That was a waste of time.
About 3 weeks ago the water pump in my greenhouse quit working. A limited round of diagnostics revealed an electrical issue. Today I was finally able to dig in, and 4 hours later, I'm right where I started.
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| This outlet was not the problem. |
I started by replacing the GFCI outlet which powers the pump. Working my way back toward the breaker, I checked the junctions and other outlets. I finally determined that the breaker was bad. So I switched with a working breaker, and now while I can get the breaker to stay on, none of the downstream GFCI outlets we stay set. To add insult to injury, I plugged the pump into another outlet by way of an extension cord - nothing. So I'm guessing the one problem led to another, although I'm not sure whether the problem started with the pump, an outlet, or the breaker itself. After 4 hours and with plenty of other work to do this weekend, I gave up. Neal Electric will be getting a call from me on Monday.
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| March Harvest. |
The greenhouse is in decent shape for March. I picked the last of the citrus. While the grapefruit aren't very big, they taste terrific. The passion fruit are going into a batch of wine. We had only a small harvest of oranges this year but they are blooming well. Lychees are in full bloom. We had the first decent bloom on the purple grumichama and at least some fruit set. The papaya has roots out the bottom of the pot and they have grown into the gravel floor. This seems to be the secret, as we have large T.R.Hovey papayas and it is flowering again.
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| Not blemish free, but will make great green papaya salad. |
As important, the first row of grapes went in this weekend. Norton will come from two sources,
Double-A Vineyards in New York and
Chateau Aux Arc in Arkansas. The Chateau shipment arrived last week and is in the ground.
