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Thanks chevyguy for the helpful safety tips. Much appreciated.

No way to saw them in half from a thickness perspective. I could have just kept planning them thinner if I knew before they were painted that it would have been an issue. Next time I make them I'll find some thinner boards. Question is, what is Santa's workshop going to work on this long Thanksgiving Weekend? No immediate plans, but it is supposed to be cold and miserable so finding something to do indoors is a good idea. As always David, thanks for leaving the great feedback, always appreciated. Not that anyone would be interested in buying any of these online (shipping is expensive) but I did just stand up a site through Buy Me a Coffee where I could post / offer them up if any one were interested. Check it out - just click on "SHOP" tab at the top, you will see a lot of familiar looking crafts. buymeacoffee.com/trynewthings And Happy Thanksgiving David!!

Merry Christmas to the Kitchen's as well Dave. I would say Happy Thanksgiving... but you all enjoy that holiday when it should be celebrated. End of November is far too late to enjoy Thanksgiving in my opinion, that said, I will not complain about the long weekend we are about to enjoy.

Howdy Paul. By Terrace you mean? It is kind of terraced, cut into the hill on one side, filled on the other. Is a single Terrace a Terrace or does it take two in succession to be called Terracing?

I am jealous of your backlog of great sounding projects to work through. Given the name 'Cajun' I'm betting you are quite a ways from Kentucky for me to come help out. We actually lived down in Cajun country for a while. In 2000-2001 lived in Baton Rouge. Great experience. Thanks for the feedback TCH, have fun with your corn shellers :)

I have discovered Mark that I really.... really enjoy gardening. Have Part 2 done and pending upload, where I finished the landscaping and removed the tree, Part 3 I hope to start this fall, but may already be too late to get more topsoil and compost, but at least I can get the deer fence up before Christmas maybe. Now that I have to re-route the fence, I think I will also extend the two smaller gardens at the bottom of the hill below the raised garden bed area. I'm also thinking of learning more about 'beneficial flowers' for the garden and planting those next to the current raised beds. So many plans, so little time and money :) You snowed in yet up there Mark? My dad up in Moncton says they have gotten some snow, but not enough to add up to anything just yet.

@TryNewThings No sign of snow for us yet. 8° here now. I'm in hospital in Trruro right now. Hoping to get out today. Spent 11 days in here over the last few weeks. Bacterial pneumonia in both lungs + COPD. I love looking at the Vesseys seed catalog over winter dreaming of spring and summertime gardening!!

You take care of yourself Mark, praying for a speedy recovery and that you get to go home and stay there.

I used oversized washers to minimize chances of pull out or damage. It does impact the integrity a little bit, but I’m not worried about it. I use them all the time and it has been a while since I filmed that video with no issues. Although my d rings are no longer nice and shinny. They have rusted a bit.

Agreed. May have to make some more for next season, see if I can sell a couple.

Tried to line up the rafters with the vertical seam locations. Did not account correctly for the piece thickness that joints one sheet to the next. So I was out a half inch for each subsequent sheet (if I did not trim them)

@@TryNewThings THs is the exact thing I was needing to hear. Thanks. These companies that sell the plastic have minimal information on rafter spacing, I h=guess if a person uses purlins, they can get away without the company's information. Thanks again !

Tough one. I have both. If I were to say one better than the other I would say liquid ballast. The extra weight lowers center of gravity, improves balance when lifting with forks/bucket, and helps provide more traction.

Unfortunately your story is not unique. Neither about the tractor or the service after the sale. I’m hoping I’m part of the majority. 430 hours with no major issues. Although I may reinforce the front wheel connection in the spring.

Lessons learned :) I may actually make a few more of these, not sure yet. Do want to try and make one out of Bourbon Barrel Staves. But right now, focused on expanding the garden for next year, involves terracing more hillside, more topsoil, more rock removal, more fencing. Hope all is well up there in good ol' Salisbury Dave.

@@TryNewThings Things are good here my friend....and hope all is well with you and your girls. Merry Christmas, and I can't wait to see what you've got on the go in future videos.

I would be a bit concerned about the plastic directly over the heater. It will physically fit in that space, however as the heat rises, may melt or at minimum deform your plastic. You thinking of putting it at one end? You may be able to put some sort of hard cover over the top of it ?? Put it in a box at the end of the tunnel?? If your clearance was more than a couple feet I think I would feel better about the application.

@TryNewThings thank you. I'm thinking of putting it on a large, partially buried brick in the center of the greenhouse. I only need the temperature / thermostat to be between 55 and 60 degrees. Does it get to plastic- melting temps about 7 inches above the heater? The top is poly plastic sheeting with a bit of chicken wire. Harvest is about a month away, so this only needs to last until then.

@ you may be OK given you are not looking to maintain a high temperature. For more peace of mind… maybe dig out a slight depression for a few more inches of clearance. Best of luck with the harvest!

Awesome! Thank you!

They were not too overly hard, I say that, but it comes down to time. I just got done building my last two this past weekend. So I think I built 8 or 9 total.

Thank you so much HN. Appreciate the feedback. If you have not already subscribed... may want to consider, doing another garden expansion at the moment and more videos coming.

Thanks HN for the kind feedback.

Why thank you David. It worked... cat has not messed with it since we put it up. I do like a traditional 'green' Christmas tree, however until the kitty grows out of plant munching, I guess we will keep going with the 'stick tree'. Have a Merry Christmas!!

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Great points. A 2x6 is neither 2 nor 6, but I get what you are saying and would have been better off extending it a bit more. Thanks for the feedback.

We had a great year for gardening this year. Really lucky I think. Thanks Paul for the comment!

