October 4, 2008: Nice surprises are showing up from the first bin planted (Bin 1) only 5 weeks ago! A picking totaling about a bread bag full of lettuce, chard, spinach and beet greens were picked along with a couple radishes. The leaves are large, thick and look extremely healthy. Steamed, the greens taste great! The plants are only trimmed of their leaves, leaving the new shoots to continue on.

Only a few of the radishes produced a good looking radish. Carrots, beans, onions and peas are still growing well in Bin 1. Bin 2 is also doing well along with the extra plants in pots.

3 holes, which are half of the future windows, are now in the south side of the greenhouse wall for venting. During the day the door is opened, the bottom vents are all open so as to keep the daytime temperatures in the mid to high 70's. Morning temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees at night. Outside night time temps are still pretty mild.

On and off I check the CO2 readings. In the morning they're around 580ppm.

October 13 - 19, 2008: Transplanted most of the seedlings into pots. The transplanted cabbage, broccoli, etc. is split into 2 categories. Half of each variety is under light and half are not. The half that are not under light are right up by the south wall. The south wall, made of polycarbonate, allows 73% of the sunlight through. The sunlight is about 1/3 into the greenhouse with the days getting shorter and the evenings starting to cool down. The future window holes either have test remote opening windows or a cover to cover them. By opening the door and 1-2 of the windows creates air movement enough to make it comfortable inside on sunny days. The bottom vents are mostly closed. I heard a "rule of thumb" that one doesn't need to sweat when in a greenhouse.

End of October:  Finished transplanting seedlings, finished gathering up dirt in pots for winter planting and observed how things are growing.  Small amounts of beet greens, chard and spinach are still being picked.  Nights are cooler, day light hours are shorter.  The windows have been installed, the remote temperature activated controls are being installed on the windows and the bottom vents sealed up.  The sun is about 1/2 way into the greenhouse during the day.