(DIY GREENHOUSE) How We Made Our Own Inexpensive Hoop House
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2021
- We're turning our 60+ foot bean tunnel into a hoop house so we can grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in our cooler northern climate (and get them in the ground EARLIER).
With a few basic materials, you can build this DIY Hoop House in your garden to expand your growing season, and give your plants a jump-start this season to grow even MORE food.
For the full step-by-step instructions (including how to build the hoop house frame), visit the blog post here: homesteadingfamily.com/diy-be...
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I really appreciate the concept of "good enough". I feel like people have forgotten about that. Not everything has to be the best of its kind, it's really quite sufficient if it just gets the job done in a practical way. This is one of those simple, practical things that just gives me a sense of satisfaction to see.
Aluminum tape is the only thing that holds consistently because unlike rubber in gorilla tape or duct tape it doesn't expand and contract nor harden in cold and heat.
Exactly why they use it for heating and cooling ...
Love that stuff.
Also has a pretty aggressive adhesive on it, as not much sticks to Al well to begin with.
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Thank you for sharing that!
Another door option is to use a tarp door kit. It’s cheap and lets you seal your sides with a solid sheet then turn it into a zipper entrance door.
Amazon link?
Or just go to local hardware store and get heavy duty adhesive zippers
Just a tip for sealing the plastic, you can use a hair straightener to weld it together. Cover the plastic with a sheet of baking parchment (so you don't melt it to the hair straightener) and press the plastic together with the tongs.
Takes a bit of time and work but once you're done the resulting seam is stronger than the surrounding plastic.
Brilliant.....thank you
This is ingenious thanks a ton 🙏
Nice to see someone build something realistic for most of us home growers. While I truly appreciate a high tunnel and all of its benefits, it’s not feasible for my home garden. This looks like a perfect solution. Sturdy yet affordable. Thank you.👩🌾🌻💛☀️
This is just what I need. Simple and budget-friendly... Thank you!
Thanks for documenting your build
Simple solution on the ends is instead of having 2 exact halves, make the overlap. So do 2x 3/5 covering sized drapes so they overlap and they form a better draft barrier to prevent gust from blowing through as easily
Huh?
I live in Florida it's too hot here so I cut tthe bottom and covered the openings with mesh as well as the front and back. It has saved me feom my grasshopper invasion. I plan on making more so I can start growing crops.
If you have chickens, look up some grasshopper/cricket traps. Your hens will thank you. lol
My friend I have a cheap and reusable solution for you both for the door way and to hold the sides down. Get a large wholesale Velcro roll, you can by that cause the open gap in the winter and keep it shut completely, and you can also use Velcro on the wood and the other side of the Velcro on the Plastic and you can reuse it next year just put in on. Simple easy and will hold it down from the wind.
For a home small hoop house or diy low tunnel I use EMT conduit and t posts to hold down frost cloth covering my low tunnels. I am looking at 2 cattle panels for an over winter hoop house that doubles as a tomatoe, cucumber, bean trellis in summer
Great video! Lots of good information I plan to use. I must say Conner is a good worker. When you told him to check the length of the other side, I love the way he ran to the end to look. That kinda work ethic you are teaching him will carry him far through life! Well done sir!
dig a wide channel the width of your hoop house down below frost line, then put hoop house over that, have year round growing.
been doing this for years with my raised garden beds, do not use plastic I use shadecloth instead..........leave open on the sides as each panel is over it's own raised bed. Place the hoop going east to west to provide for all day shade. I use T-posts for securing the panel to the ground, driving 4 posts, one in each corner and wire up the panel as high as I can on the post, very stable.
This is so encouraging. I think I can do this. Thanks for doing this video.
Thank you. Just the simple solution I was looking for . I have arbors from cattle panels and was looking for someone with instructions on how to build a simple hoop house with them. Awesome!
You are welcome!
Just saw your video.. loved it thank you. I noticed you rolled the plastic up around the hose. It might be a bit more trouble; but if you roll the plastic down around the hose (the other way), you won't get water, snow, ice accumulation on top the hose. The roll part will be inside instead of outside.
