As long as it works! I think I just hate building projects that cost a ton of money and then don't work! Or need a massive amount of tweaking! This way I can build for free and see what works and don't works without bankrupting myself.
Great idea with the fabric. We use an old hose that had a couple holes, we cut it length wise and zip ties it over the ends of the cattle panel. Works great.
This was immensely helpful. I have been planning in my head for years on how to do the same thing. Thank you so much! I am not knowledgeable about the names of different materials so thank you for including this. Julie you focus on all the important aspects of helping someone actually do this... My heart goes out to you for showing us close ups if all of your solutions so we can build it instead of focusing on"pretty shots" and other fillers. Your content and your spirit is golden. I will be building my homestead soon and I thank God that you came into my life and gave me the knowledge to do this work.
You are so kind! Your comment made my day. I try to focus on the process so that if you have different materials than I do you can just get the idea rather than being a stickler for doing it exactly the way that I did. Merry Christmas, your words will stick with me when I feel like I am not doing it pretty enough!
2-inch pieces of an old garden hose cut open lengthwise and tied around the sharp corners of the cattle panel also works really well to protect the greenouse plastic.
Resourceful. I appreciate this system, though I can't make good use of it in my area, now I know should we enter a new ice age, ha! Very nice work. Your turkeys are your biggest fans, so clingy.
I do have some very clingy little turkeys, aren't their sounds pretty? Yes, I think it is lovely to see what people in other areas do...your winter garden makes me drool a little bit even if I can't do it that way here.
OMG I m so very glad I found you. I do craziness like this using what I find around you are awesome!!! Self sufficient teaching the kiddos to take care of themselves!!!!
I have seen that done and it worked great! I didn't have money for pool noodles this month so I used what I had on had. Thanks for sharing another solution!
I used the pool noodles too. End of season. Walmart had them for 10 cents a piece! I think I bought 27. 🤣Was so timely too, was making a hoop house and those cattle fence hoops are great! But the nubs on end need protection.
Love this! We used pool noodles from the dollar store to protect our plastic from the cattle panel wires. Made a slit lengthwise and ran it around the panel once we installed it. Im going to do the heated greenhouse like this. Great idea! Bought your plans off etsy .
You are a Genius! You have taken stuff that most people would throw away and a bit of new stuff and made something amazing that will grow food in the middle of winter! All I can say is WOW!
If you turn the cow panels inside out the nubs will be on the inside ! I learned this the hard way ☹️ then take pool noodles and slice them down the middle and attach them to the ends! Then we used zip ties to attach the cow panels together for extra strength. Hope this was helpful . A lot easier than sewing 🧵🪡around all those nubs
I have a friend who uses the foam swimming tubes, cut on on side, and then it slides on to the ends. They are normally a dollar at Dollar Tree. Great work in reusing what may have been trashec and end up in a landfill.
Yes, the pool noodles work great for that! I didn't have any but next time I might use them if the fabric doesn't do what I want it to. Thank you for sharing a great tip!
We set up greenhouses like this for all of our animals in the winter. This is the first time I am going to try and do a REALLY early winter garden. Thanks for watching!
Pipe foam tubes would good on the metal. I use those foam tubes for a lot of projects. You could even use reg plastic and make a second layer on top, if ppl couldn't afford greenhouse plastic. You are very creative.
I have seen that used and it worked great. In this project I was trying to show how to do it with what was on hand? I think the foam would hold up better for sure. Thank you for sharing.
I just found your channel! I have been looking for channels close to me so I have ideas that will work here. Most seem to be down south and they have good ideas but a lot won't work in the cold we get here. Thank you I like that you are frugal and reuse and repurpose!!
To cover any sharp nubby ends of the Cattle or Hog panels, buy inexspensive Pool Noodles or the foam Pipe insulation that you wrap your house water pipes with. They work fantastic,use Zip ties to attach them. Also it keeps the plastic from rubbing on the ends.
You're abundance of common sense is refreshing! Its been my experience that so many (most?)people just don't have the necessary requirements to figure things out. Its depressing that easily 95% of DIY-ers begin their projects with EXPENSIVE trips to the store. Smh... Anyhow, Thanks for sharing all of those how-to details. 😊
The nubs ,I would have them under the arch ( your cloth as a protection solution sounds good advice) and 4' beds are a long reach believe 40" would be maximum width as you can only reach from one side. Yes for warming the green house without fossil fuel and solar needs sunny days of which doesn't show up in winter. You did a useful dream for any budget Congratulations Lady
If the beds aren't at least four feet wide and eight feet long they won't heat up from the compost decomposing. I have a stool in the greenhouse that I can use to reach the outside of the bed.
