A log with vague goals
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Dustin07
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yeah cost of living in Seattle is insane now. only state paying more for gas than a year ago I think.
funny thing is I love Seattle. I really enjoy playing tourist in a city only an hour away, and if I could afford it I'd totally do a skyrise condo type lifestyle in the right neighborhood. But even with the Mariners in the battle for 1st place right now, I have tickets for seats that are 4 rows back from the dugout and I can't find anyone who wants to go to Seattle with me to see a potential playoff team from fantastic seats, the locals all hate Seattle these days.
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This 1907 square feet Condo home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 98 Union Street #906, Seattle, WA.
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MrKleen73
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This is a lot like how I felt about Austin for a long time. Now the traffic is so bad there, and cost of living is so ridiculously high from everyone from blue states pouring in to save some money on taxes.... Now I still like to visit, bit no way I would want to live there unless retired and rich. I would either need enough money to stay downtown all the time or, what is the purpose of being there. The drive is ridiculous even if only coming in a short distance, and real estate has gone mad! One of my friends bought her house in a decent neighborhood several years ago for like 80,000 because it was kind of far out from downtown. Now her house is worth 590,000, and is only like 1350 square foot, so basically a shoe box here in Houston. My home is 3000Sq ft, and worth about half of that.yeah cost of living in Seattle is insane now. only state paying more for gas than a year ago I think.
funny thing is I love Seattle. I really enjoy playing tourist in a city only an hour away, and if I could afford it I'd totally do a skyrise condo type lifestyle in the right neighborhood. But even with the Mariners in the battle for 1st place right now, I have tickets for seats that are 4 rows back from the dugout and I can't find anyone who wants to go to Seattle with me to see a potential playoff team from fantastic seats, the locals all hate Seattle these days.
98 Union Street #906, Seattle, WA 98101 | MLS #2330226 | Zillow
This 1907 square feet Condo home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 98 Union Street #906, Seattle, WA.
Shadowblaze
Active member
Just wait until you guys find out about what it’s like to live in Vancouver.
I follow this one price of living channel on YouTube who posts comparisons of housing prices in Vancouver vs European castles, I’ll try to find the videos and send them here.
Shadowblaze
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gphagan1
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Oh no, that’s terrible….definitely will keep him in our prayers.Form the posts in the other thread, it sounds like Mike needs open heart surgery, infection in a heart valve, idk. Sounds really bad. I know bacterial infections can do that but I don't know anything I'm just guessing. Hoping for the best.
MrKleen73
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If it weren't for the possible infection that wouldn't be so bad, they have gotten really good with heart surgery nowadays, but the possible infection brings a much more harrowing outlook. I sure hope he recovers completely.Oh no, that’s terrible….definitely will keep him in our prayers.
Dustin07
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when I was spending a lot of time in Austin for work I shopped real estate there and I was shocked that comparable houses were 1/3 of the price here in Seattle, but then I realized the property taxes were much higher so final monthly payment was the same. But now Texas is talking about dropping state prop taxes?! game changer!! When I visited LA for work back in the mid 2000's I remember my supplier down there telling me that the traffic we sat in was normal (it was miserable). she said it was usually at least 2 hours a day for her. I literally remember saying "I'd never do that, not in a million years". Fast forward to 2025 and I'm literally doing that every day now. 1hr to work, 1 to 3 hours to get home. I truly hate everything about Washington except.... the views. we pay an arm and a leg to live under shitty politics unfortunately but its so hard to pull away from puget sound. my roots are so deep here.
MrKleen73
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How long ago was that? The prices have been skyrocketing the last 5 years or so. My friends house has gone up about 50-75g a year the last few years.
Dustin07
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OK now I gotta think numbers...
picked up the customer around 2007-2008 so I was going down about twice a year (always spring and fall for a few years), then my buddy (coincidentally my lifting partner with the big squat) moved down there to take over the account for me. Bought a house in Hutto for like $75k, got married, got divorced, sold the house for double, then moved back to WA before 2015 so it was in that 2007-2013/14 time span I think. my customers had this decently nice suburb house in Austin and was pissed cause his uncle wanted to sell it to him for $160k. which he thought was attrocious and I was like dude that's a $500k home back in WA. But that was before I realized his property taxes made the payment about the same as the $500k home back here.
