Week of September 1st

After several days of letting the concrete set, the excavator and plumber came, and the work began in earnest. Trenches were dug, and electric conduit and plumbing were buried in them. A 1200-gallon nutrient tank for the lettuce and a smaller tank to collect excess tomato nutrients were buried just inside the future back walls.

We made use of the excavator being here, and he dug a two-foot-deep trench around the perimeter of the greenhouse in which to bury insulation. It was amazing to see the precision and speed with which he was able to dig the trench. We were so thankful to not have to do all the digging by ourselves or by hand! Ryan and Ken worked hard in the hot sun covering everything back up with the dirt after the appropriate materials had been buried.
We dug more trenches in which to bury some of the preliminary geothermal piping. The geothermal work will be finished once the soybeans are harvested from the front field.
After all the excavation was finished, hours were spent cleaning up the hard-packed dirt and large rocks that had been brought to the surface to prepare for the four inches of stone and four inches of concrete that will cover the floor next week.