Figs in Idaho in December...that is pretty amazing. I've been trying to figure out for a while if I can do something similar. Problem is that the space I have to do it in doesn't get a ton of direct light, so I'd probably have to light it.
Hi! Love seeing you here! The light versus microclimate versus space thing is tricky isn't it? I have spots where I COULD plant things but I don't have enough windbreak or soil there for things to survive. I love how much you do in your little space. You are inspiring to me.
I can't begin to tell you how inspiring and beautiful you are. I have the uttermost respect to you how you work with Mother Nature and care for your family and homestead. Wishing you health and prosperity always. Merry Christmas!
Darkening the outside base of the pallets or other dark item tucked under the plastic might absorb more heat from the sun. If the shade cloth was tight enough against the pallet it may add heat to the outside of the pallet inside the plastic. Another option might be to darken with something like natural pigment from crushed poke berries or other non chemical source that wont off-gas in the sun. Does the humidity need to be kept up with water regularly? So inspirational!
I definitely could put something dark on the outside. I may change a lot of things as I go along, I try to have the first attempt as cheap and simple as possible so I don't get discouraged. Once I have planted the bed and seen how it does in our extreme cold I may do ALL SORTS of layer adding or darkening. Good advice!
Nice use of what you have! On plastic you can get construction film with scrim in it it is three layers with a uv protection and it has nylon threads running in two directions I’ve hade it up for six years in Michigan and still in great shape the brand was dura scrim! And also try to get wiggle wire and track it saves wear and tear on everything and make it all reusable! Great video
I'd advise if you had planned ahead and check around for a used screen door it might have been inside and next summer would be wonderful. Great place of several uses , Thanks for showing
I know right!? That is me a few years ago before I started to really reinforce ground anchors and doors! We had a geodesic one go over the neighbor's fence and it was a nightmare to clean up.
Some, if most lost of your ideas are borderline, genius, very intuitive. However, I would have built you a door (if I lived even remotely, in the hemisphere, beautiful ladies. I would've framed your done with 45° cut landscape timbers as a frame. I would have then covered the door with chicken wire ir panels.. As for winter, where you live (Were in Texas) I would've covered the door with plastic, using your extreme ingenuity for ideas. Frankly, many of the things you've done, have inspired me.. lol. How awesome you are.
Thank you for your kind comment! Yes, the door is tricky in our area because of our gusting winds. If I don't build it just right it will take the whole greenhouse down. Once I see what I do and don't like about it I will put a better door on but for now I just need it not to turn into a torn parachute jumping the fence and landing in my neighbor's yard! LOL
@@dirtpatcheaven Well, you've done absolutely amazing. I found myself kind of giddy, as I watched the ideas hatch away as you explained your thinking. You keep on keeping on . We have much in common that way, the things I've put together, have surprised me and I think traumatized others? Leave no stone unturned, I suppose.❤🙏
Excellent reuse and use of materials. Also it appears your Turkeys are very much in love with you. lol Always love your ideas and how you work with your family on projects, the editing was very well done and to see your parenting/teaching style with your daughter during the tin placement was refreshing too see. Happy New Year to you and your family! God Bless! Hope it all works out as you set it up to do. 🙏🏼Praying for no kitties to squeeze in anywhere inside too.
WOW! I thought I was the king of Jimmy Jack Jive Construction! You take the crown! That door is an impressive work of art in using what you have. Here's a suggestion, get some scrap 2x4's, I know sometimes they are hard to find, screw/nail them vertically on both side of where you want the door, go as wide or narrow as what you want to make your door out of. connect w/a scrap 2x4 at top, that gives you a squarish fram to work off of. jimmy jack your plastic to outsides of door frame, find some 2nd hand hinges or use rubber or what have you, build/insulate your door, seal up cracks and voila! Hmmm, you done well kid! Carry on, I'm headed on into my own fog bank of whatever!
You are right! I have a friend who used them on hers. I was trying to show a way to make this as affordable as possible so I used what I already had on hand. Next time I will definitely try some different techniques and spend a little more money.
Hi Raji. Thank you for saying that! I love it too. It is a Romney wool hood that I spun, knit, and felted so that it would be wind-proof. I do make them for people as a special order but I have 30-50 hours into them so it's pricey. If you want one you can email me at dirtpatcheaven@gmail.com or I can tell you the pattern source: Cathy Carron, Hattitude pattern book, pattern is the Little Red Riding Hood.
Brilliant add a door hinge with the sharp edge already cutting into the plastic instead of bending it... like around a lg screw driver and having it so that one end is screwed in along the side of the door that does NOT open and drill into the two whole that would connect the ends and make a great hinge.
