Great idea with the dutch doors! I thought it was normal to have a bucket of hinges 😂 I like the idea of lots of different options for ventilation. Can't wait to see this monolith in full on grow mode!!
It is definitely not normal to have a bucket of hinges, it should be a beat up old plastic tray... ha! I'm excited to see how this design evolves and will certainly share notes on what feels functional and what isn't ideal.
Watching you chip away at some of your long term projects really inspires & helps me keep chipping away at mine. Thank you for all your work & impact on the world... & me.
It really pays off to have salvaged materials. We always seem to need hinges for projects so having a "bucket o salvaged hinges" sounds about right! Everything looks great. Can't wait to see more on this in the future. I feel that the membership or supporting the channel in any way is an offering of appreciation to you and Sasha for all that you share. The content & live streams are already more than enough in my opinion. So THANK YOU!!!
Found your channel last year and really enjoyed the Q&A you did during the first lock down, using the information you shared had a very productive first year in our garden and was ahead of the majority of people in getting seeds before they became scarce, started chickens and a large garden flagging down a farmer and asked him to rip up my lawn for a garden in exchange for a bottle of wine. The other day I was moving wheelbarrows of firewood and looked over at our chickens wandering around in the compost I had a moment of happiness wash over me and thought to my self “this is exactly what they were talking about” Hopefully you have a fantastic grow season. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
The dutch door idea is awesome, great for venting. If you are going to use removable polycarbonate panels, I would suggest cutting a rabbet into your battens so that you can slide the panels in and out as needed. Its a little extra work but will look good in the end. Keep up the good work ... looking forward to what you guys can grow with the ability to extend your growing season.
Neat idea, I'll keep it in mind. THen I can just loosen the battons a little, slide out the panels, and keep the battons in place for next season... I like it !
It is a great project. I am hoping to add a hightunnel to my property this year. One change i would make it to move the boards above the doors up and make the hinged ventilation windows as big as possible.
We have inserts covered in plastic that we remove from upper and lower door openings that work well in our small cattle panel greenhouse. Maybe you could use some extra plastic to form "gasket" to fill in larger gaps around door so as to hold heat better.
We have gaskets around the Dutch door and between the upper and lower door halves. Worthwhile in our zone 5 climate. Was out there tonight with a lantern cutting mache, claytonia, and mustard greens for dinner.
I think I'll do a felt or poly element for that. I'm not too worried about a little air moving through, it doesn't need to be a pure seal, but the more the merrier.
You're sure you want to pull the door and not push it? Interior once cover will always be free of snow and ice. Exterior, you'll maybe have to shovel and break the ice just to enter the tunnel. Or even the lawn in the summer can block a bit. But if it work well for your other tunnel that way, hey! good for you!
I'd bet money that some point in the future we will have railgun drills that would literally "zap screws in." You could use weak magnets to keep the dutch doors together. It could also act as the latch system to keep the door closed. I just realized how magnet heavy this comment is... Still the door thing is a good idea lol.
Probably some screws are good. But you can anchor those boards by putting a stave (I want to call them stakes) on either end on the outside that you want to push against and one on the inside in the middle that pushes in the other direction. I do that to anchor the contour logs I use for terrace walls.
I've been picking from their slabwood pile for over 10 years. Almost every project I've built in the last decade is loaded with their locust. Best deal in NYS.
Thank you for the videos, especially on those cold days! I've seen those wax pistons used for auto greenhouse venting and they seemed to work great, they were used towards the top of a geodesic dome greenhouse that would be tough to otherwise reach. I like the dutch door setup too, handy for those who may have dogs or other critters that would need to be kept out but still letting pollinators in.
I have one in small cattle panel hoop house and three in geodesic dome greenhouse and wouldn't be without them. Love they take care of themselves and adjust with thumbscrew like mechanisms. 🌱👍
On "hoarding" - Peter Bane in his book about suburban permaculture has loads of discussion about the importance of having a resource supply/storage area. Someplace to keep all the "junk" that may come in really handy when you need to fab up a door, or create a compost bin, or a broody box for hens, or... ;) If you have the 'stuff' around, you can and will find uses for it ;)
I am hoping this winter to etch out some time to build another super sturdy life long outbuilding on the main property that is designed from the outset to be able to store resources in a very thoughtful and organized way... At the moment I definitely have too many random piles laying around!
