also the water sump during the day and use it at night
I also have a nat gas hothouse heater it has a thermostat so when the setting is reached it turns down
Gas is just along the shed wall 20 ft away
Heres photo of the heater I picked it up from an real old traditional glass house that was being demolished years ago in Toorak Melbourne

Food&Fish

AAn old mate old sid [pore bugger has been dead 20 years ]
Used to always have tomatoes before me
All he had was a lean too glass house made from old windows
And he used to heat it at night with tow of these hurricane lamps

gnoib

That looks great FF. How cold does it get in your neck of the woods ?

Just on the side, I allways love it, if I see pictures, which show that I am not the only one with a nice junk yard around the house

For never know what you can use it for, don't ya ?

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