Wow!!! I love you😍 !!! You video just popped up on my feed & am so glad !! We also are big recycle/ reuse peeps!!! Love how you use we you can get free😻. WONKY… had me giggling 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sounds like something I would say 🤪🤪 Where did you find your hat ? LOVE IT 😍 LOL and your helper 😻 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I would love to see what you are doing in your neck of the wood since our climates are so similar! I went and looked but didn't see any videos. I made the hat from Romney sheeps wool and spun and felted it so that it was wind-proof. The pattern is by Cathy Carron, book is Hattitude, pattern is Little Red Riding Hood. It is a GREAT chore hat.
@@dirtpatcheaven Oh Babe, I’m 73 & don’t have a clue of how to post as a video reply🥴😵💫😵💫🤣. And I’m dealing with TBI… from 2 yrs ago. Our wind is so horrendous at times thru the year …. My son & gsons helped me erect what I call a dead forest. As we trim trees we use the branches to kinda intertwine them on the outside of the garden… multi purpose for wind protection & the birds love it. My 5 compost bins are pallets & I use tires as a retainer wall on the southeast slope of the garden. The greenhouse is 12x20… bottom recycled wood & top recycled windows 🪟. Had to by the big corner posts & a some lumber for the roof. We tore down an old deck & used them to make a shelf on 3 sides so my water & potting mix can fall through. We’re nothing fancy here Lololol 🤪🤪 I am even more impressed that you made your hat!!! From scratch to finish 🤩🤩. You are like I was in my younger years. And I’m an Aries ♈️ so tell me I can’t & I’d prove you wrong. Not so much anymore. 🧠🥴 I don’t do winter gardening due to winter elements but am chomping at the bit for April to role around & start indoors seeding. Late January I’m going to trim my elderberries & try propagation 🤞 Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Great to reporpous the materials, Great not to pay out money and help make a market for new plastic and add to landfill. You kids are learning something that will work for their future and values. Pretty good " Stewart of your property " I'll say.thanks
I fill it with wood and other carbon debris from my property. These beds were already full from having been planted in this summer. On the top I put rabbit cages to build up nitrogen. Then I put a couple inches of my own mix of potting soil. I have an ebook on it here: www.etsy.com/Dirtpatcheaven/listing/958618806/pallet-raised-garden-bed-principles?Copy&ListingManager&Share&.lmsm&share_time=1640727866830
I am not. At night it gets VERY cold anywhere but right on top of the bed after I activate it. My indicator of cold is whether or not the seedlings die at night once they come up. In the six years I have been making these the hotbed has ALWAYS been up to the challenge of keeping plants alive in the most bitter cold. Kind of a miracle in my opinion. Right now it is not 'alive' yet, I need to water it in and get the bacteria eating the nitrogen and burning the carbon. Then I will add soil to the top and plant it. Then I water once or maybe twice a week and harvest. Very simple.
Thank you for watching! This is a hood from the book by Cathy Carron, it is called Hattitude. The Little Red Riding Hood pattern. It is really warm if you spin the wool really thick so that it knits up too big, then I felt it down in hot water so it shrinks to the right size, then it is wind proof.
Well done, and wonderfully clever! How do you get the bales to heat up? I tried for weeks and mine stayed ground temperature 😔. I even pour chicken manure soup over them to get a nitrogen charge 😬. And a massive double wind storm took out everything soft sided on our farm, including my new green house 😭. Sooo.. no winter veggies, but im still pondering the hotbed issue
I pack in the carbon and it has to be at least 3Hx4Wx8L in feet. If it is smaller it will never heat up. I use this one the way I do for our high gusting winds. It is REALLY solid. The other greenhouse we have is the TUFF greenhouse and it also holds up to REALLY bad 50mph gusting winds.
Hi, I'm intrigued. New here - can you please link related videos with the intro to this project because I have no idea what's going on ! lol I suppose I could binge watch all your videos for a few weeks to find it but.....not enough time.
Good intro where you showed building your raised beds. It would be a nice video to go more into how to do Hugelkulture, like you did in the raised beds.
With a "little" forethought you could have taken that beam you wired to the cattle panel and attached 2 beams down and into the bed corner frames and then be able to make a functioning door... this getting more funny as I watch!
The walkway is too narrow for me to do that and still be able to get a bucket or sled in. The top space needs to be as wide as it can be for getting wide containers in. Nothing would be able to get in the 14 inch door if I made it like a normal door. I have my reasons for doing it the way I am. You will see as I put the soil and more sawdust in. Thanks for watching.
Don't they say genius or talent is 99,999 hours of failure and then on the 10,000 hour it looks like brilliance? I am just REALLY stubborn about what I will spend money on and how to squeak out every last bit of value of anything that comes on my property. You are the best! Thank you for your kind evaluation of my stubborn nature!