I’m in zone 3a, and still have a few feet of snow on the ground. I’m excited to try this! Thanks so much for sharing!
This design is a '' cattle panel'' greenhouse. If you build the long sides 2 feet tall out of heat treated 2 x 4's it will be 10 feet wide and 7 foot 2 inches tall. put 55 gallon drums along the N. side and fill them 75% with water for passive solar. run shelves along the top of the barrels to put plant starts on. Use 2 x 4's to frame in the ends and run a ridge beam at the peak from one end to the other for winter snow load, this will help.
Done that for years !!!
Works just great !!!
Made our hoop house this weekend. Love it and so grateful for this video. Thank you very much. God Bless.
I used a technique similar to this on the West Coast of South Africa - where the ocean winds are hurricane-like. This technique withstood everything nqture threw at it. I will add that I left the sides open so open for any passing breeze because it can get quite hot. I would only have the "curves" facing where the ocean winds and inland winds come from - and it would effortlessly deflect wind with its roundness. Instead of using hose of the top, I placed another fence, like a "fence sandwich" with 200 micron polyfilm in the middle. Works like a charm.
Used to work at a nursery that is a pretty cool design what you came up with we were just been Ours from the na put a fan in it to ventilate down the whole tunnel
Many years ago, I saw a zipper that is used on plastic sheeting. It was just stuck, like tape, onto the plastic where you want the opening. The first time you unzip it, it cuts the plastic to create the opening. Thought that might interest you if they still make it.
Yep thats what we use they work 👍😃
Can get them at any home improvement store
Lesson learned about hoop house: I had seen many, many other videos from other people where a hoop house stood up to snow on it. We had a 3-day storm, dumped about 10 inches of snow, and the weight of the snow caused the 'crest' of the hoop house to droop all the way to the ground, creating an 'inverted' hoop house. By the time we realized it (about a week after the storm), the cattle panel was well molded into that shape. So, if you live in an area which might get surprise storms, you'll need to reinforce the center.
That's a great reminder and good advice for a 4 season greenhouse.
In this case I believe he is using it as a seasonal greenhouse. Removing the plastic before winter and putting it back on in early spring after the threat of heavy snow has passed.
i think i'd have a greater concern about IVE storms, vs snow. also, vermin would definitely be a nuisance in that not only would they seek against whatever it was i had growing, but also simply to get out of the cold & wet. ...but there are things to do, which have not been covered here.
I use mine as the winter chicken shelter/run, they really enjoy the added protection from Wisconsin winters. And its absolutely reinforced with a support beam down the ridge!
I use hog wire that loops that allows you to bolt the panels together. Also on one side of the hoop house I run the panels horizontally and bolt panels vertically to the top of the horizontal side. This gives me an extra 4ft so I can make my hoop taller and wider. To hold down the plastic I use coated tie wire. I drive a 2ft peice of rebar with a loop on one end every 3ft along both sides, then tie the wire through the loop in the rebar running the wire over the top and tighten and tie to the other side. You can pull the plastic up in the summer at the bottom and the wire will hold it in place.
Something you might consider is putting the hose on the inside of the plastic near the cattle panel. This would keep the glue on the tape from going bad quickly and it would also keep water from pooling on the plastic. You could reverse your roll process for the plastic and the water would shed straight off.
A tip for winter use to increase and regulate warmth over longer periods of time: In the middle of your hoop house, pile a few rows (you want it a least 3x3 feet or so) of cinder blocks up say 4 feet or so high. As you stack them, fill up the holes/spaces with sand or dry dirt. The more fine the material the better (less air space between each of the particles and more surface area contact between the solids), but it is not super critical either way.
You can also use solid blocks and just create an open cube structure to pour sand or dirt in the middle--this is a bit better because you have less air space and more solid material in contact with each other.
Then paint the outside of this cinder block (or other) structure with a black color. The blacker/darker the better. Make sure the paint is heat and UV resistant type.
