Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Nice greenhouses gentlemen

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, baffles me why your church isn’t open. We only did streaming for 9 weeks, and have been meeting in person since end of last may. Today our church had a ladies day, both in person and streaming. I was there to do the technical work to make it happen.
Picked up bbq sandwiches from Lions Club fundraiser for lunch, got cider and a cherry pie from the orchard.

Took up the rest of the black plastic from the garden, swept area with metal detector and found 6 more pins in the ground. Tilled it all again.
Mowed all the yard and field.

Used grapple to move the old water heater to the barn. It’s been sitting out behind my house since I replaced it last winter. Tore the heat pump off with the grapple. The Freon was gone, which is why it stopped working.
Put bucket on tractor and back dragged the garden to even it up. It was uneven from only tilling part of it the last year. Also took out a ridge forming on the bottom edge of garden.
Then I tilled the whole garden again.

 

[rswyan]

Best wishes for Ron and hope he is doing fine. Ron you are missed.

Yup.

Ron was the first TBN'er to reply to my first-ever post on TBN after I registered back in 2004, when I was researching the Kubota 2910.

Nice guy ...

RS, that's a mighty long to do list, or perhaps did it list.

Well, you know: best laid plans and all that ...

It's 52 and RAINING here now ... and has been for some time ...

It's just a light drizzle though.

I did manage to get all the cats and fish fed, loader put on the Kubota, picked up 11 bags of grass clippings and some sticks from the neighbors and got those put on the compost pile (but not buried), and got the Menards order tweaked (but not actually placed - need to go over that with The Woman when she gets home and see if there's anything she needs)

Also lit off the burn pile since - RAINING - so why not ?:

It's still going as of a little bit ago, even with THE RAIN.

You must be eating your Wheaties...

No, but those do sound good ... haven't had them in quite awhile.

The remaining redbud tree is still in bloom ... even the large branch/trunk which was broken off in a wind storm (mostly behind and to the left of the tree itself):

 

[Buppies]

Nice looking garden BEF

 

[txdon]

Potatoes blooming.
Good evening! 77 clear skies. We had 3 hundredths inch rain yesterday so I had to turn on the garden irrigation today. Sluggo worked along with the bud light beer- no more pill bugs munching on the leaves. Could not find even one. (Unless they are under ground sleeping off the hangover.)

Got an email that tractor work was needed in the garden - finished that in 30 minutes. Our barn’s two sliding doors have been replaced with a power overhead door, much nicer.

Time to walk the Whip.

 

[rswyan]

Looking at this page currently

Canopy Frame Connector Fittings for 1 3/8 or 1 5/8 Chain Link Toprail

Canopy Connector Fittings for Low Pitch Canopy-High Pitch Canopy-Flat Roof Fitting-Shed Roof Canopy

tarps.com

Ahhh ... yes.

I'm actually familiar with those ... think I have about 8 of the 3-leg corners up in the shop from long ago. But they are only for 3/4" or 1" EMT.

Good to have a source for all the various types though ... thanks ...

Share a bit more about your plan?

No real plans as far as a greenhouse goes. At least at the moment.

The polycarbonate greenhouse panel I mentioned recently isn't for a greenhouse - I cut them up on the table saw to make lids for fish tanks.

Works pretty well - the clear panels are around 90% percent transmissive as far as light goes, and they are sturdy, lightweight, and easy to handle.

And much cheaper than glass tops ...

 

[sodamo]

Give some thought to the wind rating of those fittings, and the EMT between them. I used to have (hint) a 10' x 30' tarp frame I used on the side of my house down in the SF Bay Area, and it worked just fine. The wall of the house was on one side, a 5' wooden fence on the other. There was wind there, but it was a very sheltered location. I brought it along with me when I moved up here, and installed it in a fairly open area. I used 1/4" aircraft guys at each upright, anchored to 2' x 3/8" rebar driven into the ground. While I was out of town, a storm with 40 MPH winds came through and wadded that thing up like a piece of typing paper. None of the fittings broke, but not very many pieces of the EMT did; they were either badly bowed or bent like a pretzel.

Thanks RNG. So, likely I will use 1 3/8 top rail as it is beefier than EMT. Each leg will be fastened to the concrete and the upper roof firmly attached to the garage wall. The garage roof will actually overhang 3 feet. This area just might be my most sheltered corner, especially from the prevailing winds.
Here is an updated drawing using fittings from that site.

 

[sodamo]

Lookin good, Dennis

 

[sodamo]

RS.
What blade do you use? Any special technique? I’ve had the panels chip when using a skill saw type. I’m like going to have to cut the roof panels for the green house as looks like my only choice is 8 or 12 ft. Hopefully I can avoid cutting the walls, but that might be too lucky. I haven’t measured the legs yet. My garage roof is 3:12 pitch and this will tuck under.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

RS.
What blade do you use? Any special technique? I’ve had the panels chip when using a skill saw type. I’m like going to have to cut the roof panels for the green house as looks like my only choice is 8 or 12 ft. Hopefully I can avoid cutting the walls, but that might be too lucky. I haven’t measured the legs yet. My garage roof is 3:12 pitch and this will tuck under.

I bet those fittings will work perfectly for you David. I have a bunch of those for 1 1/4" pipe, left over from a 16' x 20' peaked canopy we used to have. I repurposed most all of the pipe (remember the front porch railings?). Those fittings are tough, especially if you anchor it as described.