I'll have to dig into my relics and find my Austin City Limits tickets to figure out what year that was. I have them framed somewhere.... I'm guessing 2011-2013.
MrKleen73
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Oh, well yeah that 160 house is probably listing for 500 now. Our property taxes are high, but I think school taxes which come as part of the property taxes are what really does it. I find it so annoying that renters don't have to pay property taxes, but they get to benefit off of my phucking tax dollars!!! They need to separate the school taxes from the property taxes and start hitting renters up too!!! Yeah, I am curious how they plan to get rid of the property taxes? I mean we ain't selling Mary Jane to get more tax dollars, so where do they expect the tax dollars to come from. We know damn good and well it will just be slid over to something else.
Dustin07
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I agree with all of that. I hate taxes, but I also wonder how they'll be replaced. WA can't even balance its budget as it is with the largest tax hike in our states history. I have for many years now pondered whether there should be a renters tax that is separate from the landlord and the rent to make renters more aware of what they are voting for when they vote for every tax increase. WA now has rent control and it's creating a miserable situation. since my wife is in property management they now have to account hours of extra labor basically into every house they manage just to send out multiple notices to renters of impending rental increases. they also have to send the fliers to Jane and John Doe incase the renters illegally have other tenants there who aren't even on the contract! Its causing all the landlords to by default, increase the rent at the earliest possible opportunity every single year because they know they can only go up X%. so all those rental units that wouldn't have seen a rent increase now see them. once again... extra government intervention costs everyone more money.
MrKleen73
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That just sucks, it is crazy how they can hold other people's property hostage. I can see people moving away from these states faster and faster, it is just unfortunate they are coming to Texas and Florida at a ridiculous rate. They better be ready to assimilate!!!
Smont
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Got poison ivy or something similar somehow on both arms and forearms
Took this in the morning, seems to have got worse so I'm gonna slather it with medicine and wrap them up for work.
This morning workout. First fully planned workout in a while, everything was far from failure except the strict OHP- and DB krushers. The goal was a pump and to not go ham on heavy stuff.
Tuesday night I did a few deadlifts up to 405X3
Box squats 375x3
Hack squats 100x20,20 and I couldn't really do anything else. Will hit a few sets of traditional squats and leg presses tonight where I can fit them in.
Will have a full outline for next week.
The question is, do I start a new thread? I've got a actual goal now lol.
Took this in the morning, seems to have got worse so I'm gonna slather it with medicine and wrap them up for work.
This morning workout. First fully planned workout in a while, everything was far from failure except the strict OHP- and DB krushers. The goal was a pump and to not go ham on heavy stuff.
Tuesday night I did a few deadlifts up to 405X3
Box squats 375x3
Hack squats 100x20,20 and I couldn't really do anything else. Will hit a few sets of traditional squats and leg presses tonight where I can fit them in.
Will have a full outline for next week.
The question is, do I start a new thread? I've got a actual goal now lol.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
That’s exactly what they looks like is poison oak/ivy. Calamine lotion or a diluted mix of water and Clorox will take care of it.
Shadowblaze
Active member
Yeah it would be a good idea to start a new thread, probably in the workout logs section rather than the anabolic one, I didn’t even know this log existed for a while since I’m never in the anabolics section
Smont
Legend
Just grabbed Calamine lotion after I made that post. I feel like anytime we had any kind of rash from anything growing up we used calamine
Smont
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We hide here and talk about life, steroids food and sometimes we exercise. Usually we just smoke pot and talk about food though
gphagan1
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Now that’s some pretty pictures….nice looking bud and nice looking grub.