Since I'm old...... I remember that in Wilbur's house they had a dutch door in the kitchen and Mr. Ed would stick his head through and chat. I think I remember that the top and bottom were held together with a slide bolt running up and down rather than sideways as normal. You might want a little bit heavier duty one but still, it would be cheap and cheerful..... and fast.
My greenhouse door opens the same way.......so every fall I put a wind break for when I open the door the north wind doesn't blow inside the greenhouse. Looking good sean !!!!
Ideas: Start collecting plastic barrels and after putting plastic on add a row of water filled barrels along the entire north side (outside of plastic). Make sure the barrels are close together and touching, and that they also touch the plastic. Then install a row of wood along the top of the barrels and cover the barrels with compost. The heat should transfer from the compost to the barrels and then into the greenhouse through the greenhouse plastic. There also might be a way to collect rain water off the greenhouse through thin plastic/vynil type trim edging or a bungee cord type system that would be tight against the walls without using screws.
Very nice concept, I saw a video about this before... Great idea but unfortunately in this particular context it wouldn't work (there is a bit of slope on the north side AND there are shrubs planted nearby.. .Something to consider for future experiments...
Dutch doors and very common in the south. Most dowel latches would intuitively be made to rest in the hole with gravity, but when the wind catches the bottom door, it'll pull that one and the dowel will pop right out. They always needed some sort of way to be latched in without just gravity. Also, plants outside the doors as a wind break help.
I have a screw driver bit for my cordless drill, but I am gonna havta locate one of these screw zappers you speak of. 😉 P.s. it's not a hoard, it's a stash. Every real man has a "stash" of things/parts "to be used at a future time".
I've kept my husband's "stash" for 33 years and just recently found and used enough thick and 5 inch nails. I had just enough to anchor wood to a border of garden ties. PERFECT. Now I bought 3 inch nails adding another row for free pieces to build up the border of my " no dig". I may have 10 inch walls before the start of next season. I like it for the low cost approach I'm taking. I have so much that he's collected but left us in 1987. There is no time limit just the limit of our imagination and ingenuity. I love what these guys are doing.
Another nice video, I'm currently looking at ideas for building my poly tunnel later this year. Josh Sattin has just done some videos on his Farmers Friend poly tunnel that he's just erected. It's worth watching for some alternative end wall ideas. Regarding the hearing of the tunnel during the winter months, my idea currently, is to build a high raised bed on the north side of my tunnel and fill it with horse manure, top it with compost, and grow salads in it.
Had to look that up :) I think my 'vampire killing' staves might do a similar thing, although I'm sure with less power, but at least the price is right!
1:40 I don't know what a chop saw is, but I assure you that those points are very easy to put on with a little hatchet, that easily and only fits in one hand. You just need a stump or something to chop on top of. I make stakes all the time. I split logs and then sharpen the ends. I use them to anchor logs going crosswise (on contour) on hills to make little terraces above them. And to use to secure the end of a cord that I want to tension.
For the way to lock the doors together, I wouldn't say you're wrong about effectively a stick through some holes, but I'd so something closer to a quarter or half inch thick bolt that drops into place, On a different note, I have started making my own cattle panel greenhouse, 4 50" panels long, just under 7.5 feet across to let there be just over 6 feet of height so i can walk through without brushing the top or stooping. It was possible the easiest and cheapest greenhouse construction I think there is. Should finish my end wall next week or this weekend if I'm lucky
Hi just curious about having permits for high tunnels . Any plans of having a vestibule on either end ( secondary door to prevent heat loss ) Your info inspires me to think out of the box Thank you good vibes
No permits that I know of... Vestibule would be a great design idea for sure, but it isn't included here (maybe a future design, thanks for planting the seed :) !
