Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarApr 2

Next job: Removing the concrete pylons that formed a foundation for a greenhouse that must've collapsed some time ago.

We want our kitchen garden in that area (the soil is great), but a bit further from the big spruce as its roots compete with anything we tried to grow there last year.

The huge concrete beam is a little on the heavy side for my machines. You can see the excavator at tipping point there, but just about lifting it and I did wheelies on the tractor but managed to drag it out the back gate with some tricks.

One more to go.

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Show threadskuaApr 2

@yngmar

That frame that you dismantled.
Would it have worked for running on top of two parallel concrete beams and flattening off the soil between between them?

Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarApr 2

@skua Hah, you're far more clever than the previous owners for sure 😆

But no, it wasn't that wide. Plus there was a greenhouse on top of these beams until a few years ago, we have the scrap metal frame and a huge wooden chest in the barn full of most of its glass panels, which they saved and packed in there nicely.

Perhaps one day we will turn it into a greenhouse again. But a sunken one and not in this location. And definitely not this summer :)

Show threadskuaApr 2
@yngmar
A sunken greenhouse - oooo - that's an interesting idea.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarApr 2

@skua They're perfect for this climate. For a month now we had sun and warmth daytime but still frost at night. Using soil to store the heat would extend our growing season a month on either side.

And since we have the digger...

Show threadskuaApr 2
@yngmar
Being pessimistic at times I'm going to ask, " How high does the water-table get?"
Show threadmcSlibinas
@skua @yngmar from 1 meter deep till 24 meters. My grandpa's house has 22 meter deep well, under my yard water table is 1-2 meter deep.
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