The temperature peaked at forty seven degrees yesterday. It was lovely. The snow is visibly dropping in height, there is finally sufficient moisture for snow balls, and the smells in the air are shifting as the cold weather loses its grip. Sunday here on my little mountain top was a near perfect day.
Alas, it is short lived, and Spring is only a teasing this early into the month of March. A new storm should land here on Thursday or so this week, predicting from 18 inches upwards, so if we factor that by four or five as in the past? We stand the chance to get a real dumping of fresh powder through the weekend.
Plans move forward for Spring, regardless. I have hand drawn images of the forthcoming greenhouse, both the foundation and the roof, and am in the process of turning them into real drawings. Based upon much reading, and a season on this mountain top with the relentless winds and constantly drifting snow, it seems more realistic to design one that fits the environment, versus assuming another’s design will suffice.
I need two heat sources for the building throughout the winter. I need a cooling system for the summer. Both of these must be accomplished in such a way that they do not consume any power, nor require a steady supply of fuel to maintain, so much investigation was done. Satisfied to have answers for both, architectural diagrams are the next logical step. Growing my own food is no longer only a desire; in this shifting world in which we live, it is becoming a survival tool, not just comfort for the long, snowy, lovely winters out here in the wild.