Well before the snow hit, during the very, very cold snap we had a couple of weeks ago, our greenhouse heater broke down, and the pipes in the greenhouse burst.
We debated for a while on whether we should even bother fixing the heater. The part that broke was under lifetime warranty - because it never, ever breaks - but the labor of replacing it and fixing the faulty air intake to prevent this from happening again, came to over $1000. We went ahead and fixed it, but now we're trying to find a plumber to fix the pipes. And we have rather low expectations. With all the extreme weather that we've been getting, there are a lot of people with burst pipes in their homes, rather a higher priority than our greenhouse.
So, reluctantly, we will not be selling seedlings this year. I will probably start seedlings for our garden only, an amount that I can water with a watering can. But I can't imagine trying to do that with a jam-packed greenhouse.
On the other hand, that means I'm going to end up with a lot of spare seeds, so if anyone is interested in a seed swap, let me know.
Oh no! Is there really no other way to turn this around?
ReplyDeleteI am in fact organizing a seed swap for the Medford Farmer's Market, on February 21st and 28th, 3-7pm (i.e. market hours) at the Hyatt Place in Medford Square. I'll be minding the swap table on the 21st.
I may also try to put together a seed swap among friends after that (which I had already been planning to do), but I wanted to give the market some billing first.
Did you say you had Amish Paste seeds? If so, I'd love to swap something for that. I'm interested in trying them.
As it happens we were able to fix the heater and the plumbing, so the greenhouse is operational. However, after some soul searching we have decided we need to scale back on projects this year, so I think we will still not be growing seedlings for sale.
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