I’m really learning a lot watching you build your high tunnel greenhouse. Please video the attaching of the wiggle wire channels to your round metal structures and door frames. I’ve seen the channels used on big commercial tunnels but you will be the first one, for me, to see how it gets attached to the framing. Also, QUESTION: is there a difference between a greenhouse and a high tunnel?
Greenhouse - a season extension space that is actively heated (propane, wood, biomass, etc) Hightunnel - an un-heated season extension space This may ride the line since I plan to include a bunch of passive/solar/compost heating elements to this 'hightunnel' but you get the idea. ua-cam.com/video/lAIHSw5iSUI/v-deo.html - 15:07 - Farmers friend video that shows how they install the wiggle wire channel... I plan to mimic it exactly...
You might want to try to make those automatic venting windows as big as possible and also put them as high up as poissible. I would also put in automatc vents att the bottom of the greenhouse so you get some better airflow if you don't have time to open the sides or doors in time... A common mistake is to underestimate how hot in can get! And then people try to fix it by shading but then you lose a lot of productivity with less light...
I don't think I'll add shade cloth, but once we get into the swing season I'll be monitoring and figuring out what is needed and make adjustments. Could be I have vents that are automatic on both sides so some cross breeze can happen.
You have to be over the moon getting your structure/beds built. Really looking good and gleaning some ideas to incorporate here. Love the dutch door idea...... Have you mentioned what you'll be utilizing beds for inside greenhouse?
Beds in this space... VERY early starts of a wide range of annual crops, and a whole lot of nursery jump start work. In summer we'll be using it for tomato and hot pepper production probably, but not quite sure just yet... We'll share notes!
@@edibleacres Thank you for answering my question and really happy to see your structure going up. I'd like to think my order of plants purchased from you this fall helped you aquire at least one truss lol. 👍🌱😁
I love the shape. Can you give some detail on the specifics? Such as the diameter of the pipes, etc. Where did you buy the material and the costs. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Not an ad, but I got it from: Farmers Friend www.farmersfriend.com/caterpillar-tunnel This is the Gothic Arch model, and you can get all the details. So far I'm happy with what I got, but maybe it could be stronger or better... not sure
Are you going to try using compost as a main heat source in the high tunnel? How is your compost heating project going on the home greenhouse? I am very interested, not only in IF this works, but more importantly, for how long it works into the winter. Thx.
To be honest the experiment in our greenhouse next to the house is on pause, just too many other moving parts... I plan to rebuild it and monitor and share notes this later winter, and hopefully there will be some info of worth for you then...
5:20 - I think "Dutch door" just became clear, cause I was like wtf? Is that a hexagon shaped door? It's like something from Mr. Ed. I think you have those on barn doors for horses for some reason. Two separate doors one on top of the other. That looks fun. It could maybe be useful for ventilation? Open one low on the shadier side and one high on the warmer side to draw cool air through the system in the Summer, perhaps?
Do you use crates for nesting boxes? I've seen that and also kitty litter containers have been joined for nesting boxes. I remember seeing your chickens laying almost anywhere so how are you managing that aspect? How much are those metal pieces for the structure you are making currently? It's nice to see you getting off pieces of wood to build with. Is that locust wood rot resistant? How long before you'd have to replace? So is this high tunnel a replacement for the one that collapsed? or is this one independent. Are you fixing up the one that collapsed?
We use milk crates for nesting boxes. We should do a video on it once we have it all cleaned up nicely in there... They are pretty good at mainly laying in those Black Locust is insanely rot resistant without nasty chemicals. I love it. Could be 10+ or 20+ years before they begin to rot This is an additional high tunnel, the other one didn't actually collapse at all, just bent a tiny bit. That other one is in just fine shape!
There might be something really obvious that I’m missing, and please forgive me if so, but I would absolutely love to become a member of your channel! Unfortunately, when I view your channel on my iPhone I see no options for doing so?! Anyone know what the problem may be?
I hear you, but 1) I don't own a front loader and 2) I never lay out gardens with the idea of machines coming through... too much compaction and wasted bed space for me...