LeanEngineer
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Just a couple mil for 1900 sq ftyeah cost of living in Seattle is insane now. only state paying more for gas than a year ago I think.
funny thing is I love Seattle. I really enjoy playing tourist in a city only an hour away, and if I could afford it I'd totally do a skyrise condo type lifestyle in the right neighborhood. But even with the Mariners in the battle for 1st place right now, I have tickets for seats that are 4 rows back from the dugout and I can't find anyone who wants to go to Seattle with me to see a potential playoff team from fantastic seats, the locals all hate Seattle these days.
98 Union Street #906, Seattle, WA 98101 | MLS #2330226 | Zillow
This 1907 square feet Condo home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 98 Union Street #906, Seattle, WA.
That's the biggest pro of the midwest is you can fine that for a tenth of the price.
Dustin07
Legend
LOL to be fair its sorta a Fraser type setup with that view of Elliot Bay in one of the more prestigous buildings in the heart of downtown. I definitely see starter homes in Tacoma from $200-300k but I also do see studios selling for $400k in more upscale buildings. the one I sold a few years ago was only like 600sq ft but man it was a sick bachelor pad!Just a couple mil for 1900 sq ft
That's the biggest pro of the midwest is you can fine that for a tenth of the price.
Smont
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Looking for some of your opinions. Ive been thinking a lot about talking to the guys/coaches and the gym owner about me stepping away from the gym for a while. I would still go workout at a regular gym in the meantime but I'm overwhelmed lately with life. My schedule for painting is full through September, I've been doing my online work and working on my garden but I'm also in the boxing gym 3 nights and Saturday mornings training/coaching ppl and I'm burned out. I'm on the go 7am to 830pm 3 days a week and still have stuff to do when I get home. I'm thinking as a sign of that I'm not walking away from anything I will ask if I can still come in Saturday morning for the Parkinson's class and I'll do the junior boxers strength and conditioning still afterwards but Monday - Friday I would like to step away for a few weeks to 1. Take a mental health break from all these obligations. Nothing I do is stressful, but the amount of things and management of my time is becoming very stressful and I feel like I'm in that fight or flight mode several times a day lately.
I think spending a few weeks just lifting at a regular gym where no1 is stopping me to ask questions and I have no ties to the ppl there will be a nice break.
I've known the gym owner since I was 17, he's more like a family member then a boss or coach.
I'm not looking for anyone to agree with me just to agree, I'm looking for your honest opinion. We recently started this strength and conditioning program, it's not in full swing after summer ends and the groups are small and inconsistent at that point, we have other coaches that can fill in if necessary and this wasn't my idea in the first place, they kind of dropped it in my lap. I'm not complaining about that, ultimately it's what I wanted.
You think it's understandable that I need some time to myself in the evening just to relax and get caught up on my own life for a while. I'm only thinking 2-3 weeks and I'll probably be itching to get back in there anyways
I'm just feeling higher then usual stress
I think spending a few weeks just lifting at a regular gym where no1 is stopping me to ask questions and I have no ties to the ppl there will be a nice break.
I've known the gym owner since I was 17, he's more like a family member then a boss or coach.
I'm not looking for anyone to agree with me just to agree, I'm looking for your honest opinion. We recently started this strength and conditioning program, it's not in full swing after summer ends and the groups are small and inconsistent at that point, we have other coaches that can fill in if necessary and this wasn't my idea in the first place, they kind of dropped it in my lap. I'm not complaining about that, ultimately it's what I wanted.
You think it's understandable that I need some time to myself in the evening just to relax and get caught up on my own life for a while. I'm only thinking 2-3 weeks and I'll probably be itching to get back in there anyways
I'm just feeling higher then usual stress
jfigliuolo
Member
You need to do what's right for you. If your feeling overwhelmed you NEED to step back. No shame in it. If you come back to it then great if not... that's fine too.
gphagan1
Legend
To be honest bro, all the things you were taking on in addition to your family life and work, I can easily see how all that could burn you out. And it’s obvious your heart is in it, but some times you have to reel things in and reset and adjust your priorities so you’re not spreading yourself too thin. And I’m sure everyone will understand, especially since he’s a good friend too. And if you feel like it would be temporary, just let him know you just need a break for a little while.