I need to be able to let as much sunlight in as possible, only greens do well in low light. Anything that fruits will just stagnate and not fruit. The quail need the cloth just to scurry under and leaving it loose allows me to take care of them a little easier since it isn't attached to anything. How are you guys doing? The snow has been a little early hasn't it?
@@dirtpatcheaven Thank you for answering my question. I'm learning from you. We've received 1" of snow three times now and it's melted away each time. We did get horrible winds with the last snow storm. If the snow sticks in the mountains that'll be fine with me. I'm enjoying your videos on hot-beds. My son purchased a 40x30ft greenhouse so maybe next year we'll try to get it put up and that will cause us to decide what we're doing on the inside. I like your hot--bed ideas. It works! See you on your next video! I'd really like to visit you this coming summer. It would be exciting to get out for a spell and see more of Idaho. Butch
My one cat loves my greenhouse and finds her way in and out easily thank goodness. I'd worry about them being trapped too. I might try hot beds next year to see if I can grow/harvest in last fall early winter
@@dirtpatcheaven i don't blame you. I've found poor trapped mummified critters before like in a too big a planting box that was sitting on the cement. Poor thing crawled in and couldn't get out and we of course didn't find him as we closed that little greenhouse off for winter. We now tip all big ceramic pots to the side But after watching your videos I might try to over winter some good greens and cabbages.
I brought the pallets home in the back of my minivan. The hotbed lumber was delivered to me as a trade by someone who wanted a garden consultation. The plastic was delivered by Amazon. The branches and other filler were cut on my own property. The sawdust was delivered by truck from a local tree service for free. The bracing lumber was harvested from a local chicken coop that had collapsed. The tin was reclaimed from a calf shed that blew over in the wind. The cow panels were delivered in a large load from my local feed mill for no charge. I did list all of my prices in the description if you would like to go read it. I built it for $100 by being careful with my money and reclaiming what I could. If you need $5000 to build a $100 greenhouse....?
I love how you use what you have to build these! How smart and economical! Great skills to teach your daughter's also
As long as it works! I think I just hate building projects that cost a ton of money and then don't work! Or need a massive amount of tweaking! This way I can build for free and see what works and don't works without bankrupting myself.
Great idea with the fabric. We use an old hose that had a couple holes, we cut it length wise and zip ties it over the ends of the cattle panel. Works great.
That is a great idea! I will have to try that next time!
This was immensely helpful. I have been planning in my head for years on how to do the same thing. Thank you so much! I am not knowledgeable about the names of different materials so thank you for including this. Julie you focus on all the important aspects of helping someone actually do this... My heart goes out to you for showing us close ups if all of your solutions so we can build it instead of focusing on"pretty shots" and other fillers. Your content and your spirit is golden. I will be building my homestead soon and I thank God that you came into my life and gave me the knowledge to do this work.
You are so kind! Your comment made my day. I try to focus on the process so that if you have different materials than I do you can just get the idea rather than being a stickler for doing it exactly the way that I did. Merry Christmas, your words will stick with me when I feel like I am not doing it pretty enough!
2-inch pieces of an old garden hose cut open lengthwise and tied around the sharp corners of the cattle panel also works really well to protect the greenouse plastic.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Love how your homesteading is a family affair!!! Very important that everyone is involved and knows what needs to be done!
Resourceful. I appreciate this system, though I can't make good use of it in my area, now I know should we enter a new ice age, ha! Very nice work. Your turkeys are your biggest fans, so clingy.
I do have some very clingy little turkeys, aren't their sounds pretty? Yes, I think it is lovely to see what people in other areas do...your winter garden makes me drool a little bit even if I can't do it that way here.
OMG I m so very glad I found you. I do craziness like this using what I find around you are awesome!!! Self sufficient teaching the kiddos to take care of themselves!!!!
I love other crazy people who use what they have, glad you liked the video!
Instead of sewing fabric on the ends, I used pool noodles to cover my Sharp ends and then place the plastic over it
I have seen that done and it worked great! I didn't have money for pool noodles this month so I used what I had on had. Thanks for sharing another solution!
I used the pool noodles too. End of season. Walmart had them for 10 cents a piece! I think I bought 27. 🤣Was so timely too, was making a hoop house and those cattle fence hoops are great! But the nubs on end need protection.
Love this! We used pool noodles from the dollar store to protect our plastic from the cattle panel wires. Made a slit lengthwise and ran it around the panel once we installed it. Im going to do the heated greenhouse like this. Great idea! Bought your plans off etsy .
You are a Genius! You have taken stuff that most people would throw away and a bit of new stuff and made something amazing that will grow food in the middle of winter! All I can say is WOW!
It is pretty fun to garden in January without using a heater, that is what I think anyway!
