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To: Diana in Wisconsin
This is my new noise maker sitting in it's new temporary home, the mini-greenhouse I was using for a seed tray rack. Always got too warm on the top shelves even without the plastic cover. Heat from the stacked LED lights. Could have spread the shelves out but then I would have had to kneel to look at bottom plants and stand on something to do anything on the top shelf other than peak at it. One long shelf will be much better all around.

Grabbed some shelf brackets after work today for the long shelf to put my seed trays in one row, end to end, and grabbed shorter brackets to hang the lights above them. Three of the shorter brackets and I'll run a furring strip or something across them to hang the lights from.

Need to get a few more of these ratchet rope gadgets. Pull the rope to raise, push a lever to lower. I've been messing around with little chain and S hooks which was a real pain with the stacked shelves. I've got two types and one lowers easier than the other so I'll go back through my ebay purchase history and grab more. IIRC they were the cheaper ones too. Little thinner cord but a 2' LED light weighs nothing.

Sun is on the shed right now but once it's down past the trees, I'll head back there and see about putting shelves up. I think I've come up with a simple design to hang shelves from the frame of the tunnel too. Custom shelf bracket that I could set tools/parts on and be able to move it with me. Thought of it while thinking about wiring and other work on the tunnel but I could also use them as seed tray shelves. Put another layer of plastic on inside of frame behind the seed trays. Chunk of shade cloth for a few days of hardening off. Could get trays out of the shed quick.

I grabbed a 50' air hose yesterday but forgot quick connect ends so I grabbed them today and will put those on too. Then the old leaky hose can come up here for the old compressor. I can shorten one end by a foot and get rid of the biggest leak. Need a new one but at over $40, the second one can wait. All I need up here is to fill a tire with a slow leak on occasion etc.

I don't know how the winery grape growers around here are doing this year. I used to drive by a few one my way to the old job and might have seen some indication.

495 posted on 08/15/2025 4:14:08 PM PDT by Pollard (Gettin' things done)
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To: Pollard

LOL! A new shed for your new toy. You are gettin’ things DONE this month! :)


500 posted on 08/16/2025 5:35:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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