Hyde
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Obviously you expect some stress with these kind of commitments, but if you begin to lose focus from it then you’re not helping these people reach favorable outcomes anyway.
They always tell you to put your oxygen mask on first if the plane loses pressurization, BEFORE you try to help anyone else get air. Knowing and obeying your limits is the most responsible thing a man can do for those around him.
Your buddy will respect honesty.
They always tell you to put your oxygen mask on first if the plane loses pressurization, BEFORE you try to help anyone else get air. Knowing and obeying your limits is the most responsible thing a man can do for those around him.
Your buddy will respect honesty.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Best advice right here. Got to look after yourself because no one else will.
Smont
Legend
I wish that wasn't true but I know that it is.
If I could learn how to stop caring and worrying so much it would eliminate a lot of my problems. I used to have decent days where occasionally I have a little anxiety attack and something's bothering me, but lately I just feel like I have anxiety all the time and then once in a blue moon it goes away and it's like, oh my God, I can breathe for a min or 2.
I don't know if you've ever seen any of those memes that say something like.....
Are you a man and having a hard time, don't worry, no1 cares
Or happy Father's Day, here's your card, just remember, no1 cares.
That's how life feels lately
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Yeah you sound like you’re on overload right now. When we get like that it’s hard to stop worrying about things. Then we start worrying about things we have no control over. Take a step back and get your breath back so to speak. It’s too easy to take on too many things at one time even if it’s things we enjoy. I know you enjoy the hell out of training these young fighters but they will be there when you get back and everything will be fine.
And those memes…..yeah I love seen those and felt like that as my kids got older. I just felt like I was another person in their life and wasn’t important anymore. They’ve changed now as they’ve gotten older and tell me how much they appreciate me and what I’ve done for them.
Take an hour or so in the next day or two and think about what’s important now and what isn’t that’s in your life. Write all of it down and start marking things off that aren’t that important at the moment that you can’t go back to in a few weeks. Focus on you and your family first. Put food on the table and everything else is just fluff in life. Then ease back into the training and I think you’ll feel much better.
Dustin07
Legend
I had bought my wife a couple packs of seeds from that site you sent me, and 4 of her first 5 are already shooting fast. they went from barely breaking the dirt to +6" in like a day:
Smont
Legend
Once they get a little bit developed (about 2 weeks) separate them or one will choke out the others roots.
What kind did you get?
Dustin07
Legend
good advice, I'll let her know!
I screwed up the order a bit and ended up with 2 packs of cream and cheese. I thought I had ordered her two different strains but... it is what it is. her first attempt so it's all experiemental right now anyways. we know nothing about it otherwise so learning as we/she goes...
Segansational
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Smont, if you’re here verbalizing the challenges you’re facing with stress - then that right there is a sign it's time to take your mental health / workload into account. I'll overgeneralize and say that men keep most of our "stuff" internalized, dealing with it ourselves, until it gets bad enough it breaks through the surface. That's when you know it's gotten to that place where something needs to change.
So I 100% support your decision to prioritize for yourself. Now, with your friend, if he's a true friend he will understand. Of course though, with the class someone else will need to pick up the load. So see if you can help identify that person to take on your commitment, and you just have to be OK with the idea that it might not be run the same way / quality as if you were doing it. But some of that "letting go" mentality is also one of those things that needs to be done to prioritize your health.
So I 100% support your decision to prioritize for yourself. Now, with your friend, if he's a true friend he will understand. Of course though, with the class someone else will need to pick up the load. So see if you can help identify that person to take on your commitment, and you just have to be OK with the idea that it might not be run the same way / quality as if you were doing it. But some of that "letting go" mentality is also one of those things that needs to be done to prioritize your health.
Dustin07
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I missed this part earlier. my wife and I still wonder at times if her cancer was largely induced by stress. I've been back to the office for 1 day since taking a guys trip and I can feel the change in my health between a tighter chest this morning, mysteriously getting the $hits, overall poor mood and irritability.
you do blood work, you balance your substances, you do a million things for physical health but if you aren't keeping stress in check/balanced then you are missing low hanging fruit. I am a firm believer stress is probably the biggest toxin in our life over alcohol, cigarrettes, crappy processed foods. I've seen a lot of people live into their 90s with shitty food choices and smoking till death but I've seen work and life stress give people heart attacks in their 40s.