If you turn the cow panels inside out the nubs will be on the inside !
I learned this the hard way ☹️ then take pool noodles and slice them down the middle and attach them to the ends! Then we used zip ties to attach the cow panels together for extra strength. Hope this was helpful . A lot easier than sewing 🧵🪡around all those nubs
Great ideas! Thank you for sharing!
I have a friend who uses the foam swimming tubes, cut on on side, and then it slides on to the ends. They are normally a dollar at Dollar Tree. Great work in reusing what may have been trashec and end up in a landfill.
Yes, the pool noodles work great for that! I didn't have any but next time I might use them if the fabric doesn't do what I want it to. Thank you for sharing a great tip!
I love this and I love how you had the child have to use their brain to figure out the best way to stand to achieve what they wanted to do
LOL! Thank you! Yes, kiddos are an important part of the farm!
You are so resourceful. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing
You are so kind!
Your greenhouses are great. I believe greenhouses are the future. The weather is getting crazy.
We set up greenhouses like this for all of our animals in the winter. This is the first time I am going to try and do a REALLY early winter garden. Thanks for watching!
Awesome work, as usual. Keep it up, the good, economical and innovative works. Loving all your family farming videos. God Bless.
Hi John! Thank you so much!
Pipe foam tubes would good on the metal. I use those foam tubes for a lot of projects. You could even use reg plastic and make a second layer on top, if ppl couldn't afford greenhouse plastic.
You are very creative.
I have seen that used and it worked great. In this project I was trying to show how to do it with what was on hand? I think the foam would hold up better for sure. Thank you for sharing.
I just found your channel! I have been looking for channels close to me so I have ideas that will work here. Most seem to be down south and they have good ideas but a lot won't work in the cold we get here. Thank you I like that you are frugal and reuse and repurpose!!
I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
To cover any sharp nubby ends of the Cattle or Hog panels, buy inexspensive Pool Noodles or the foam Pipe insulation that you wrap your house water pipes with. They work fantastic,use Zip ties to attach them. Also it keeps the plastic from rubbing on the ends.
good job making that little hot house! I'll be doing similar this summer..
You're abundance of common sense is refreshing! Its been my experience that so many (most?)people just don't have the necessary requirements to figure things out. Its depressing that easily 95% of DIY-ers begin their projects with EXPENSIVE trips to the store. Smh... Anyhow, Thanks for sharing all of those how-to details. 😊
Glad you liked it! Getting it all fired up for planting now, can't wait to see if it works!
Black plastic pallets as walls against wind. Easily stand on edge and tie together for ends of greenhouse.
I haven't seen plastic pallets. Where do you get them?
The nubs ,I would have them under the arch ( your cloth as a protection solution sounds good advice) and 4' beds are a long reach believe 40" would be maximum width as you can only reach from one side.
Yes for warming the green house without fossil fuel and solar needs sunny days of which doesn't show up in winter.
You did a useful dream for any budget
Congratulations Lady
If the beds aren't at least four feet wide and eight feet long they won't heat up from the compost decomposing. I have a stool in the greenhouse that I can use to reach the outside of the bed.
That cowl is so cute!
It is so warm, thank you!
Figs in Idaho in December...that is pretty amazing. I've been trying to figure out for a while if I can do something similar. Problem is that the space I have to do it in doesn't get a ton of direct light, so I'd probably have to light it.
Hi! Love seeing you here! The light versus microclimate versus space thing is tricky isn't it? I have spots where I COULD plant things but I don't have enough windbreak or soil there for things to survive. I love how much you do in your little space. You are inspiring to me.
I can't begin to tell you how inspiring and beautiful you are. I have the uttermost respect to you how you work with Mother Nature and care for your family and homestead. Wishing you health and prosperity always. Merry Christmas!
You are so kind! Thank you!
Darkening the outside base of the pallets or other dark item tucked under the plastic might absorb more heat from the sun. If the shade cloth was tight enough against the pallet it may add heat to the outside of the pallet inside the plastic. Another option might be to darken with something like natural pigment from crushed poke berries or other non chemical source that wont off-gas in the sun. Does the humidity need to be kept up with water regularly? So inspirational!
I definitely could put something dark on the outside. I may change a lot of things as I go along, I try to have the first attempt as cheap and simple as possible so I don't get discouraged. Once I have planted the bed and seen how it does in our extreme cold I may do ALL SORTS of layer adding or darkening. Good advice!
Nice use of what you have! On plastic you can get construction film with scrim in it it is three layers with a uv protection and it has nylon threads running in two directions I’ve hade it up for six years in Michigan and still in great shape the brand was dura scrim! And also try to get wiggle wire and track it saves wear and tear on everything and make it all reusable! Great video
All great ideas! Thank you for sharing! I have the construction film on the ends of my big greenhouse and you are right, it lasts forever!
