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Cucumbers are heavy feeders. You might not be giving them enough fertilizer to be fruitful. The worry over light can be vastly improved by increasing surfaces having the color white. It allows light to bounce around inside the greenhouse, rather than being absorbed by black and brown colored surfaces. Thanks for the 2024 update, so valuable!

Finishing our similar greenhouse Spring 2025. On paper ours has windows where you have South-facing hinged ventilation doors. You're restricting a lot of light by using particle board rather than glass,polycarb. This is also creating shade where you could have sunny bed space. Also, you can redirect the tomatoes that are causing unwanted shade. They will still produce fruit if made to grow horizontally rather than vertically. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all!

Do you need to remove the pathogens before feeding back to the chickens?

Good info....but toooooslow.

OMG! I never add water. Just the green pinecones and I use organic light brown sugar. No water.

I don't need to extract anything from the eggshells. Bacteria do this for us and this way, the increase in calcium to the system will be more distributed and gradual, much better than the peaks and valleys, characteristic of human intervention.

I imagine if you're going to the trouble, you could also cook it the same way hydrated lime is made from lime stone (calcium carbonate). And fire the shells over your propane burner for a few minutes. Guessing if the shells are crushed to reduce air space it wouldn't take but a couple of minutes.

Nice video..but for sure i don't advise to add those egg shells in that condition.. What i mean if you want to add it to then it is fine but it must be fine crushed ..why..because if it will be in so big pieces it might happen then will start thinking about damaging normal eggs..so it should never be similar to eggs ..

Hi, great video, thank you. What program did you use to make your plan, please?

I raise meat chickens in my greenhouse in the winter, the beds get fertilized.

so putting crushed egg shells on every year gives you the same result, saves a lot of stuffing around

UUs Means New

Nii naljakas vaadata kuidas sa hääldad neid

Pine cone wine.

I have never heard of this.

Thank you for the video it's going to look good with the overall setup & also produce more for you 👍🏻

You mentioned early in your video about the garden 'cross' beds catching water so why not place the pond at that end of the garden for the same reason? Maybe expand it to cover the entire width of the garden on the uphill side.

Hello. Just a few things. The pond will be a good thing, I use ours as a water source for watering plants. Do you notice a difference when planting your rows say like east west or north south re getting plants in the sun arch or no difference whatsoever ? And any chance of a blender video from you ? that would be good .. looking forward to seeing how all this comes together 👍.

I do not see anything wrong in adding eggshells directly to the soil if you are not after increasing calcium bioavailability immediately, especially if you do it consistently. It will dissolve gradually and you will harvest the benefits in the coming years, and let's not forget that earthworms will also help to dissolve as well as the low acidity of the decaying organic material in the soil... I incubate my own eggs every spring and I get about 40-50 unfirtilized eggs or eggs with dead chicks inside in the process. I bury those eggs whole and they disappear within a year... For immediate bioavailability you need to have the Calcium in its ionic form, i.e. water-soluble. You can use any acid for that purpose. Vinegar will give you Calcium Acetate but you can mix the egg shells in Hydrochloric acid if you have any, but in my opinion Nitric or Phosphoric acids would be even better. You will end up with Calcium Nitrate or Calcium Phosphate and your soil will appreciate the extra nitrates and phosphates too... But all of these are expensive, even the vinegar. Citric acid is a much cheaper option and if you do not have egg shells you can simply use limestone for the purpose. Crushing is not necessary if you are not after a quick reaction. Just put the egg shells or limestone in a pail/container together with the acidic solution and leave aside for several days and give it a mix from time to time (warm or hot water will do the job faster, so, leave it in a sunny place). Just make sure that you have more egg shells than your acid can dissolve. This is important to make sure that you end up with a solution that has near neutral pH. Otherwise, if your egg shells have totally disappeared and there still may be room for dissolving more, it means your solution is still acidic and might harm your soil. You should still have sediment after bubbling stops... You can also test by adding a pinch of Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda). If it hisses, then your solution is still acidic... Feeding the egg shells to the chicken and then using their droppings may sound as the quickest option for bioavailability of calcium but I am afraid it is not so unless you feed them excessive amounts of calcium or your chicken are not laying eggs. Otherwise, most of that calcium will go to the production of new eggs. I give my chickens egg shells too but just because Calcium in the form of carbonate is better absorbed. But note that I produce a few thousand eggs a year, 80% of which I distribute to friends and neighbours. So, what ends up recycled is just 20% of the egg shells (I cannot possibly ask my friends to return the egg shells 🤣)... Therefore, I supplement with Calcium Phosphate and Calcium Hydroxide (hydrated lime) in their feed to compensate for the negative balance. Besides, I practise the deep litter method and sprinkle a couple of handfuls of calcium hydroxide (hydrated lime) into the bedding a few times a year, just to prevent ammonia build up by neutralising the uric acid and whatever calcium hydroxide is not bound to the uric acid is bound to other acids produced in the composting litter... So, when I add it it to the garden it indeed has plenty of Calcium inside but it also has lots of Nitrogen in the form of ammonia, urates, nitrites and nitrates along with phosphates... So, moderation is crucial to avoid burning the roots... I usually mix it to the soil in late autumn, a couple of weeks before planting a cover crop for early spring harvesting... For some extra calcium, I also sprinkle some calcium hydroxide near the roots of those plants that enjoy it, e.g. cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins and cucumbers... But again, only sparingly. Yes, they prefer a slightly alkaline soil but too much hydroxide could be harmful... Having said all this, you do not need worry about the calcium content of your soil for all your garden. There may be spots that need it more than others. A good way to have a rough idea about this is to pay attention to where your dandelions grow most (assuming you have them and you do not use herbicides). Those are the spots that need more calcium than the rest. Dandelions grow most in calcium-poor soil, they extend deep roots and bring the calcium up from the deep layers. So, they are beneficial for normalising your soil. However, certainly you will not keep them and let them do their work until they naturally die and decay. You need the surface to plant things you want... What I do is to pluck boxes and boxes of dandelions and feed to the chicken... It's lots of calcium along with other nutrients... They just love it! But I always make sure that I have untouched spots where the dandelions will proceed to produce seeds for the next season... P.S. & N.B. Whatever calcium the chicken digest and absorb is not immediately used for new egg shell production. It rather goes to supplement the loss of calcium from the bones. Egg shell is produced from calcium released from the bones in the process of osteolysis, which splits the calcium phosphate from the bone, thus releasing phosphate along with the calcium. Most of that phosphate is excreted by the kidneys and ends up in the poop. Supplementing only the calcium in your chicken feed is not enough. You must also make sure they get enough phosphorous, sunlight and vitamin D. You need not worry much about this if your chicken are free-roaming and have access to a variety of plants, insects etc... Mine are confined in a basement under artificial LED lighting along with UVB. So, I am obliged to supplement with calcium phosphate and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) even if they feed on a rich mix of grains and an abundant amount of fruits, greens and vegetables... Overlooking the fat-soluble vitamins and the phosphates will diminish the egg production and even stop it altogether...

