February 17, 2005
Ice Station Alpha
Not really Ice Station Alpha. Just Peter sweeping the snow off the greenhouse. In the first photo, if you look carefully, you can see the snow sliding off.
The snow is piling up outside, but there's no snow inside the greenhouse, even with no heat except the sun. Just mud inside, I think because under the top layer of mud, the ground is still frozen, so the water has nowhere to go.
Cool pics.
Posted by: JDAZ at February 18, 2005 10:05 AMHoly smokes. Looks cold and eerie up there. I'm not sure Christo's Gates would stand up to that kind of weather.
Time to turn the heat up!
Posted by: mike at February 18, 2005 10:14 AMAs luck would have it you had the weather to get the plastic on while the mild temps were there. That may not happen again till REAL spring gets there. So you MAY have gotten a leg up on the game. Mother nature throws a great screwball!!
Posted by: John at February 18, 2005 11:04 AMthe greenhouse gods were indeed very kind to us. we go the plastic up during a stretch of warm, high pressure, with no winds. these pictures are from a snow storm that came through only a couple of days after the plastic went up. we probably got about 18 inches of snow, and more has piled up since then. although that isn't that much snow for up here, it is enough to make us glad the plastic was on.
Posted by: peter at February 19, 2005 12:11 PMWow, awesome greenhouse! Peter, do you mind sharing where you purchased that kit?
Posted by: sarah at February 20, 2005 09:34 PM