Mobo Greenhouse, Jaff's details

Have no fear! The Jaff is here! With details of the greenhouse construction. So Oren, the garden manager wanted to convert this wire shelf into an itty-bitty greenhouse that we could put starts in. The self was to be covered in plastic but it would have to be easily pulled back for watering the plants and had to be removable.  Oren first had Mira and I try to come up with a design of a contraption that could be made to do all these things. This is a cool lesson of applied knowledge that school cannot really supply; giving students a real-life problem with relevance and letting them have an extended amount of time to solve it. Anyway, Mira and I came up with an okay design but Oren made an even simpler one that we went off of. Basically, a tent-like structure would be fastened to the top of the shelf and covered in plastic, then plastic would wrap around the sides like a shower curtain and be fastened with velcro. As Mira was helping drill holes in the base of the tent, I measured out and drew cut lines on pieces of scrap wood for the angled parts of the tent (using the rules of a 45,45,90 triangle by the way). When Mira parted ways, I was just beginning to saw the pieces. I cannot saw in a straight line, which was slightly frustrating but I guess I'll just have to keep working at it. We fitted and screwed in all the parts of the tent on the shelf and put plastic around three sides so all that's left is the velcro fasten, which will be experimented with tomorrow. Oh and Mira, you forgot to bring that goofy little greenhouse that you were so aggressively defending home with you...

I would like to second Mira's description of Nathan- he's pretty cool. I mean, how else are you going to describe someone whose made lemonade with honey instead of sugar? 

I should also introduce Oren as well. As I mentioned before, he's the manager of Riverview and does a pretty good job of keeping everything running smoothly. We learned in Psych class that one definition of intelligence includes three subcategories: Creativity, Academics, and Practical intelligence. Oren definitely has an excess of the third. He can analyze and solve problems with bed-building and hoop house construction with amazing confidence. It's a different type of smarts than the one that school emphasizes but obviously is effective in the real world. I also admire Oren's ability to tolerate the incessant shenanigans of Mira and I as he usually is the victim of our pranks and mischief. He recently referred to us as "the hooligans"- hence the name of our blog. I'm pretty sure we're his favorite volunteers.He likes bees and believes they have a code of morals. He knows a lot about economics. He likes Bollywood movies. That's a pretty good summary.