Great idea with the dutch doors! I thought it was normal to have a bucket of hinges 😂 I like the idea of lots of different options for ventilation. Can't wait to see this monolith in full on grow mode!!
It is definitely not normal to have a bucket of hinges, it should be a beat up old plastic tray... ha!
I'm excited to see how this design evolves and will certainly share notes on what feels functional and what isn't ideal.
Watching you chip away at some of your long term projects really inspires & helps me keep chipping away at mine. Thank you for all your work & impact on the world... & me.
I'm so glad! Chipping away buddies :)
Yes, thanks!
It really pays off to have salvaged materials. We always seem to need hinges for projects so having a "bucket o salvaged hinges" sounds about right! Everything looks great. Can't wait to see more on this in the future. I feel that the membership or supporting the channel in any way is an offering of appreciation to you and Sasha for all that you share. The content & live streams are already more than enough in my opinion. So THANK YOU!!!
We really appreciate you being part of the community and the direct support as a member is lovely, so thank you thank you!
Found your channel last year and really enjoyed the Q&A you did during the first lock down, using the information you shared had a very productive first year in our garden and was ahead of the majority of people in getting seeds before they became scarce, started chickens and a large garden flagging down a farmer and asked him to rip up my lawn for a garden in exchange for a bottle of wine. The other day I was moving wheelbarrows of firewood and looked over at our chickens wandering around in the compost I had a moment of happiness wash over me and thought to my self “this is exactly what they were talking about” Hopefully you have a fantastic grow season. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
So happy to read this! Sounds like you are making a ton of headway where you are, we're very excited for you!
The dutch door idea is awesome, great for venting. If you are going to use removable polycarbonate panels, I would suggest cutting a rabbet into your battens so that you can slide the panels in and out as needed. Its a little extra work but will look good in the end. Keep up the good work ... looking forward to what you guys can grow with the ability to extend your growing season.
Neat idea, I'll keep it in mind. THen I can just loosen the battons a little, slide out the panels, and keep the battons in place for next season... I like it !
You sure are a busy bee wishing I had a 1/4 of your energy 👍🐿️
Using it while I got it :)
I like your blabbing about working. The Dutch Doors are really nice and super functional! Nice!
That's beautiful and don't forget hanging space in there too
Sean! Really nice job on the end framing and the doors. Great ideas! Well done 👍. I like the look and it looks to be very functional.
Very nice greenhouse! The Dutch doors are a great addition.
Your smart details will be helpful to many of us with a similar tunnel. I love the dutch door style.
Hopefully I can figure out a bunch of the mistakes and make them before others do!
It is a great project. I am hoping to add a hightunnel to my property this year. One change i would make it to move the boards above the doors up and make the hinged ventilation windows as big as possible.
I think there will be pretty solid ventilation overall when this is finalized in design, but I understand what you are saying.
I can imagine how cold it was. Thanks for the update.
We have inserts covered in plastic that we remove from upper and lower door openings that work well in our small cattle panel greenhouse. Maybe you could use some extra plastic to form "gasket" to fill in larger gaps around door so as to hold heat better.
We have gaskets around the Dutch door and between the upper and lower door halves. Worthwhile in our zone 5 climate. Was out there tonight with a lantern cutting mache, claytonia, and mustard greens for dinner.
I think I'll do a felt or poly element for that. I'm not too worried about a little air moving through, it doesn't need to be a pure seal, but the more the merrier.
You're sure you want to pull the door and not push it? Interior once cover will always be free of snow and ice. Exterior, you'll maybe have to shovel and break the ice just to enter the tunnel. Or even the lawn in the summer can block a bit. But if it work well for your other tunnel that way, hey! good for you!
I hear you on that... But these are big doors and that would be a fair bit of lost bed space if they had to open inward...
I'd bet money that some point in the future we will have railgun drills that would literally "zap screws in." You could use weak magnets to keep the dutch doors together. It could also act as the latch system to keep the door closed.
I just realized how magnet heavy this comment is... Still the door thing is a good idea lol.
