{"id":1520,"date":"2025-12-01T19:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:11:35","slug":"vision-without-execution-is-hallucination-thomas-edison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"“Vision without execution is hallucination.” \u2014 Thomas Edison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a month or so of modifying plans, designs, redesigns and collaboration, a momentous step;
the first polytunnel hoop is up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design process has been led by volunteers and improved upon by volunteers and visitors alike. Witnessing and being able to support this process has been a true joy. The improvements to the design since my first solo attempt in 2020 are remarkable, incorporating ideas from caterpillar tunnels, additional bracing for impending storms, and the ability to remove the cover completely if need be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Keep it simple stupid” has been applied many times with this polytunnel design, removing unnecessary complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a conversation about plant labeling, a laser cutter that would cut wood into shapes and burn on plant labels was quashed by a simple question, “what about using a china marker?<\/a>” This is reminiscent of the urban myth “NASA spent millions of dollars developing a space pen while the Soviet Union used pencils.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first hoop is up
What a view!.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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one bale of straw does not go far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Working model that has helped immensely with the design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Burning through wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Using brinks and blocks to improve the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Digging out foundations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The ground anchor made from part opf a scaffoling brace, and upcycled decking <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a month or so of modifying plans, designs, redesigns and collaboration, a momentous step; the first polytunnel hoop is up. The design process has been led by volunteers and improved upon by volunteers and visitors alike. Witnessing and being able to support this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1528,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}