I'd advise if you had planned ahead and check around for a used screen door it might have been inside and next summer would be wonderful.
Great place of several uses ,
Thanks for showing
I do have a screen door that we use as a gate to coax the ducks in to bed at night! What a great idea.
Didn't see the screen door until almost the end,Glad you got it
Your daughter has your gorgeous hair!
Awesome and so timely!! Thank you for all you do to help us learn and keep us motivated!!👍🏻
Hey what a nice thing to say!
With the high winds we had last night up here in Michigan I could just see myself chasing the plastic around the yard.
I know right!? That is me a few years ago before I started to really reinforce ground anchors and doors! We had a geodesic one go over the neighbor's fence and it was a nightmare to clean up.
Some, if most lost of your ideas are borderline, genius, very intuitive. However, I would have built you a door (if I lived even remotely, in the hemisphere, beautiful ladies. I would've framed your done with 45° cut landscape timbers as a frame. I would have then covered the door with chicken wire ir panels.. As for winter, where you live (Were in Texas) I would've covered the door with plastic, using your extreme ingenuity for ideas. Frankly, many of the things you've done, have inspired me.. lol. How awesome you are.
Thank you for your kind comment! Yes, the door is tricky in our area because of our gusting winds. If I don't build it just right it will take the whole greenhouse down. Once I see what I do and don't like about it I will put a better door on but for now I just need it not to turn into a torn parachute jumping the fence and landing in my neighbor's yard! LOL
@@dirtpatcheaven Well, you've done absolutely amazing. I found myself kind of giddy, as I watched the ideas hatch away as you explained your thinking. You keep on keeping on . We have much in common that way, the things I've put together, have surprised me and I think traumatized others? Leave no stone unturned, I suppose.❤🙏
You can raise quail chicken rabbit I have it's very good
It is very good.
Your hair is beautiful congratulations
Oh thank you. You mean when it was really long in the beginning of the video?
Excellent reuse and use of materials. Also it appears your Turkeys are very much in love with you. lol Always love your ideas and how you work with your family on projects, the editing was very well done and to see your parenting/teaching style with your daughter during the tin placement was refreshing too see. Happy New Year to you and your family! God Bless! Hope it all works out as you set it up to do. 🙏🏼Praying for no kitties to squeeze in anywhere inside too.
Thank you for the kittie prayers and the kind compliments to my family!
Bravo! Good Job!
Thank you!
WOW! I thought I was the king of Jimmy Jack Jive Construction! You take the crown! That door is an impressive work of art in using what you have. Here's a suggestion, get some scrap 2x4's, I know sometimes they are hard to find, screw/nail them vertically on both side of where you want the door, go as wide or narrow as what you want to make your door out of. connect w/a scrap 2x4 at top, that gives you a squarish fram to work off of. jimmy jack your plastic to outsides of door frame, find some 2nd hand hinges or use rubber or what have you, build/insulate your door, seal up cracks and voila! Hmmm, you done well kid! Carry on, I'm headed on into my own fog bank of whatever!
LOL! Awesome comment. I wear the crown proudly!
SOOOO CLEVER! So proud of your skills and innovations. brilliant.
Hey Mom! Thanks! Now lets so if it works!
pool noodles or pipe insulation works well on the ends of cattle panels
You are right! I have a friend who used them on hers. I was trying to show a way to make this as affordable as possible so I used what I already had on hand. Next time I will definitely try some different techniques and spend a little more money.
@@dirtpatcheaven You can use old garden hose as well. You just cut pieces to fit where you need them. It'll take a long time to wear through them.
Cool deal
Thanks!
Bom dia amiga muito bom bem cuidados
Good morning to you too! Thank you for watching!
Zipper, mine came yesterday. Can get on Amazon.
Zipper? For the greenhouse?
Ty brllliant!
Glad you liked it!
Did you make that head/neck knitted cover? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE! Would you consider selling them on your site?
Hi Raji. Thank you for saying that! I love it too. It is a Romney wool hood that I spun, knit, and felted so that it would be wind-proof. I do make them for people as a special order but I have 30-50 hours into them so it's pricey. If you want one you can email me at dirtpatcheaven@gmail.com or I can tell you the pattern source: Cathy Carron, Hattitude pattern book, pattern is the Little Red Riding Hood.
Brilliant add a door hinge with the sharp edge already cutting into the plastic instead of bending it... like around a lg screw driver and having it so that one end is screwed in along the side of the door that does NOT open and drill into the two whole that would connect the ends and make a great hinge.
Great idea!
This is so awesome! I love what you do here, thank you!
You are so kind! Thank you!
