Last week we brought in a large excuvator and dump truck prepare the site for the new greenhouse.

A few different things are occuring at once.  The large top soil pile in front of the farm (collection spot of topsoil from when the mudponds were made) has to be moved and restock piled for later use.

The gound on which the greenhouse is to sit has to be brought up to grade with the areas of the farm that we have raised over the year, to control run off water.

This site aswell is the last place that the natural clay on the property runs. 

Mat plans to reshape the “oval pond” which is located in the front of the farm, while he mines out the clay in the area.  The dirt he will be moving to get to the clay will be used to bring the greenhouse site up to grade.  The clay will be stock piled to prepare any damage mud ponds, leaving a some clay,  that will form our new “oval” pond…

Moving the fiberglass tanks  is now on  day two..Not the plan we had, since we are renting the machine by the day. But, more important, Mat was hoping to have the tanks moved before the forcasted rain arrived.

Unfortunally, we did not get the tanks all moved yesterday and after a night of heavy rain, the guys came into a very wet and muddy farm with this morning.  The wind is adding to the not ideal conditions to be moving these large tanks. But, we can’t go onto a third day of rental, so the job had to be done.

Yes, Mat is talking on his cell to a customer while running the machine! 

For more years then i can remember, we had large black fiberglass tanks sitting behind our office. These 8 large tanks were orginally to be used in our greenhouses, but we were unsucessful in using them as planned.  They were then placed aside until another project called for them. 

Our new greenhouse, which does not call for them,  is planned to go up right where these tanks are sitting.

To move these large tanks required us to rent a large crane to move them – no, nothing here is easy!

I was on the phone when i looked out my window and saw a large tank in the air..i yelled i had to run and my customer yelled “GRAB THE CAMARA!”

The tanks are being moved the the opposite side of the farm, near the Turnpike.  They are planned to stay there and in the future be used as winter storage for our small tosai that have to spend the winter in the mud ponds.