The blackberries was crazy good this year, but was 3 years coming. 2 years ago I got a good handful, last year they produced about a gallon, this year I think it was 5 gallons. Might add an extra row of them this spring. I have also planted raspberries for the same 3 years and they do not seem to catch on like the blackberries did, never getting more than a few little handfuls, so will dig up the ones that are still hanging on and replace them with more blackberries. I'm jealous of your garlic, this is my second year trying to grow it and no luck.

I disagree on the "can't have too many tomatoes" LOL - although upside was we made gallons of salsa, 20 jars of spaghetti sauce and we even made ketchup (no where as good as Heinz) but still good. Think we are set on Tomato based food for this year. Last year the wife let me know she is expecting more popcorn next year... so my plan to go corn free in 2025 may have been short lived.

@@TryNewThings I had 136 plaints one year... And stress ONE year...

The pole barn design (and build) for me came from Perkins Post Frame Buildings, Sparta KY, 859.307.1039. perkinspostframebuildings.com/ If you are talking to Bobby, tell him it you are interested in the design for the 40x50 he built for Chris Gladstone in New Castle.

Happy Halloween!!

Cheap and easy to use. worked on my 1" belt as well.

I would think fairly little. I can’t remember what I paid for mine at auction but was likely $50.

It actually taste great. Whole family really enjoyed it. Ready for Christmas 🎅🏼?

What is a 'chocolate' pepper? I'm going to have to look that up. Debating doing another garden expansion this winter in prep for Spring given the overall success we had this year. Not sure yet, would have to buy more electric fence if I do. We ended up with just shy of 500 lbs of veggies this year.

Looks like there are a lot of varieties of chocolate peppers. Worth a try. I like the look of the chocolate candy cane peppers.

We grew them one year. ​@@TryNewThings

Hello Ernest, here is how I hooked up the water pump. 120v. TNT #232: Long Distance Wireless Remote Switch Installation & Review th-cam.com/video/yZ9Hx5bXNLU/w-d-xo.html

Many commentators recommended getting the 5AH battery as well. It did great when I was connecting 4x4s on the rainwater storage platform, just struggled on the old fence posts. Enjoyed the metal braking short.

@@TryNewThings I was watching your rain catchment video again - can't get enough - I don't see the rain diverter in the list of supplies. Do you have that one you could add on?

I will send you a link. It does come with garden hose attachment. Which I just recently upgraded for more flow, I’ll send that along as well.

We went 5 weeks no rain here this summer and I ran out watering the garden so I’m thinking about adding 1-2 more tanks in the spring.

I would agree, little slow, however for the little volume I process, still meets my needs. Thanks for taking the time to leave the comment.

For sure. Trying to build a 6’ Christmas tree out of them but my 3/8” spine began to fail. Hope I can sort that out. How have you been? All good?

@TryNewThings getting by as good as possible. House been full of sick people for a week.

Get everyone healthy for Halloween! 🎃. Take care.

Like the contrast within your name. Thanks for the kind feedback. Much appreciated.

Thank you! Cheers! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Much appreciated.

Have a whole crate full of them LOL

Funny you should mention a larger one... My wife requested a 6' wooden Christmas Tree because our new cat eats any 'plastic' plant, then throws up on the floor (Yuk). So, I'm in the process of building a 6' version of this tree, with the tobacco sticks, on a 3/8" threaded rod, that you can rotate the branches on. Not sure it is going to work just yet, but I do have all the branches cut.

I would say that I probably have used the backhoe more than one would expect, and I'm getting ready to put it back on to expand my garden once again (soil is so rocky I dig it all up and take out the rocks with the backhoe first). I'm a little over 400 hours on it so far. No issues. However people have left a lot of comments on my RK videos and one theme that has bubbled to the top is "If something does break or go wrong, make sure you are near an RK dealer with good customer service and a better service (mechanic) department". It have found it to be very capable machine for me so far, and can't imagine not having one at this point. If the backhoe in particular is of interest I do have a couple videos on it - just go to my channel and my RK25 folder. I was in no way sponsored by RK, so what you see is my true experiences with it. If I were going to be putting a couple thousand hours a year on it, I would likely spend a little extra and go with a Massey or something, but for my needs a couple hundred hours a year, it has been great.

@@TryNewThings fantastic thank you so much!

I just gave you your 1000 sub. Whooohooo!!! Congrats

@@TryNewThings Wow, thank You!!

Welcome to the Summit Squad

Plugged into the provided thermostat, I set the temperature I want it to 'maintain'. Call it 50 degrees. If the temp drops below 50, the heater kicks on and runs until the temp goes up a couple degrees past 50 then it will shut itself back off until the temperature drops again. Could go days without coming on as long as the temp does not drop below the desired temp.

Just checked their website and the one pictured still looks like mine. Mind if I share your comment and concerns with them?

I will have to look up and save the name of the ones we planted they are very very good. And plant more of them.

If I knew they were going to do so good, I would have planted twice as much. Not much left in the garden at this point, everything has pretty much run it's course and it is too late to plant much else. Still have peppers and peas, and I went ahead in put out some lettuce and cilantro seeds to see if they could actually grow enough before frost. We had a good year. With the garden expansion this year my hope was to grow more than 250 lbs of vegetables... right now I'm at 494 lbs :) Not sure we can eat 4 gallons of salsa, but we will try LOL.

They are certainly... different. Not exactly my area of interest, but my daughter is a huge fan. She has another one not quite as big as this one as well.

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such a great comment. Sorry to hear that cart instructions are universally underwhelming LOL! But when it is done… sure makes weeding for a couple hours more tolerable.