Wow!!! I love you😍 !!! You video just popped up on my feed & am so glad !!
We also are big recycle/ reuse peeps!!! Love how you use we you can get free😻. WONKY… had me giggling 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sounds like something I would say 🤪🤪
Where did you find your hat ? LOVE IT 😍 LOL and your helper 😻
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I would love to see what you are doing in your neck of the wood since our climates are so similar! I went and looked but didn't see any videos. I made the hat from Romney sheeps wool and spun and felted it so that it was wind-proof. The pattern is by Cathy Carron, book is Hattitude, pattern is Little Red Riding Hood. It is a GREAT chore hat.
@@dirtpatcheaven Oh Babe, I’m 73 & don’t have a clue of how to post as a video reply🥴😵💫😵💫🤣. And I’m dealing with TBI… from 2 yrs ago. Our wind is so horrendous at times thru the year …. My son & gsons helped me erect what I call a dead forest. As we trim trees we use the branches to kinda intertwine them on the outside of the garden… multi purpose for wind protection & the birds love it. My 5 compost bins are pallets & I use tires as a retainer wall on the southeast slope of the garden.
The greenhouse is 12x20… bottom recycled wood & top recycled windows 🪟. Had to by the big corner posts & a some lumber for the roof. We tore down an old deck & used them to make a shelf on 3 sides so my water & potting mix can fall through. We’re nothing fancy here Lololol 🤪🤪
I am even more impressed that you made your hat!!! From scratch to finish 🤩🤩. You are like I was in my younger years. And I’m an Aries ♈️ so tell me I can’t & I’d prove you wrong. Not so much anymore. 🧠🥴
I don’t do winter gardening due to winter elements but am chomping at the bit for April to role around & start indoors seeding. Late January I’m going to trim my elderberries & try propagation 🤞
Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
My sister had a long metal self she plastic for door.
Interesting. Can you share a picture? To my email? dirtpatcheaven@gmail.com
@@dirtpatcheaven be a day. I have to wait for sunshine
U are very very clever girl...tha ks for sharing.
Hey you are welcome!
LOVE your hat? Great video
Hey Leslie! This hood is from the pattern book by Cathy Carron, Hattitude.
Gosh such hard work but I can imagine it's well worth it.
If it works! I love building for free so that I can tweak or even take it down without cringing about cost of materials.
Great to reporpous the materials, Great not to pay out money and help make a market for new plastic and add to landfill.
You kids are learning something that will work for their future and values.
Pretty good " Stewart of your property " I'll say.thanks
You are so kind!
Love the cumbia background! Gracias for the great video!
Thank you!
What do you put in your hotbed prior to planting? 🤔🤔🤔
I fill it with wood and other carbon debris from my property. These beds were already full from having been planted in this summer. On the top I put rabbit cages to build up nitrogen. Then I put a couple inches of my own mix of potting soil. I have an ebook on it here:
www.etsy.com/Dirtpatcheaven/listing/958618806/pallet-raised-garden-bed-principles?Copy&ListingManager&Share&.lmsm&share_time=1640727866830
Thank you for this awesome video. How long do you use the hot bed? Does it generate heat for 1year or only 3 months?
It stays warm for about three months and then you can open it up and take out the compost.
Looks good!
Thank you! The door is still a work in progress but hopefully I can get a brain wave and make it less awkward as I work inside more.
Are you keeping track of the temperature in the space 24/7 ?
I am not. At night it gets VERY cold anywhere but right on top of the bed after I activate it. My indicator of cold is whether or not the seedlings die at night once they come up. In the six years I have been making these the hotbed has ALWAYS been up to the challenge of keeping plants alive in the most bitter cold. Kind of a miracle in my opinion. Right now it is not 'alive' yet, I need to water it in and get the bacteria eating the nitrogen and burning the carbon. Then I will add soil to the top and plant it. Then I water once or maybe twice a week and harvest. Very simple.
Serviços bem feito
Thank you!
Yay!
Yay is right!
First time seeing your video. I like the hood like thing on your head. Did you buy it or was it made?
Thank you for watching! This is a hood from the book by Cathy Carron, it is called Hattitude. The Little Red Riding Hood pattern. It is really warm if you spin the wool really thick so that it knits up too big, then I felt it down in hot water so it shrinks to the right size, then it is wind proof.
Well done, and wonderfully clever! How do you get the bales to heat up? I tried for weeks and mine stayed ground temperature 😔. I even pour chicken manure soup over them to get a nitrogen charge 😬.
And a massive double wind storm took out everything soft sided on our farm, including my new green house 😭. Sooo.. no winter veggies, but im still pondering the hotbed issue
I pack in the carbon and it has to be at least 3Hx4Wx8L in feet. If it is smaller it will never heat up. I use this one the way I do for our high gusting winds. It is REALLY solid. The other greenhouse we have is the TUFF greenhouse and it also holds up to REALLY bad 50mph gusting winds.
