The Greenhouse Part 2

It's about weekend #5 of greenhouse construction here at the farm.  What I had hoped to get done quickly has ended up being more involved.  I suppose if I had built one before it would have gone much quicker.   I've been blessed to have lots of help along the way on the weekend.  It just wouldn't be possible to build one of these things by yourself.  This weekend my day labor included the ever reliable Paw Paw, along with a couple of our "City Friends" who came up to visit and got roped into helping.   

Kip and Shannyn Serfozo are friends from way back.  They are fellow food aficionados and we enjoy sharing good food and company with them.  They like to come up with their kids Gillian and Max to stretch their legs and see and taste what we have growing.  They rank right up there with our favorite visitors of all time. 

We worked on installing the polycarbonate end walls and framed around the openings for the fan and section above the door.  NOTE:  Do not install end walls or top covers on a windy day.  It was borderline too windy to do this work so I was happy to have some extra hands to hold things in place while we secured the walls to the frame.

Meanwhile, the girls and kids were mostly inside taking care of the food.  The Serfozos brought the dessert, which was an awesome chocolate chip bread pudding that was eaten in it's entirety by sundown.  Lunch on a coolish windy winter day was a choice of two soups:  creamy Potato Corn Chowder, with sweet frozen corn from our garden, circa 2006, and Tortilla Soup from the Santa Barbara Junior League Cookbook we picked up 13 years ago this week on our honeymoon.  Soup without bread is no fun, so Cheesy Poof bread from the Alton Brown baking cookbook was baked, buttered and scarfed. 

Overall it was a fun day and I hope to have the cover installed next weekend.  In the meantime I'd better get some seeds started!  Hopefully the ribbon cutting ceremony is not far away.

Note:  Kip is the cool guy in the city shades.