14 May
The snow is over, lets turn summer back on!
Ok after the brief interlude of snow for a day and freezing temperatures its over .
This morning we awoke to find clear skies, but still a temperature or a mere 28 F ! brrrrrrr.
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- Sun after the storm
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- The greenhouse is the only thing not frozen
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- let there be sun, please melt the snow quickly
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- This mornings temp of 56F outside 28 F
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- The heater working hard
The greenhouse was heated to stop everything freezing, just a simple 1500w ceramic fan heater set at 55 F, it turned off and on a lot, so the greenhouse is holding some heat with its little thermal mass. We did try buckets of water in the green house to try and store some heat and absorb some heat, but frankly I am coming to think this idea is just a waste of space. Maybe the wall of water idea would work better . At least this method we used with water in buckets did supply some evaporation and moisture to the greenhouse in this dry climate.
Here is this mornings temperature being held mainly by the heater:
The heater working away..costing is money…(thankfully electricity is just 9.8 cents per kwh up here!)
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