Homestead Series Building A Greenhouse Part 2

[armanflint]

Nice greenhouse.

You made it look easy to build.

[tribalwind]

i thought the amish dont use electricity? heh nice job Jebediah ;), fine looking greenhouse. great job recyclin too' .

what made you go with a wood/glass type rather than a cheap DIY hoop house style?

[HomesteadAcres]

@tribalwind The PVC pipe to make the hoop houses is really expensive in our area. We had the windows for free already so it was much cheaper to just buy some lumber to frame it in!  :-)

[tribalwind]

@HomesteadAcres wow i cant even imagine pvc being more expensive than wood.10' piece is $1 here. wood and glass are way more appealing than icky plastic though any day,and recycled even more so! i to just came into a few dozen windows i'll use for cold-frames...a beekeeper friend has a hoop-house pipe bender,makes a 10' radius (so 20' at the ground!) cant wait to get that made,ill go with metal conduit,when $ allows.! 

[cwaj]

Loved the salvage! How would I go about finding, old, windows for salvage?

I have a hook up on salvaged 2 X 4's.... Thanks for posting.

[HomesteadAcres]

@cwaj Sorry for the late reply, I don't think YouTube sent me a comment note. :( We got some of ours from a friend who was upgrading their homes windows. Also dh found some in the burnable section at the dump. Luckily they hadn't been broken when someone left them there.

You could try posting on freecycle to that might work!

[sharanprasanth]

air circulation thats a good one coming through one window and going out through the other

[TheUrbanOutdoors]

Yeh the chop saw/miter saw is super useful around the house

[zekehooper]

Where are you located? I live in Bend,or and am thinking of building a greenhouse.

[rosuabsc]

Another great video!!

[BlackNMedBlaze]

Looks good dawg!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!! I am def interested in greenhouse it real fits my lifestyle!!!!! N I bet ur grocery bill is low!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EbolaV1rus]

It looks awesome! I bet your wife is so excited! You should be able to heat that all during the winter with chicken manure...check out "deep litter method" Basically you just put about 2 feet deep of fresh chicken manure down, then about 12 inches of compost or soil over the top of the chicken manure, the heat from the manure should keep that warm enough all winter to at least keep the snow melted off the roof and perhaps even grow some late season cold crops.

[elgringote3]

looks great!

[Hopefl1]

Sounds like a tornado is coming, LOL

Keep up the good work and enjoy your first fruits of your labor.

[Michigansnowpony]

Regarding your cordless drill: Last year I got a Porter Cable 18 V. cordless drill, brand new with two batteries off of ebay for $90.00. It works like a charm, holds a charge decently, and with two batteries, there's always a spare to quickly switch to. I've been very happy with it. Check out Ebay. The guy I got mine from was out of California.

[Michigansnowpony]

Do you guys have to get building permits for new buildings? We are regulated to death with such things where we are. If we put up a new shed we either put it on skids (though we plan on never moving it) or go with a fabric walled building from Farmtec (our hayshed for example) to avoid having to pay to pull a building permit.

I want one of those chop saws!! That thing looks handier than heck.

Oh no -- a new hat. . . A ,moment of reverant silence for the old hat's passing please.

[centervilletn]

im so glad i live where i dont need a building permit for anything except a house....

[Michigansnowpony]

Oh rub it in! : ) If I had my choice, I'd live in an unzoned community.

[HomesteadAcres]

No we don't need permits for shed type things under 100 sq.

Yes dh old hat has been added to his collection lol. I think he's on his 4th straw hat now. :-p

[sthrnynk]

Shaping up nicely. I'm in a condo, and have started thinking about what I can do. You have given me some ideas...Thank you.

[beast12101]

Looking good, I heard you can put a bandaid over the microphone to help with wind noise, That new hat will be warn in, in no time at at all.

[HomesteadAcres]

hey man thanks for the ti[ we will try that sorry about that it was windy for about 4 days yeh i might auction off my old hat lol