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Hello, my name is Judas Gutenberg and this is my blaag (pronounced as you would the vomit noise "hyroop-bleuach").



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   big glass installed
Thursday, December 18 2008
Using my makeshift handtruck of two by fours and casters, I was able to transport the first of the three big pieces of insulated glass to my greenhouse site before I'd had my first cup of coffee. It was lighter than I'd remembered it, and I was also able to lift it by hand and set into to place without assistance. I'd been imagining a team of at least two helpers for this job, but it was looking like I was going to be able to do it all by myself. I was impressed with the performance of the two inch casters as I crossed the frozen turf (still covered with an inch of crusty snow).
By noon, I had all three pieces of glass in place and I turned my attention to cutting the bits of wood to support the glass from beneath at their far edges and at their inter-pane seams. At the west edge of the array of panes, the glass but up against a wall of concrete blocks, so I decided to attach a board to the blocks using mortar. Temperatures were still a little above freezing, but I wondered how well the mortar would set after sundown, when temperatures would fall into the lower 20s. So as evening fell, I repeatedly sprayed the mortar with warm water. I also blocked holes in the greenhouse with pieces of styrofoam and random boards to better contain its geothermally-heated air. As evening feel, temperatures in the greenhouse were over 5 degrees more than they were outside despite the fact that the climate-containing shell of the greenhouse still has a hole in it of about 40 square feet (the triangles under the roof are open, there's space for a 51 by 30 inch window unit, there is no door, and there's a large gap around where the door will go).


Greenhouse at dusk today viewed from the southwest.


Greenhouse at dusk today viewed from the south.


Greenhouse at dusk today viewed from the southeast.


Under the roof of the greenhouse, viewed from the east.


Greenhouse at dusk today viewed from the northeast. Note the camouflage I'd painted on the concrete, lumber, and stryofoam to make the building inconspicuous.


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