You now have a thermal mass energy collector and radiator. What this will do, is gradually warm up during the day and collect a lot of heat energy and as the Sun goes down and it starts to get colder out, it will radiate the heat back out, thus regulating the temperature especially over night.
It would be better if it was made out of a completely solid and non porous material, but that would be both much heavier, much harder to transport, and probably much more expensive (unless you have a giant rock or small boulder in your yard and can move it around easily, but good luck getting it in the hoop house if it is already built).
In the the summer, cover this with a very white or reflective material of some kind. White fabric, painted white cardboard, polished aluminum, mylar space blankets, etc. Believe it not, this will help to keep things a bit cooler in there until around noon to 2pm or so. Cause that same thermal mass has lost energy overnight getting cool, and then it takes longer to warm up. By the end of the day, it will start getting warm and then keep part of the night warmer in there, until it fully loses all the heat energy and equalizes with the ambient temps. In this case, it acts more like a regulator (as long as it is completely covered with something very white).
Thank you so much for this Intel! 💗
You also could use large containers of water (IBC totes or 55 gallon drums) painted black and stacked side-by-side.. Then if you ever need to move them you can simply drain the water iut.
Sadly this only works if your greenhouse gets some direct sun at all in winter
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If it's NOT in the sun then it really isn't much of a greenhouse. Just sayin.
You also could tap into geothermal if you bury water lines far enough below frostline but idk what sort of mechanical pump might be necessary to supplement thermosiphoning
I like it, especially the use of the old hose!
Definitely can think of a few non conventional applications for that. So awesome.
Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge and your family time.
I’m going to try this!! I’m from Wisconsin! Love your videos!! Cheap but easy to build!
What a great idea to use a water hose
Awesome!
Thanks for the ideas. I'll try this year.
Definitely plan on adding this to the garden this year
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I love it! I'm going to try to make one just 2 panels long for my small garden/small family. Thank you!
Amazing. Thanks 👍
GM ☕️☕️. Some good info here. I’m going to use panel on a couple of my raised beds come spring & will need to cover for frost & intense heat ☀️. We’ve dipped in the negatives & reach 118* summer.
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I love this idea! The hose is so creative! Thank you for sharing
Wonderful stuff. Thank you. I appreciate how still the air is there from the way that two people could roll out the polytunnel plastic sheeting. There would maybe be two or three days in a whole year when such conditions prevail here and no knowing when that would be.
I figure there's a hybrid version of this structure whereby a skin of horticultural fleece can be used to shelter and warm the space in the cold season, then removed to use the trellis idea later on.
Thanks for the detailed DIY, I plan on doing something like this next winter.
What great solutions! Thanks for saving me hours of backbreaking rock moving!
That is really.a nice setup
Great simple instructional videos. These are great. Thanks fo sharing.
Awesome. I'm totally going to do this, this spring. Thanks for the great video :)
Looks good! Happy growing!
Nice greenhouse!
We plan to build one 24' feet long in a bout a week. Excited!
Answer to my prayers. Thanks!
Great project, We tried many and yours seems very well designed for all season.
Thanks for sharing .
Excellent- thank y’all so very much!!
I'm building the same house. I've decided to use 12' clear panels laid length wise. I want it to be permanent. It will be 10x32, 4x4x8s will be put in the middle for snow support. Two end door frames also 4x4s will give more support. The frame 10x12 (for now) is built. I'll build the rest this year, add on more next year.
I live in Northern Idaho.
Hope it can take the snow load, we'll find out.
Love to see a photo of your project.
We are in central Idaho. The gentleman we bought our property from left us a small hoop house, snow crushed it the 2nd winter we were here. Our next one will definitely have center and end support.
Thank you for your ideas and this high quality video.
I appreciate this. Thanks.
Within 3 minutes of turning this on, had to pause to plant my beans! 😊
Great ideas! Glad I came across your video.
That's really cool. Thank you for sharing this with us. Wouldn't one more weighted center sheet of plastic seal off the gap of the 'doors' and not be too difficult to maneuver through?
