Hoop House

[pitbullman77]

any Mattress Delivery Guy/Truck will be Glad to give you their Many Large Plastic 6-9 mill Mattress wrapping for free

[tiroler537]

Nice set up...as for the water container make the water darker and it will accumulate more heat for you..keep up the great work...

[koalasarekool]

I don't understand this very much. What are the benefits of cultivating your own crops in an urban area. Please elaborate.

[greenmatka]

Two reasons....

#1 food travels and average of 1,500 miles to our tables. That's a lot of wasted energy and co2.

#2 the average grocery stores only have enough food stocked to feed the people in the surrounding community for 3-5 days.

In other words our food system has us completely dependent on faraway places to feed us and only for a few days. Even here in the Midwest our food travels to us. People who grow their own food can feed themselves.

[AdamHintz]

Great response!

[ernestomiguel]

I agree.... It's about Alimentary Security... not a minor issue...

[711shamn]

back in the day, our own gov't encouraged every citizen to grow a "Victory Garden" for food security. can you believe that? now the USDA takes bribes from corporate farms and monsanto. do a little research, you will be outraged.

[AdamHintz]

I was aware of the victory gardens. It seems like now would be a good time to do the same thing again.

[bbbleaver]

i loved seeing this adam. thanks!

[mikezephyr]

compostable cups, nice! there should be more of those i guess

[ItsFilthy]

very cool...wonder if that would work here. :op I think the water bottles would freeze in about an hour. :o)

Amy seems to really know her shit...and it's so cool that your shop and her garden have such a nice symbiotic relationship going. Love to see that full circle thinking in action. Thanks for posting Adam...I'm sure it will be great inspiration for people.

[AdamHintz]

Yeah, I think this only works south of the artic circle. :D

[AdamHintz]

Amy is a tremenous treasure here in Lincoln. And Meadowlark and her garden definatly have a good thing going. In return for the coffee grounds, she gives me eggs from her chickens.

[medicinesocks]

i *am* inspired, thank you so much adam, and amy. it really helps to see-- sweet little hoophouse! i can hardly wait to try it here. awesome compost bins too.

[AdamHintz]

It makes my heart sing to hear you're going to try one yourself. This is why YouTube is great, because you can show and tell.

[dnHooligan]

YES!!

you are the man, Mr Hintz.

supporting the winners, baby.

[AdamHintz]

Virtual Hi-Five. *clap*

[dnHooligan]

received and reciprocated.

[dnHooligan]

that explains the "clap"...huh?

(i'm a little slow, sometimes)

[AdamHintz]

Ha! You're one of the sharpest minds I know.

[dnHooligan]

uh-oh...

8P

[TheWisingMeadow]

neat, i have some of that fencing sitting in my field, and i could certainly scrounge up some of that plastic...cool idea.

[AdamHintz]

Great. I'm looking forward to seeing that.

[ozjthomas]

Hi Amy and Adam. it is so great for this information, thank you. I'll be really trying to make a great garden this summer and these vids will surely help

[AdamHintz]

We'll be making more about her keyhole garden and her chickens in the future. Stay Tuned.

[Jonase123]

interesting adam. what was the bottles for? didn't quite get that.

[Yarcofin]

During the day the sun shines on them and it captures the heat, and holds it so the 'greenhouse' stays warmer overnight.

Regarding packing it with leaves, that definately works. My dad has a fig tree in our backyard (in Canada), and he just puts glass around it and packs it full of leaves, and it has survived at least 3 winters so far.

[AdamHintz]

Cool. Thanks for the testimonial.