Smont
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@Dustin07 sorry dude I forgot about that. That's rough, very stressful, for both of you, your whole family I imagine .
Thanks guys, I was trying to respond to everyone and I keep stumbling over my words. So I'll just say thanks.
I took the last few days off. My priorities are 1. Working my main job and taking care of the house and family best of my abilities, 2. Is progressing as a person mentally and physically and the gym is actually a big part of that. I'm going to do less training other ppl and get back to what I wanna do for a while. I'm still going to be actively training ppl people but I'm going to take a step backwards and do the minimum. I'm also going to stop agreeing to doing all these extra activities that everybody always asks of me and no more working on Sunday's, ever, unless it's a 100% necessity. No extra gym shifts and no more new clients.
.Thanks guys, I was trying to respond to everyone and I keep stumbling over my words. So I'll just say thanks.
I took the last few days off. My priorities are 1. Working my main job and taking care of the house and family best of my abilities, 2. Is progressing as a person mentally and physically and the gym is actually a big part of that. I'm going to do less training other ppl and get back to what I wanna do for a while. I'm still going to be actively training ppl people but I'm going to take a step backwards and do the minimum. I'm also going to stop agreeing to doing all these extra activities that everybody always asks of me and no more working on Sunday's, ever, unless it's a 100% necessity. No extra gym shifts and no more new clients.
Smont
Legend
I also decided no real cycles for a while either. Im gonna do the "spots trt" thing for a while and just run test and GH at a little more then trt.
Like 250-300mg / 2-3 units through the fall. SLU might be permanently in tho.
Going back to the regular gym to lift today or tomorrow.
Trying to put together a 2 day split that I can just alternate back and forth 4 days a week.
All this is irrelevant I just like planning ahead even tho il end up changing things
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I'm definitely stressed out but sitting around doing nothing isn't helping much. Today I'm putting up a greenhouse to shelter my plants when it rains. Found some solar fans I'm gonna get 3-4 to put inside.
Good airflow keeps the humidity down, regulates temperature and keeps bugs away (a little).
Gotta stay busy and keep my mind occupied and worry about the things that need to be done and not worry about every single thing all the time
Like 250-300mg / 2-3 units through the fall. SLU might be permanently in tho.
Going back to the regular gym to lift today or tomorrow.
Trying to put together a 2 day split that I can just alternate back and forth 4 days a week.
All this is irrelevant I just like planning ahead even tho il end up changing things
. I'm definitely stressed out but sitting around doing nothing isn't helping much. Today I'm putting up a greenhouse to shelter my plants when it rains. Found some solar fans I'm gonna get 3-4 to put inside.
Gotta stay busy and keep my mind occupied and worry about the things that need to be done and not worry about every single thing all the time
subweevil
Well-known member
Very well put. Buddy said recently that if you're non-stop looking forward to a vacation you've got planned months out, that you aren't giving yourself enough me time. I said about 10 years ago that I'm not going to do anything that I don't want to do, granted, some things aren't the most enjoyable, but I find the positive of doing them. Keeps me on better terms with everyone and yourself through transparency and stress, because I feel if you need to explain yourself, you've already lost. The big takeaway is that so much more of our time is spent outside the gym than in it and there's no way I know to counter that, aside from sleeping in the gym lol. Should have subbed to this earlier. Good stuff here!
Dustin07
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@Dustin07 sorry dude I forgot about that. That's rough, very stressful, for both of you, your whole family I imagine
Thanks guys, I was trying to respond to everyone and I keep stumbling over my words. So I'll just say thanks.
I took the last few days off. My priorities are 1. Working my main job and taking care of the house and family best of my abilities, 2. Is progressing as a person mentally and physically and the gym is actually a big part of that. I'm going to do less training other ppl and get back to what I wanna do for a while. I'm still going to be actively training ppl people but I'm going to take a step backwards and do the minimum. I'm also going to stop agreeing to doing all these extra activities that everybody always asks of me and no more working on Sunday's, ever, unless it's a 100% necessity. No extra gym shifts and no more new clients.