Have you considered using RV antifreeze in the garden hose? I know money is probably tight with the skyrocketing prices, but it would allow for a few more weeks of use. And you could store the hoses with the antifreeze in it.
Salt would keep the water from freezing.
Great video! The metal track with the wire I’ve always heard it called wiggle wire track. Another thought I had was I wonder if the adhesive backed zippers you can buy for tarps from Home Depot would work to seal up the ends of one of these tunnels.
Great episode experience. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. 😃👍
I just found your page. Thank you for the ideas. definitely subscribing and will continue to watch.
You are talented. You give me a lots of good idea.Thanks.
Thanks for this video, I'm going to try this next year! I'm in southeast Idaho.
That must be one kickass garden in the summer
Very good. Nice tidy job too--everything is straight and neat. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing you other videos.
Excellent.
Thank you!
Cool idea. I need a green house. I have a family member who collected a bunch of old trampolines and used the metal frames as a green house.
Seems like tyvek tape would be a better option to seal the ends. Great little green house. Thanks for the idea.
Any wide scotch tape we use to seal packages 📦 would do a work
I would say it's very smart work! Impressive! 🤠
Thank You
Thanks sir .
Love it thank you for sharing this wonderful idea my best wishes to you and your family JC limeerick city ireland
The plastic construction zippers are win for the doors
You could probably put some propylene glycol in the hose for antifreeze and add it sooner than it may be warm enough for just water.
They don't use propylene glycol in antifreeze they use ethylene glycol. Propylene glycol is a food safe additive that is also used in smokeless nicotine vaporizers
@@Famcke Propylene glycol is used by the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries as an antifreeze when leakage might lead to contact with food.
@@vicki4580 yes, and in rv toilets, sink traps etc.
Thank you so much I need as much help I can get
Thank you
Great video 😀
I love this idea! I use a floating row cover for my brassicas and I needed a way to keep the sides down like u r doing, but I am going to try fill my old busted up hoses with sand for weight....I would think that water will evaporate....but I am interested to see how it works for you! I really would love to duplicate ur greenhouse! Fun to watch u guys garden! Thanks 👍👍
Great idea, Vivian!
Great idea! Am sharing this on my MeWe page!
Can´t believe it. You use opinel? Beautiful!
This is amazing
I really want to build this . Thank you looks so amazing
You can do it!
hang a 2 to 3 foot wide strip over the "door" seams would enclose the structure without actually closing the structure.
Very nice 👍
Thanks
Cool beans .... or is it warm beans 😊 Thanks fellas for the how-to .
Merci from Montreal, Canada.
Bien Hecho!!!
I found the best thing to use is spray adhesive, just spray both side you are attaching and give it a few minutes to get tacky and apply.
Two layers of bubble wrap work great through winter
I suggest going to your local hardware store or Amazon and purchasing a zipper for the door keeps it closed and is pretty air tight.
over all its a great idea, which others can expand on.
Yea, alternative is concrete wire mesh, tarp between, more compactable first came up with this in 06, now use for shade, reflective material between cattle panels
Wish you'd show how you put the t post clips on the panels and how you kept the hose clipped up !!
I was squinting hard looking for those t post clips
I would think you would just bend them to the shape you need.
@@workinonit9562 after they're hooked on to the panel what do you hook them on to to keep the hose up? Surely you don't puncture the plastic so how do you use the clips to hold the hose up?
I was curious about this, too. Hmm 🤔😁
Polyimide (Kapton) tape or Aluminium tape are both intended for long term thermal stability. Maybe try some of each and see which holds out best?
for the sides, dig a hole no more than 4 inches deep extend the plastic enside and fill it with the dirt that you removed, just that, it will compact and avoid the plastic fo move or fly. it works perfect and you avoid using hosesor other things
Hi just watched your DIY greenhouse video. Loved it! Thought maybe you could fill the hose with sand to weigh it down.
When he said all my other other hoes are heavy duty, i felt that.
ADD to your water hose ....RV antifreeze is a liquid solution that is used to prevent plumbing systems from freezing and consequences due to very cold temperatures.