Selecting a location for the micro farm.

In early February we selected a location for the micro farm. Plenty of unobstructed sun for a south facing installation.

Prior to reinventing the idea of developing a tiny house on the property we had chosen a location on the eastern side of the property to be the home for a tiny house.

In this image you are facing south towards the pond.

While it would have been a scenic and private location, the lack of a full days of sun would have hindered our ability to grow high yields of produce. So, for a couple of days we watched the sun.  Like a couple of lost souls we stood in the middle of the old cow pasture turning in circles.  I am sure the neighbors and a few passing motorist thought we had lost our minds.  We saw that the early morning sun would crest the treeline and better melt away last night's frost if we relocated about 100 yards (91 meters) to the west.

For a tiny house this spot would have been ideal, as it is well shaded by the tree line. In the summer the tall trees to the east and south would have shaded and cooled the tiny house for most of the day.  Years earlier, in anticipation of the tiny house build, we had even planted sapling pine trees to block the cold northern winds of Northeast Pennsylvania.  For a greenhouse and grow zone, however, not so good.