Ordering continued at a frantic pace: more seeds, small equipment, standard beehives, more bees. (We need pollinators; even though the bees were such a huge and expensive disappointment last year, we're ready to try again.)
I calculated, roughly, the size of transplants we'll need to do this year, and came up with the astounding figure of over 500 square feet. Especially astonishing considering the largest transplants (melons, squash, tomatoes, peppers) are in a 4"x4" container; the rest in 2"x2" or even 3/4"x3/4". How to keep that many baby plants alive? How many grow mats to buy? (How much will the energy bill be once we are using the mats?!)
The enormity of the task ahead boggles my mind, and, for a bit, made me question my sanity. The last few days, running on 5 or 6 hours of sleep, I wondered if we would die of exhaustion about mid-July, but I think, after a bit more sleep last night, and a feeling like we're closing in on all the purchases we need to make, that we'll manage.
Phil drove the motor home to the KOA Kamp to buy more propane, only to discover that they're closed until March! (Thankfully, we didn't need to dump the blackwater! That would have been more than annoying: it would have been desperate!) He went to the Co-op for propane instead, and by the time he made it back, the ground had again thawed too much to park. Tomorrow morning, though, we'll get the RV back into its spot, hooked up, level, and ready to cook and clean again. Warm running water—it's coming!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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You should never have to move the rv for propane. You need to buy a 100 lb propane tank and an Extend-a-stay hose. Then all you need to do is to take the tank and refill. Currently we are in a place that will come by and refill for us but I know that does not work anywhere. They dropped a tank for us (that we rent) and they hooked a long hose up for us. We NEVER move this rv. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. We had talked about it, vaguely, in August, and then just never acted on it. We'll move that up in the priority list because, yes, moving it for propane is ridiculous.
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