I forget about magnets as a tool/solution for a lot of this stuff...
Probably some screws are good. But you can anchor those boards by putting a stave (I want to call them stakes) on either end on the outside that you want to push against and one on the inside in the middle that pushes in the other direction. I do that to anchor the contour logs I use for terrace walls.
Makes a lot of sense.
Looks solid. Hope you get a thaw soon. That's a great deal on the black locust. Just paid $20 ea for 12 ft treated 2x6.
I've been picking from their slabwood pile for over 10 years. Almost every project I've built in the last decade is loaded with their locust. Best deal in NYS.
Thank you for the videos, especially on those cold days! I've seen those wax pistons used for auto greenhouse venting and they seemed to work great, they were used towards the top of a geodesic dome greenhouse that would be tough to otherwise reach. I like the dutch door setup too, handy for those who may have dogs or other critters that would need to be kept out but still letting pollinators in.
I have one in small cattle panel hoop house and three in geodesic dome greenhouse and wouldn't be without them. Love they take care of themselves and adjust with thumbscrew like mechanisms. 🌱👍
The auto-window opener is a super nice thing.
Looks AWESOME!!!!
On "hoarding" - Peter Bane in his book about suburban permaculture has loads of discussion about the importance of having a resource supply/storage area. Someplace to keep all the "junk" that may come in really handy when you need to fab up a door, or create a compost bin, or a broody box for hens, or... ;) If you have the 'stuff' around, you can and will find uses for it ;)
I am hoping this winter to etch out some time to build another super sturdy life long outbuilding on the main property that is designed from the outset to be able to store resources in a very thoughtful and organized way... At the moment I definitely have too many random piles laying around!
Since I'm old...... I remember that in Wilbur's house they had a dutch door in the kitchen and Mr. Ed would stick his head through and chat. I think I remember that the top and bottom were held together with a slide bolt running up and down rather than sideways as normal. You might want a little bit heavier duty one but still, it would be cheap and cheerful..... and fast.
Thanks for this note!
My greenhouse door opens the same way.......so every fall I put a wind break for when I open the door the north wind doesn't blow inside the greenhouse. Looking good sean !!!!
Good thought, that would cool down the space REAL quick!
Ideas: Start collecting plastic barrels and after putting plastic on add a row of water filled barrels along the entire north side (outside of plastic). Make sure the barrels are close together and touching, and that they also touch the plastic. Then install a row of wood along the top of the barrels and cover the barrels with compost. The heat should transfer from the compost to the barrels and then into the greenhouse through the greenhouse plastic. There also might be a way to collect rain water off the greenhouse through thin plastic/vynil type trim edging or a bungee cord type system that would be tight against the walls without using screws.
Very nice concept, I saw a video about this before... Great idea but unfortunately in this particular context it wouldn't work (there is a bit of slope on the north side AND there are shrubs planted nearby.. .Something to consider for future experiments...
Connecting doors - I like your hole and stave. It'd also be trivial to tie them together, which might interfere with the plastic, though.
A quick tie with hay binding rope could be simple enough, maybe it's a peg that drops in that is tied off so I don't loose it :)
Dutch doors and very common in the south. Most dowel latches would intuitively be made to rest in the hole with gravity, but when the wind catches the bottom door, it'll pull that one and the dowel will pop right out. They always needed some sort of way to be latched in without just gravity. Also, plants outside the doors as a wind break help.
Good notes here, thank you!
I have a screw driver bit for my cordless drill, but I am gonna havta locate one of these screw zappers you speak of. 😉
P.s. it's not a hoard, it's a stash. Every real man has a "stash" of things/parts "to be used at a future time".
I've kept my husband's "stash" for 33 years and just recently found and used enough thick and 5 inch nails. I had just enough to anchor wood to a border of garden ties. PERFECT. Now I bought 3 inch nails adding another row for free pieces to build up the border of my " no dig". I may have 10 inch walls before the start of next season. I like it for the low cost approach I'm taking. I have so much that he's collected but left us in 1987. There is no time limit just the limit of our imagination and ingenuity. I love what these guys are doing.
