The tuff shed green house was a hail mary last ditch effort to grow vegetables on my property. However, the grow lights were meant to be hung from chains and sit right down near the plants beneath them. The guy helping me install them said no theyd be fine up at the ceiling and there was plenty of light in there to grow the plants. It turned out that they did indeed need to be right directly above the plants and not on the ceiling. So, i began making plans to get 14 seven foot lengths of chain and drop the lights down near the plants. I would just need to change the outlet they originally plugged into. The only problem? The hardware store in the nearest city didnt have that much chain. I was able to get 5 lengths and then had to wait for them to order more. They assured me they would get a new truck in two weeks and theyd order more. Somehow the decree got lost in translation and theyd order did not have any more chain on the next truck. I would have yo wait and check the truck a month later for more chain. They had chain that was nearly 3 dollars more a foot but i wasnt looking to buy that chain. I need the cheap stuff. In the meantime my 6 okra plants made 1 okra in 5 months. Im aware that this is not a win but i’ll take what i can get at the moment, being that the setup is not ideal for vegetable procurement. I was very excited to have one beautiful okra from my garden and i roasted it along with a batch from the grocery and this little guy was so much better! It tasted like butter. Garden veggies dont even taste like their grocery store counterparts. it was just miles and miles better and i hope i can grow a lot of them next year when i get the lighting right in there.
