food homestead

Growhouse tumbles…

Windy aftermathWhen I got home from work today I was surprised to find the growhouse on its side with all of its contents scattered upon the ground around it.

I thought I paid particular attention when I placed it down wind of the log rack, and even monitored it during some breezy evening earlier this week.  It appeared to hold fast so I didn’t think I needed to tie it to the log rack.

All was going well until I removed the two transplant blueberries from the bottom shelf.   I failed to consider that these were serving as the ballast for the whole growhouse.

Considering the mess, there weren’t too many damaged plants (the photo was taken after I regrouped everything).

Seeing that we have good weather forecast for the near future, I was thinking about transplanting many of these starts into their final containers.   I guess my decision has been made for me.