Another nice video, I'm currently looking at ideas for building my poly tunnel later this year. Josh Sattin has just done some videos on his Farmers Friend poly tunnel that he's just erected. It's worth watching for some alternative end wall ideas. Regarding the hearing of the tunnel during the winter months, my idea currently, is to build a high raised bed on the north side of my tunnel and fill it with horse manure, top it with compost, and grow salads in it.
Sounds great!
should have gone with a Simpson hold down and a block at the door ways.......
you are doing some great work in a cool......way......peace brother
Had to look that up :)
I think my 'vampire killing' staves might do a similar thing, although I'm sure with less power, but at least the price is right!
1:40 I don't know what a chop saw is, but I assure you that those points are very easy to put on with a little hatchet, that easily and only fits in one hand. You just need a stump or something to chop on top of. I make stakes all the time. I split logs and then sharpen the ends. I use them to anchor logs going crosswise (on contour) on hills to make little terraces above them. And to use to secure the end of a cord that I want to tension.
Absolutely, I use a hatchet, too... BUT if I'm making 100+ staves with 2"x2" black locust a tool to help with the process doesn't hurt :)
ive had those polycarbonate sheets break down quicker than i was expecting
Thats a bummer.
For the way to lock the doors together, I wouldn't say you're wrong about effectively a stick through some holes, but I'd so something closer to a quarter or half inch thick bolt that drops into place,
On a different note, I have started making my own cattle panel greenhouse, 4 50" panels long, just under 7.5 feet across to let there be just over 6 feet of height so i can walk through without brushing the top or stooping. It was possible the easiest and cheapest greenhouse construction I think there is. Should finish my end wall next week or this weekend if I'm lucky
Awesome the cattle panel idea is coming together for ya!
Even though black locust is rot resistant, would it not be worth to char the wood that is in contact with soil ?
Definitely could be so, but Locust like this should be good for 10-30 years as is so I'm happy with that run.
@@edibleacres that sounds good enough for me
I live in Oklahoma.
🌪️ so far havnt had any trouble with my high tunnel lifting during storms.
Gene here helping out at Sattin Hill (youtube Josh Sattin) where we are building 2 of the same tunnels and so far so good
Glad they are coming along!
Just posted that I'd been watching Josh's videos on his Farmers Friend tunnels, then saw your message. Great work from both channels.
Hi just curious about having permits for high tunnels .
Any plans of having a vestibule on either end ( secondary door to prevent heat loss )
Your info inspires me to think out of the box
Thank you good vibes
No permits that I know of...
Vestibule would be a great design idea for sure, but it isn't included here (maybe a future design, thanks for planting the seed :)
!
I’m really learning a lot watching you build your high tunnel greenhouse. Please video the attaching of the wiggle wire channels to your round metal structures and door frames. I’ve seen the channels used on big commercial tunnels but you will be the first one, for me, to see how it gets attached to the framing. Also, QUESTION: is there a difference between a greenhouse and a high tunnel?
Greenhouse - a season extension space that is actively heated (propane, wood, biomass, etc)
Hightunnel - an un-heated season extension space
This may ride the line since I plan to include a bunch of passive/solar/compost heating elements to this 'hightunnel' but you get the idea.
ua-cam.com/video/lAIHSw5iSUI/v-deo.html - 15:07 - Farmers friend video that shows how they install the wiggle wire channel... I plan to mimic it exactly...
You might want to try to make those automatic venting windows as big as possible and also put them as high up as poissible. I would also put in automatc vents att the bottom of the greenhouse so you get some better airflow if you don't have time to open the sides or doors in time... A common mistake is to underestimate how hot in can get! And then people try to fix it by shading but then you lose a lot of productivity with less light...
I don't think I'll add shade cloth, but once we get into the swing season I'll be monitoring and figuring out what is needed and make adjustments. Could be I have vents that are automatic on both sides so some cross breeze can happen.
You have to be over the moon getting your structure/beds built. Really looking good and gleaning some ideas to incorporate here. Love the dutch door idea...... Have you mentioned what you'll be utilizing beds for inside greenhouse?
