1. Plowing square C. I use this short handled shovel
to dig the dirt, which gets to the bottom of the soil.
Square A in the background.
1. Plowing square C. I use this short handled shovel
to dig the dirt, which gets to the bottom of the soil.
Square A in the background.
2. I took the furnace burner all apart, seeking the
problem. When I put it back together it worked
much better!
3. After watering the plastic developed a heavy condensation
Looking SW, over square D; square B in background.
4. Looking down the board, through a tunnel
of leaves.
Ladder is set up to get to the ceiling over
square F.
Leaves are the Sunflower plants.
5. Looking down the ladder. Square F in foreground;
square D in background. Ladder was used to put
plastic along the edge of the top truss. Note: I was
standing in the loft part of the living area.
6. Square D, after it had been harvested. This is the
middle southern
square in the greenhouse.
7. Square C, with holes dug so it is ready to plant next
spring. Photo from loft, looking down through space heater
support frame.
8. The biggest cauliflower. Looking past the unit heater and
it's support frame. Note the fan, which is on blowing warm
air out into the greenhouse.
9. The biggest cauliflower. Looking past the unit heater and
it's support frame. Note the fan, which is on blowing warm
air out into the greenhouse.
10. Looking down from the loft to the E end of square E.
Beets to the bottom, turnips in the middle, rutabega
in the top. Unit heater support and plumbing in the foreground.
11. The ladder is set up to work on the top truss. Plastic
covering the S end of the greenhouse; looking east. Unit
heater in upper left, the sunflowers are starting to droop.
12. Strawberries! Can't wait until they are ripe...
13. Strawberries! Can't wait until they are ripe....
14. Strawberries! Can't wait until they are ripe.....
15. This huge cauliflower (2.5 pounds when it was
picked--early) makes my 4" leatherman look small.
16. I used the plant water bucket to wash my root crops.
I'd balance the potatoes on the handles of the bucket
while I washed the rest of them.
17. Square C, all plowed and holes dug and marked with twigs,
ready for potatoes next spring.
18. Square C, all plowed and holes dug and marked with twigs,
ready for potatoes next spring.
19. The sunflower. I harvested it a little early, but
my time was nearly
up so I figured better early than
never. The seeds that had ripened in this
head just
filled the bottom of the 1/2 cup (lower right). Only the seeds in
center 2/3 of the sunflower head were ripe.
20. Urine sterilization. I used the potato masher to
hold the foil tightly
to the glasses, which prevented
them from smelling as the urine cooked.
21. "Dining room" area of Mars Base Zero. This is the table I
ate at
during my stay. Scale on the table was used to weigh
everything I ate.
Ladder in the background goes up to the loft. Tool box behind/below
table. Blue wicker frame are shelves.
22. Kitchen area of Mars Base Zero. Stove, counter (just did all
the dishes because I wanted it to look nice for the first
company in 39
days). Scale on the counter was a backup scale for the primary scale;
back in the far right is my camera bag. The 'fridge beside the camera
bag was never used--food always went straight from the garden to the
plate, and there was seldom any leftovers.
23.
Kitchen area of Mars Base Zero. Stove,
counter and shelves. The globe on the top shelf is
of the moon.
24. Loft area of Mars Base Zero. The bookshelves are above the bed.
The furnace area/arctic entry is separated by a thin layer of
visqueen (plastic)--though eventually we'll finish this wall...
