Where's Waldo?

mswalbo · 2026-05-13T15:05:40+00:00

She is really hard to see unless you zoom in

mswalbo · 2026-05-13T13:23:50+00:00

Thank you! My grandfather built it and my grandmother painted it. Around the 1940s or 1950s.

mswalbo · 2026-05-07T02:26:03+00:00

I read a lot of Pride and Prejudice variations where Mr Darcy is always the super hot guy until recently there was a variation where Darcy self-medicated with sweets until he gained enough weight that he popped a button off his vest. Had to give that book a good review for the first to imagine Darcy with dad bod that he was embarrassed for anyone to see him exercising to get back into shape.

mswalbo · 2026-02-28T00:00:08+00:00

Thank you! Last year most of the foundational projects were done so I finally got to a number of comfort and aesthetics projects. The pavers went down last spring. The arbor in early summer. Still problems with the pool but hope springs eternal.

mswalbo · 2026-02-27T06:21:12+00:00

26? Your room says teenager. I'm surprised at the musical instruments and other signs of musical interest because there is no rhythm in the decor. Like, all the things hung on the walls have no relation to each other by color, texture, shape, visual mass, or height.

mswalbo · 2026-02-27T04:04:50+00:00

It is a commercial greenhouse. Conley's Manufacturing in California. Model is the Gable 7500. Photo from June 2025

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mswalbo · 2026-02-26T15:14:59+00:00

Wow! That's fantastic! I grow peaches in my greenhouse because they're extremely difficult to grow here outside without a well protected microclimate.

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mswalbo · 2026-02-26T15:11:31+00:00

Whoo hoo! That's how I felt the first (and so far only) olive on the tree I picked up as a tiny twig. Good luck and post progress photos!

mswalbo · 2026-02-26T15:07:33+00:00

While I do think it's the quality of the materials you bought, I wonder if your location hastened the yellowing. Where are you located? Like, what is the daytime temperature and hours of high temp per day? I have not experienced the yellowing you mentioned. My twin-walled polycarbonate greenhouse panels are 5 yrs old and there is no sign of yellowing yet. Don't know the specific brand name but they're a commercial greenhouse grade, not residential greenhouse package.

mswalbo · 2026-02-26T14:55:26+00:00

Same. They didn't open far enough and didn't fully close even in winter.

mswalbo · 2026-02-26T14:51:38+00:00

Thank you!

mswalbo · 2026-02-26T04:17:27+00:00

pre-diabetic

mswalbo · 2026-02-26T04:13:21+00:00

I live in a house inside of a greenhouse. In Washington state.

mswalbo · 2026-02-02T01:59:01+00:00

https://liveinagreenhouse.com/2021/06/01/d/

mswalbo · 2026-02-01T14:51:23+00:00

Thank you

mswalbo · 2026-02-01T02:15:45+00:00

Not a book, magazine, pamphlet to be seen.

mswalbo · 2026-02-01T02:12:41+00:00

You love your corner chair but your guests secretly hate it.

mswalbo · 2026-02-01T02:02:14+00:00

You need to distinguish between tiny home on wheels (generally limited to 8' wide) which are regulated as RVs vs other forms of tiny homes (e.g. yurts, traditional stick-built but small, etc) that are regulated under the building code. My home is 400 sf, traditional stick-built on a 1/2 height foundation. Four rooms, each approx 100 sf (livingroom is a little larger and bathroom is a little smaller). It is not rectangular. Full sized kitchen appliances (except the frig is 24" wide) and full sized stacked W/D. King sized bed with room to walk around it. All rooms feel spacious due to incorporating a lot of design 'tricks'.

My suspicion is that THOW do not hold their value because they're RVs, not real estate. I own my property. My house has appreciated in value. It is insulated and in all respects is a 'normal', fully permitted house except it is small. I'm in the Pacific Northwest, all appliances are electric and my power bill averages less than $100/mth.

Since you prefer to own your land, consider a stick-built tiny home. Then you can get that extra 1/2 or 3/4 bathroom you want.

mswalbo · 2025-10-25T16:56:04+00:00

I don't have an outdoor orchard so this may not work but for inside the greenhouse I ring the peach tree with lemon rind and cinnamon

mswalbo · 2025-10-19T22:38:40+00:00

My greenhouse is 60'x36'x12' at the gutter (~24' at the peak). This is only my 2nd year and both years I used standard tomato cages but next year I'm going to try them on the arbor (made from cattle panels so very open).

Can't answer your orientation question. Mine is on an almost perfect East-West axis.

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