Great video. Did you build and or have plans for this?

Doesn't say what he puts the temperature of the oven at or for how long

Would I be able to commission you building one for me ? We have four poly tanks and a mesh WiFi system here in Ghana and I am desperate to know how much water we have consistently

I’m excited for you for your new ventures! Best wishes always, you have so much to offer the world!

Thanks for the video & best wishes also good fortune to you all in 2025 👍🏻

Hey, I found your channel because I specifically looked up latvian farmers and homesteaders who hopefully can give me some answers. I just discovered that the organic ground beef I bought at Lidl yesterday day has the declaration that the beef was born, raised and slaughtered in Latvia. I'm from Berlin! Never have I seen latvian beef products here. Do you know anything about Latvian Beef production? At first I was not happy about it because I don't agree on importing meat that our own country has plenty of. But now I'm curious.. because honestly Germany does not have the highest standards regarding meat production (products you buy at grocery stores. It's pretty much never pasture raised).I'm just curious.. do you have any information on beef production for me? Google says Latvia got into it only in the 90s and that beef isn't even that popular there. Now I wonder if latvian organic beef might even be of higher quality than german ones. The thing with Germany also is conventional agriculture is everywhere. So even if it is labeled organic it's most likely contaminated. Maybe raising live stock on pasture is much easier in Latvia anyway.. I don't know but maybe you do? 😄

Great Video

Sugar is worse than the sodium nitrate for the human body. 🍦

Good efforts as a chemist! But one even better way is to let the earthworms be automatically attracted to the eggshells whose castings will be calcium rich and that is how you save money from buying castings!

I want to design my own future greenhouse. The main way of heating it will be composting heaps just outside, below the side walls, which will give off heat as the waste is breaking down. They will open outside the greenhouse for easy harvesting (for later sale) and to prevent methane and other gases from being trapped in the greenhouse. Also sunlight will come into the greenhouse through the glass, like a traditional greenhouse, but the floor will have large water storage containers, buried in the ground, which will help trap that heat and act as a heat-synch at night. The water storage containers will store rain water, using a guttering system, to catch rain water that falls on the greenhouse roof. I live in a country where we don't get any/ very little rain between the months of May & November, so the water storage capabilities will be very important to the greenhouse's success. I'm very lucky that we don't get snow where I live, so snow-load on the greenhouse roof would not be a problem. If anybody has any advice and tips, I'd be very glad to hear it!

Merry Christmas 😊

Thanks for the video & all the ones from this year I can't wait to see what 2025 brings to the channel. I hope you, your family & friends all have a good holiday 🥃 Sláinte

Merry Christmas enjoy the precious time with family

Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus un Laimīgo Jauno Gadu! Dieva svētības tev un taviem mīļotajiem! / Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! God's blessings to you and your loved ones! 🎄🎅🏻

Mine in Maine are White paper and I have solid silver birch with no white. None of the trees have moss.

Thanks for the video I can't wait to see what's coming to your Channel in 2025 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I hope you, your family and friends all have a good holiday 🥃 Sláinte

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all children's calls, but not crying

Great info, are you still using just the one solar panel? I hope to build a siimilar greenhouse, not sure if i can do the automation parts, but your work is very inspiring.

I like the design, helpful tips too, thanks

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Id use a mixture of compost and leaf mould with wood chip and sraw on top 😊

Hehe very small log😂😂😂

In Irish we call it Geimhreadh 🥃 Sláinte

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The log - dragged. The hardships - shed. Hotel - :)))

Did you consider a GAHT? Would fit pefectly...

Thanks! But won't the water in the tank freeze during the winter?

I made these twice with Canadian all purpose flour. Thank you for the recipe. I had to add a little more flour but otherwise it worked perfectly with our flour here.

We completely understand and I know it's the winter time. You could do more cooking videos that's always good and easy even recipes around the world that you always wanted to try. Good luck on the new business can't wait to hear about it.