Green house

[Peter Drouin]

Wind storm came though a week or so ago and made a mess, The poly is green house poly good for 5 years. this poly been on 6 years.
New stuff coming. :D



    

[coxy]

what do you grow in there   do you grow for your self or do you sell

[Peter Drouin]

Just for Ann and I. She does a lot of canning.


  

  

  

 

Once you have a green house, you won't go back outside. :D :D

[blackfoot griz]

Here, I consider three or four years OK for the 5 year greenhouse plastic. Currently, mine looks a lot worse! Time to order....again!

[69bronco]

Nice looking greenhouse Peter, how do your sides open? Looks like roll up but can't tell. Also do you double your poly?

[Farmerjw]

Peter, the one end with the boxes, is that where you start seeds?  And if so, do you wall off part of the end so you heat this only?

[gww]

Do you fill your raised boxes with dirt or do you have false bottoms and only fill the top?  I wanted to build a green house but have never got around to it yet.  Looks good.
gww

[Peter Drouin]

Nice looking greenhouse Peter, how do your sides open? Looks like roll up but can't tell. Also do you double your poly?

Just a strip of poly held on with 1"x2" strapping

Peter, the one end with the boxes, is that where you start seeds?  And if so, do you wall off part of the end so you heat this only?


Yes, I start the seeds in there. The heat is from the lights and [or] a heat pad inside. the box. It's 16' long.

Do you fill your raised boxes with dirt or do you have false bottoms and only fill the top?  I wanted to build a green house but have never got around to it yet.  Looks good.
gww

The bottom of the raze beds are filled with gravel 2' then the top 1½' is loam. I use old bed rail ½ way nailed to the 4x6 when I was making the beds so they would not spread apart. And drilled holes and use rebar like nails to put the 4x6 together.
Don't fill to the top of the beds with loam, you won't have room for compost and manure later. See in the pic I had to add a 4x6 all the way around for more room. :D :D

[gww]

peter
Thanks for answering my question.
gww

[Deese]

Peter that is a super neat greenhouse setup you have sir 

[21incher]

Hard to believe it is that time of the year already. I am enjoying fresh lettuce from under my grow lights now, and placed my spring seed order. Where is the best place to buy the plastic? I have one of those tent shelters that I plan on turning into a greenhouse this fall.

[Peter Drouin]

The mag is Growers Supply, a division of Farmtek. All kinds of things in there. Good luck.

[sandsawmill14]

growers supply is great i tried to raise plants to sell a few years ago and i could never have what they wanted. i always sold at least 90% of them at a local flea market as im in such a rural location i did make money but it was alot of work for 1 guy and i was heating with wood i only raised about 150,000 plant a year so wasnt big enough to make a living but to big for 1 guy to handle and make a living to. i also hatched and sold 10-12000 baby chickens a year. i got tired of working 20 hour days so this is the 2nd year i havent run incubators or greenhouse sorta felt bad as the few neighbors kept coming by last spring to get plants and i didnt have them but i sold less than 500 plants from home and i couldnt justify runnig the greenhouse for just that. other than the planting it would be s much work to do 500 as it would 100,000  :-\