What’s Getting Fixed (not neutered) in the Greenhouses
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EmailThere is always something to be fixed in the Gardens/Greenhouses.
We are asked quite often as to what we might be doing in the greenhouses this time of year. Well, we just don’t sit around and read comic books (some folks like to think so). A lot goes into planning and prepping for the upcoming season: evaluating what worked last year, designing, ordering seeds and plants, cleaning, organizing, and fixing equipment are just a few of the tasks, so far, we do in between comic book orders. Recently we tackled replacing tires on some of our wheelbarrows. Not with pneumatic inflatable tires that can go flat over time, but with solid core rubber tires. They never go flat. Now I know you’re thinking that those are expensive. Yes, they are. $36.07 each for the 10 we just ordered. But the gardens owns almost 20 wheelbarrows, and some are the double wheeled variety. With students mostly using them, there is a high probability that inflatable tires will go flat. And yes they did, when I first started 23 years ago. We were constantly putting new tubes in tires from sticks and thorns mysteriously ran over. So the manager at the time, Doug Badgero, started to convert the tires over to the solid rubber tires. BRILLIANT! No more constantly checking tire pressures and replacing popped tire tubes. $36.07 divided by at least a 20 year life span, is cheap. So, this winter we picked the worst of the tires that needed replacing and made it happen. That’s just one thing that was on our to-do list this winter. We definitely keep busy this time of year inside the greenhouses. Now back to taking our plastic pot inventory. Well, maybe after I see what Spiderman is up to…