Dude you know whats crazy is this weekend we had no holiday parties, no big family/friend bbq's. my wife and just homesteaded all weekend. chickens, garden, picked blackberries and apples so she could make a pie, cooked meat on the grill and hung out. At the end of it I couldn't decide if there was something wrong with me that I didn't want to socialize with 50 people all weekend and I was so happy to just be working with my hands and hanging with the wife the whole time lol. I do love my friends dearly but sometimes even all their parties and gatherings are too taxing on my time. I get more satisifaction from working on the house with my wife and balancing time, waking up with the sun and going to be early. feels a little like I'm missing out on something I'm supposed to be doing yet also feels healthier.
I'm pumped to see where this goes for you!! I can't remember which zone/climate you are in but we are slowly trying to do this as well. over the next few weeks as my wife finishes harvesting the garden, we'll move plants to the chicken coop, move her garden boxes to a big area of the yard, then put up the greenhouse. I'm curious to see how warm we can keep it effeciently in the winter, if at all. Then I want to attempt growing out tilapia. Her friend wants to butcher chickens and I have the space to raise them so we may attempt a small flock of like 40 meat birds in the spring as a 10 week growout phase, then she'll help me process them. if the tilapia go well, they are about a 6-7 month growout phase and by summer time I could be harvesting tilapia fresh from our own pond for dinner once a week.
I often have to remind myself that I'm grateful to have a job, the right mental space is everything!
Smont
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I'm happy with Weekends like you had. I blew off 2 parties, didn't have the mental energy for it. Stayed home and cooked on the grill.
I'm in Connecticut, we get really damp in the fall and the plants usually finish between October 1st and some strains can go into November so you gotta be careful what strains you grow. I actually got lucky and some of mine started flowering early this year I'm not sure what caused it but I'll take it, so I should have everything finishing during October but it can still get fairly cold and damp in October. Outdoors they will survive in the high 40s low 50s but they basically go into stasis they just kind of stay the same. Their growth slows down and they don't take up nutrients as well either. The cold can actually completely put a stop to it. And of course if you get Frost your plants f*****. The buds will be ruined, probably get mold.
(If you ever grow outdoors Don't put the weed plants in the chicken coop in the fall, the buds get very very sticky and every little speck of dirt or feathers or poop lol that get flipped up in the air will be stuck to the buds and you'll never get them off and you wouldn't want to at that point anyways
)Ya I'm hoping the greenhouse with the extra air flow will make the humidity less of a issue. I'm not going to be closing the greenhouse during the daytime because I don't want it to get moist in there. But later in the afternoon I'll close the doors so it can warm up and stay a little warmer over night. I'm confident I can get through the first 2 weeks of November and if needed il run a extension cord and put a space heater on top of a bed of cinder blocks. It's not some fancy set up but I'm basically just trying to help control the environment better then nature would allow that time of year
LeanEngineer
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Now a days I actually prefer weekends like this over get togethers. That's a sign i'm getting old
Smont
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I Just thought it meant I was starting to hate everyone and get annoyed by ppl drinking and being loud, stinking like a fire pit, kids playing on my lawn and stepping on my Tulips, I got the heat on and it's still 70 degrees outside and I like toast for breakfast.... Ok maybe I'm getting oldNow a days I actually prefer weekends like this over get togethers. That's a sign i'm getting old
jfigliuolo
Member
Welcome... we've been waiting for you.I Just thought it meant I was starting to hate everyone and get annoyed by ppl drinking and being loud, stinking like a fire pit, kids playing on my lawn and stepping on my Tulips, I got the heat on and it's still 70 degrees outside and I like toast for breakfast.... Ok maybe I'm getting old
Dustin07
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this is literally exactly the same setup I was contemplating for my wife's greenhouse, on blocks, etc. I was thinking about trying to get a small tank in there for fingerlings (either tilapia or rainbow trout) for the first couple coldest months of the year then move them outside the greenhouse for the next 5-6 months to grow out until late summer for harvest. that's all still in my brain/design phase. I haven't even built the greenhouse yet lol. But my goal if all goes well is to literally move who entire garden about 30ft to the side, then plop down the greenhouse where her current garden is. I'm thinking during the early part of the year, the end of winter, I might be able to create some positive air temperature combinging a fish tank in the greenhouse with the small heater like you mentioned but it's going to be a live and learn experiement.
