I can't remember exactly when we abandoned the greenhouses, but it must have been sometime in August. Three months later, the greenhouses have become jungles. Plants were completely overgrown trying to fight for space; the vegetables that remained were of huge proportions, mouse-bitten or rotting; the density and moisture of the plants caused some of the plants to rot and others to shoot out roots six feet in the air. The sight of the greenhouse was particularly amazing because there was so much going on in this unique growing environment.
When we cleaned up, we tried to rip everything out as fast as possible. Some people tried to salvage the monster zucchini or cucumbers, other were trying to protect their faces from the mold cloud that went into the air when we started to disturb the plants. We are lucky that the green houses are beside the chicken area, because we could remove all the plant matter directly into their fields for them to eat. Chickens love cucumbers apparently!
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