Beds in this space... VERY early starts of a wide range of annual crops, and a whole lot of nursery jump start work. In summer we'll be using it for tomato and hot pepper production probably, but not quite sure just yet... We'll share notes!
@@edibleacres Thank you for answering my question and really happy to see your structure going up. I'd like to think my order of plants purchased from you this fall helped you aquire at least one truss lol. 👍🌱😁
I love the shape. Can you give some detail on the specifics? Such as the diameter of the pipes, etc. Where did you buy the material and the costs. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Not an ad, but I got it from:
Farmers Friend
www.farmersfriend.com/caterpillar-tunnel
This is the Gothic Arch model, and you can get all the details.
So far I'm happy with what I got, but maybe it could be stronger or better... not sure
Are you going to try using compost as a main heat source in the high tunnel? How is your compost heating project going on the home greenhouse? I am very interested, not only in IF this works, but more importantly, for how long it works into the winter. Thx.
To be honest the experiment in our greenhouse next to the house is on pause, just too many other moving parts...
I plan to rebuild it and monitor and share notes this later winter, and hopefully there will be some info of worth for you then...
5:20 - I think "Dutch door" just became clear, cause I was like wtf? Is that a hexagon shaped door? It's like something from Mr. Ed. I think you have those on barn doors for horses for some reason. Two separate doors one on top of the other. That looks fun. It could maybe be useful for ventilation? Open one low on the shadier side and one high on the warmer side to draw cool air through the system in the Summer, perhaps?
Dutch door is just a simple door 'broken' into two parts. It isn't a hexagon, those angles are for support/racking resistance.
Sean, did you get an NRCS grant for the high tunnel?
I didn't... Seemed simpler to just invest in this at this point.
Do you use crates for nesting boxes? I've seen that and also kitty litter containers have been joined for nesting boxes. I remember seeing your chickens laying almost anywhere so how are you managing that aspect? How much are those metal pieces for the structure you are making currently? It's nice to see you getting off pieces of wood to build with. Is that locust wood rot resistant? How long before you'd have to replace? So is this high tunnel a replacement for the one that collapsed? or is this one independent. Are you fixing up the one that collapsed?
We use milk crates for nesting boxes. We should do a video on it once we have it all cleaned up nicely in there... They are pretty good at mainly laying in those
Black Locust is insanely rot resistant without nasty chemicals. I love it.
Could be 10+ or 20+ years before they begin to rot
This is an additional high tunnel, the other one didn't actually collapse at all, just bent a tiny bit.
That other one is in just fine shape!
I'm curious if not using a door frame is enough support for the weight.
Could very well be... I may add some extra support around this wooden framing at some point...
Did you use concrete for foundation to the arcs?
No... They have 4' long rebar pounded in that each arch slips over.
@@edibleacres I'm asking because a strong wind could lift the whole structure like a parachute
Which way do you place the high tunnel door to back North to south or east to west
In this case the high tunnel is oriented mainly east to west, so the doors are on the eastern wall and western wall.
@@edibleacres thanks
There might be something really obvious that I’m missing, and please forgive me if so, but I would absolutely love to become a member of your channel! Unfortunately, when I view your channel on my iPhone I see no options for doing so?! Anyone know what the problem may be?
Thanks for being interested! I don't think membership works on a phone... Could be wrong there but I think I remember reading that somewhere.
You've built this tunnel of yours on your neighbour's property?
Yes we did.
That's a huge tunnel! UA-cam should offer colored fonts, mine here would be green. (Get it? Lol)
It will definitely be a big space to experiment with for sure.
tunnel tv
shouldn't you make one end larger for a front loader entry possible? It maybe just me, but please save your back. You will need it your entire life!
I hear you, but 1) I don't own a front loader and 2) I never lay out gardens with the idea of machines coming through... too much compaction and wasted bed space for me...
Blood Blister.😣😥😭
Oh yeah, it wouldn't be a normal day if there wasn't at least some ding on my hands.
Hi Boys 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
First.