Tomato Starters

I wanted a variety of heritage tomatoes and the only way to get them is to start from seeds.  Well, Iowa doesn't have a long enough growing season to just drop the seeds in the ground, so I had to start them inside first.  That sounded great to me, but my family kept insisting that they be able to walk in the living room, so Plan B had to be implemented.  The greenhouse project was a simple affair.  PVC pipe and some plastic.  How could you go wrong?
Plan B-1:  wind plus square PVC pipe construction resulted in rubble.
Plan B-2:  wind plus A-frame PVC pipe construction resulted in more rubble.
Plan B-3:  Heavy wooden beams with an A-frame wooden frame construction plus wind resulted in success.  3-mil plastic covering the wooden frame plus wind resulted in shreds of plastic caught in the surrounding bushes and trees
Plan B-4:  Heavy wooden frame covered in 6-mil plastic plus wind resulted in repairable damage----I'M CALLING IT SUCCESS.  Seriously, where does this gale force wind come from?  30mph winds are called breezes here.  50 mph winds are not unusual at all.

The greenhouse was next to the fence until it hydroplaned across the cement during a thunderstorm.  My brother had to use a fork lift to move back in place against the fence.

The vast majority of the seedlings survived the skate across the cement.

Baby plants are so rewarding.  New and fresh life in the world.  Vigor and life flourishing, renewing the landscape and indicating a fruitful future.  Delighting and refreshing the soul, as well.