We had a big storm on Sunday night. At Henbogle, we received about 16″ of wet, heavy snow.
We were fortunate to lose power for only a short time; as of this morning, over 75,000 Mainers were still without electricity.
Our lilacs are not very happy about the snow load. At least one broke under the strain.
We were very lucky not to lose any branches from our beloved maple tree.
We made sure the birds had plenty to eat.
The deck was covered by snow. It is hard to imagine summer, or that our deck ever looked like the photo below.
This morning while clearing snow, I poked a hole in the hoop house. Sigh.
Spring is 24 days away. Bring it on!
February 24, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I know just how you feel :/
February 25, 2009 at 12:04 am
I believe this is the same storm system that blasted eastern Canada Sunday night. It’s so beautiful — my favourite kind of snow. :) I know, I know…enough is enough.
February 25, 2009 at 12:36 am
Brrrrrr.
February 26, 2009 at 11:00 am
Hard to believe. You have my sympathy.
February 27, 2009 at 9:29 am
I heard the Cardinal sing his spring song this morning!
February 27, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Enjoyed that winter/summer photo. It WILL be all verdant and green like that again, just maybe not in 24 days. :-) That is a beautiful shot!
February 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm
aaaah….how far is summer?? love the summer pic. is that grape vine?
March 16, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Hi WF,
Yes, that is a concord grapevine, it came with the house so it is at least 8 years old and probably many more.
March 16, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I’m so excited its hard to sit at my desk and concentrate. I have the base and the PVC up, 12 x 24, clamped on the inside, waiting for poly. How did you attached the purloins @ 36″ to the PVC?? And how did you attach the poly? Did you just drape it over from one side to the other and bury it? Does that hold it tight enough. I guess you also pulled it down and over the ends and then staple?? it to the 2×2? Your ends are nice, I hope mine turn out. Good job and thanks for your help. Ontario Canada
March 16, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Hi Beanhole,
We screwed the purlins onto the hoops using drywall screws (self-tapping screws). The purlins are screwed on over the plastic, which serves to hold the plastic on and taut. We left the plastic along the ground and stacked bales of straw over the plastic; next fall we will bury it, but we ran out of time this fall. In th esummer, we will roll up the sides to keep the heat loving plants in there from cooking. On the ends, we pulled the plastic taut and folded it into pleats to staple it to the wooden 2″x2″ frame.
I’ll write and post more about how ours is doing soon here: http://henbogle.wordpress.com/homemade-pvc-hoophouse-construction/ Good luck with your hoophouse!