we also need to fertilize better. I'm seriously thinking about bringing home 5 gallon buckets of cow manure from my parents house for her garden because the store bought fertilizers are a complete joke. My buddy spread a couple 5 gallon buckets of my folks cow manure on his little garden this year and after a few months of the garden doing NOTHING, it exploded in 2 weeks.
subweevil
Well-known member
Is it okay to think plans are okay to include "Nothing" on the to do list, and then reply to everyone when they ask what I'm doing say "Nothing"? Asking for a friend.Now a days I actually prefer weekends like this over get togethers. That's a sign i'm getting old
Smont
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Just remember, you don't want to put straight cow poop into your garden. You want to compost it first to kill e.coli and break down all the bacteria and ammonia.
As far as your green house ideas, and the fish, I like how you think! I want to eventually build a real solid framed 4 season greenhouse and I was thinking that a large inside fishtank would be a great idea, I don't know if I would do fish for food because I don't eat a lot of fish but I thought about doing some fish and maybe turtles or something like that. The waste water is free fertilizer, the tank of water itself is a big heat sink that can help keep the building warm at night, especially if it's heated tank. I think it would be cool to have solar up top and a wood stove inside so too and have multiple free or almost free ways to heat it December to March
LeanEngineer
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I agree with everything you said but this one
I gotta have it cool inside especially when I go to sleep or otherwise i'm sweating like a pig.
Smont
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Same here, but I remember my grandmothers house always being like 70+ and my mother-in-law, holy ****. It could be 70° in the evening in July and she will turn the heat on. She's also 100-110lbs and her heart is made out of solid ice frozen from her endless box of wineI agree with everything you said but this one
I gotta have it cool inside especially when I go to sleep or otherwise i'm sweating like a pig.
Dustin07
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you and I are 100% thinking along the same lines. You know whats a really interesting thought is my komado grill can burn for 12+ hours on 1 scoop of charcoal. if you piped that through the greenhouse you could grab a lot of heat for pennies and I don't think you'd have to deal with the carbon dioxide/smoke if you just ran a nice chimney, the longer the chimney, the more it's going to radiate heat throughout too.
chicken fertilizer is similiar but its far too hot so you need to compost it for a while before it's useable. one of the thoughts I have there is to start pulling out large amounts from the chicken coop now to create a compost pile, then put fresh soil in their coop for them to "fertilize" all over again.
we actually eat fish 1 to 3 times a week so food fish are important for my system but if they don't matter to you, then you could run probably like guppies or mollies since they're a bit more decorative, they breed super easy and fast and are cheap. or of course gold fish are cheap and can get pretty big too but I don't know anything about breeding them. I know when we were kids we dumped like 100 gold fish in my mom and dads pond (illegal as ****, lol) and they grew to over 12" and would be swimming around like Koi haha
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I think you construction skills are a lot higher than mine. I did build our chicken coop and I thought it turned out well but short term we are thinking of a simple greenhouse probably from amazon with polycarbonate because they're damn cheap and I keep researching that the polycarbonate is a better insulator than glass. I've learned quite a bit about grow lights from the reef keeping, and kept a grow light in my chicken coop for fall/spring to force egg production a bit which worked. grow lights can be super cheap (or super expensive) and I'd love to see if I could get those on solar. I've read a shitload on solar, but I've never actually deployed it myself so it will be a learning curve. I would think that connecticut winters get as cold as ours, but we get strong wind so I have some concerns that an 8x12 or 10 x 12 cheap greenhouse could get destroyed during the windy season if it's not heavy enough....time will tell....