@@dirtpatcheaven that's amazing! I remember you saying you've had it a few years!
How amazing!! What zone are you in?
We are a zone 3/4...really cold and bad gusting winds.
Hi, I'm intrigued. New here - can you please link related videos with the intro to this project because I have no idea what's going on ! lol I suppose I could binge watch all your videos for a few weeks to find it but.....not enough time.
Sure! I have a whole playlist. And welcome!
ua-cam.com/video/FUbdxpeNPHQ/v-deo.html
Good intro where you showed building your raised beds. It would be a nice video to go more into how to do Hugelkulture, like you did in the raised beds.
I will try!
With a "little" forethought you could have taken that beam you wired to the cattle panel and attached 2 beams down and into the bed corner frames and then be able to make a functioning door... this getting more funny as I watch!
The walkway is too narrow for me to do that and still be able to get a bucket or sled in. The top space needs to be as wide as it can be for getting wide containers in. Nothing would be able to get in the 14 inch door if I made it like a normal door. I have my reasons for doing it the way I am. You will see as I put the soil and more sawdust in. Thanks for watching.
All I can say: you're a genius...
Don't they say genius or talent is 99,999 hours of failure and then on the 10,000 hour it looks like brilliance? I am just REALLY stubborn about what I will spend money on and how to squeak out every last bit of value of anything that comes on my property. You are the best! Thank you for your kind evaluation of my stubborn nature!
@@dirtpatcheaven Genius and with a sense of humor! 👍
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Thanks! I like my hair too when it is out of my face!
Love this!
Thank you!
Question. Why didn't you put the white cloth on this greenhouse underneath plastic? Thank you. Merry Christmas!
I need to be able to let as much sunlight in as possible, only greens do well in low light. Anything that fruits will just stagnate and not fruit. The quail need the cloth just to scurry under and leaving it loose allows me to take care of them a little easier since it isn't attached to anything. How are you guys doing? The snow has been a little early hasn't it?
@@dirtpatcheaven Thank you for answering my question. I'm learning from you. We've received 1" of snow three times now and it's melted away each time. We did get horrible winds with the last snow storm. If the snow sticks in the mountains that'll be fine with me. I'm enjoying your videos on hot-beds. My son purchased a 40x30ft greenhouse so maybe next year we'll try to get it put up and that will cause us to decide what we're doing on the inside. I like your hot--bed ideas. It works! See you on your next video! I'd really like to visit you this coming summer. It would be exciting to get out for a spell and see more of Idaho. Butch
I LIke your hat ~~!!
This is the first time on your utube video, I love it! I thumbs up and subscribed. One question.. It looks cold, where are you?❤️
She said Idaho Zone 4.
We are in southeast Idaho so yes, it was in the teens fahrenheit during a lot of the filming.
what is that hat you are wearing? did you make it? you look too cute in that thing! like an Ewok from Star Wars.
I made it! It is a pattern out of Hattitude by Cathy Carron.
Email?
Dirtpatcheaven@gmail.com
My one cat loves my greenhouse and finds her way in and out easily thank goodness. I'd worry about them being trapped too.
I might try hot beds next year to see if I can grow/harvest in last fall early winter
Our cats are pretty good if they know we don't want them somewhere but I can just see one getting trapped. I have nightmares about that sometimes.
@@dirtpatcheaven i don't blame you. I've found poor trapped mummified critters before like in a too big a planting box that was sitting on the cement. Poor thing crawled in and couldn't get out and we of course didn't find him as we closed that little greenhouse off for winter. We now tip all big ceramic pots to the side
But after watching your videos I might try to over winter some good greens and cabbages.
Need to spend 5,000 on 2nd hand truck to get those supplies ~ What joke $100 SMH!
I brought the pallets home in the back of my minivan. The hotbed lumber was delivered to me as a trade by someone who wanted a garden consultation. The plastic was delivered by Amazon. The branches and other filler were cut on my own property. The sawdust was delivered by truck from a local tree service for free. The bracing lumber was harvested from a local chicken coop that had collapsed. The tin was reclaimed from a calf shed that blew over in the wind. The cow panels were delivered in a large load from my local feed mill for no charge. I did list all of my prices in the description if you would like to go read it. I built it for $100 by being careful with my money and reclaiming what I could. If you need $5000 to build a $100 greenhouse....?
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They were a little noisy in the background weren't they?
No, it's sticking a little to your once perfect face, friend.
Your hair is beautiful congratulations
Thank you so much 😀
I love this!
Thank you!