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Four day weekday weekend for me. Normally Tues - Thurs off but I get Fri off this week which also means a three day work week next week.

Gotta do a bunch of running around and spend a bunch of money to get vehicles renewed. Proof of Personal Property tax being paid up is required to renew registrations. I call it the buy your stuff again tax. Insurance, inspection stickers, registrations. Stickers and insurance might have to do for a couple more weeks. I'm sick of seeing my whole paycheck go in two days.

Went to tractorsupply.com and evidently they have a new store closer to me. That could be dangerous, speaking of money.

A 330' roll of 48" goat fence is up to $400 now. Would fence in the tunnel with enough room for outdoor rows(tater time) and a few fruit trees.

Got my post set in concrete for the rain bucket. Got a piece of marine grade plywood to cut a circle from to mount on top of post to screw bucket to.

Rain gauge requires a Digital Input and I only have two controllers with that and one is that big controller which I'll need out there eventually anyway. The other one is up here at the house and staying here. Looked at big electrical enclosures and it's either $100 for china junk or $400+ for brand name.

Little antique fridge is getting moved to the tunnel in the next couple of days to house automation stuff, tools and supplies. I'll rig a piece of metal roofing over it for now until I get some universal fridge gasket for it. Will shade it too.

Gotta start thinking about how I'm going to frame in the tunnel end walls and what kind of doors I want. I've seen 36" entry doors up to full width roll up and everything in between. Sliding doors are popular but limit you to half the width of the tunnel.

I also want a lean to shed on the NW end so that has to be taken into consideration.

Commercial roll up door

Not so commercial version

Now that I look at those and thinking of my frame, same deal. Full width would be too short and sliding doors would be less than half the tunnel width.

Anyway, 10am and still in the 70s so I'm going to wonder and ponder and move that fridge shell. See if that new batch of direct sow seeds germinated yet in cooler soil temps.

So excited to see what you MacGyver for the doors. Our ‘hoop house’ at Jung’s was very much like yours, though filled with waist-high benches to hold higher-end product and rails for hanging baskets in the spring and then we set it up for greenery and fresh-made wreaths at Christmastime. I loved that Hoop House!

I walked into my greenhouse yesterday and there was a Chipmunk sitting on the bench. He saw me, did a double-take and I SWEAR he said, ‘EEEKK!’ and scurried away, LOL! Wish they weren’t so cute. It’s the only thing that keeps me from doing them bodily harm.

So far one cat and the Beagle have taken out two of them, but that’s a drop in the bucket.

Soil temperature of 98 frikkin degrees WAS the germination problem. Most of what I re-sowed has popped up.

Got a half a dozen shishito ready to pick. A Rutger’s tomato turning color. Squash is a foot tall.

Fridge has been moved to the tunnel. Gotta drill a hole in the bottom for the network cable and 12 vdc power to go into it.

Broke for lunch but heading back out to do that and get things rewired and I’m bringing my shop fan with me cuz it’s warm. That and an old RV stereo that will get installed inside the fridge. I’ve got an old pair of outdoor speakers too.