Veiko's Greenhouse Fund
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Our family is growing flowers and vegetable plants, and
Entire workforce for ca 30000 plants is only me, my wife and or 13 years old son.
We have three greenhouses and because of very tight budget, only one has double film. Bad thing is - It's not working.
Now I list the problems and I hope you can help me out.
Heating
I have for heating 2x2kw blowers and old furnace. Every hour i need to fill it with firewood at night, but temperature difference between inside and outside is max 6 degrees. I don't want to see forecast like -10..-15C.
I know that I need polycarbonate and accumulation tank, but if I can get right now only tank, it's still an improvement. It gives some time to sleep and temperature will raise.
Currently we are losing a lot of plants because of cold and most plants are not growing if it is +1..+3C inside.
3000$
Watering
We have a river, tap water and watering cans.
Now imagine yourself watering ca 20000 pots.
Every day.
Can't?
So can't I but our old water pump is broken and actually we need a new one with high output.
But in hot summer it's not enough, the sun dries everything fast, so additionally capillary mat is necessary. Well... and shelves with polyfilm, something like a tub. It helps with fertilization, too.
Right now urgently needed.
Currently we are losing plants, which survived spring and winter, in summer, .because of the lack of water.
2000$
Now some pictures about us:
Our current pot filler, not always reliable, but usable:
more shelves needed, out of material
our greenhouses
(2014 spring) no shelves nor irrigation :(
babyplants waiting for your help
Older pictures and some readings: http://myowngreenhouse.blogspot.com/
Suggested alternative ways used:
Garage sale - done.
Family - no, my other family members can't help. My mother is dying soon- rare type of brain cancer(incurable) and father is unemployed. :(
Find a job - I'm working few hours in a week in local sawmill, keeps alive. My gardening job is already a full time job, but not yet paying so much that I can invest.
Without care flowers will die...
So without YOU we can't survive very long. We are getting older every year and our strength is weakening. Just can't carry few hundred buckets of water every day soon.
If you can help us, you will get a lifetime opportunity to ask advice over email, have a coffee or even stay overnight if you are passing by. You can swim, go to fishing or just walk around in our garden:
Or if you want to try to grow different kind of plants I can send you a collection of seeds from our local varietes. Or very hardy and early grapevines
There are 2 ways you can help:
Invite others to be engaged. Share this page and find others to join you in supporting our gardening business
If you are able, make an investment in our future, and the future of nature.
If you can't use gofundme you can use our PayPal link in here
http://bit.ly/1BVUmTi
Entire workforce for ca 30000 plants is only me, my wife and or 13 years old son.
We have three greenhouses and because of very tight budget, only one has double film. Bad thing is - It's not working.
Now I list the problems and I hope you can help me out.
Heating
I have for heating 2x2kw blowers and old furnace. Every hour i need to fill it with firewood at night, but temperature difference between inside and outside is max 6 degrees. I don't want to see forecast like -10..-15C.
I know that I need polycarbonate and accumulation tank, but if I can get right now only tank, it's still an improvement. It gives some time to sleep and temperature will raise.
Currently we are losing a lot of plants because of cold and most plants are not growing if it is +1..+3C inside.
3000$
Watering
We have a river, tap water and watering cans.
Now imagine yourself watering ca 20000 pots.
Every day.
Can't?
So can't I but our old water pump is broken and actually we need a new one with high output.
But in hot summer it's not enough, the sun dries everything fast, so additionally capillary mat is necessary. Well... and shelves with polyfilm, something like a tub. It helps with fertilization, too.
Right now urgently needed.
Currently we are losing plants, which survived spring and winter, in summer, .because of the lack of water.
2000$
Now some pictures about us:
Our current pot filler, not always reliable, but usable:
more shelves needed, out of material
our greenhouses
(2014 spring) no shelves nor irrigation :(
babyplants waiting for your help
Older pictures and some readings: http://myowngreenhouse.blogspot.com/
Suggested alternative ways used:
Garage sale - done.
Family - no, my other family members can't help. My mother is dying soon- rare type of brain cancer(incurable) and father is unemployed. :(
Find a job - I'm working few hours in a week in local sawmill, keeps alive. My gardening job is already a full time job, but not yet paying so much that I can invest.
Without care flowers will die...
So without YOU we can't survive very long. We are getting older every year and our strength is weakening. Just can't carry few hundred buckets of water every day soon.
If you can help us, you will get a lifetime opportunity to ask advice over email, have a coffee or even stay overnight if you are passing by. You can swim, go to fishing or just walk around in our garden:
Or if you want to try to grow different kind of plants I can send you a collection of seeds from our local varietes. Or very hardy and early grapevines
There are 2 ways you can help:
Invite others to be engaged. Share this page and find others to join you in supporting our gardening business
If you are able, make an investment in our future, and the future of nature.
If you can't use gofundme you can use our PayPal link in here
http://bit.ly/1BVUmTi
Organizer
Veiko Adams
Organizer
Artesia, CA
