How to Build a Cattle Panel Greenhouse (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2018
- There are so many ways to build a greenhouse out of simple materials. We have a PVC geodesic dome, a Harbor Freight kit, and now are adding a cattle panel greenhouse. Ours will be 8-foot by 16-foot with pressure treated lumber at the bottom. From there we're adding two layers of 8-inch sides, filling with compost and a gravel walkway, then adding the 48-inch cattle panels. We are tying them together with bailing twine we saved from hay bales.
This video is part one if the build, and we will come back and add the plastic covering, a window, and a screen door at a later date. We have to order the plastic in, then frame in the door and window.
Any questions we don't cover in the video, please message us or leave a comment below!
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Good to know 😌
Awesome build yall!
Thank you!
Nice design, looking forward to part 2.
Great video we are looking forward to seeing part two
Great video! Thanks for sharing the steps. We are planning on building a greenhouse this year so I have been searching different ideas. Your video was very helpful
Looks great!!
Awesome video.
Thanks for the video. Very informative. When do you suppose Part 2 will come around?
The temperature is starting to drop, so probably in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for watching!
It would be a better idea to dig out your walkway, 2 to 4 feet down, you might not be able to do it on your site, but if you are not on a mountain, you could, and dig your beds down to 2 feet minimum. This way you can take advantage of the earth insulating the beds. With your raised beds exposed as they are and as small as they are, they will freeze quicker than a bed at ground level. Raised beds are so much easier to work, especially for aging gardeners such as myself. I've been looking at cheaper green house alternatives and came across your video. Your's is the first that had raised beds and I hadn't been thinking that there is no reason not to apply more permanent green house designs with this cattle panel design as the cattle panel 'framing' combined with pressure treated lumber will out last me. Thanks for the lightbulb moment!
While we love the idea of a sunken type green house, we have too much rock to dig down here. The soil is also extremely rocky and poor. In another area though I agree that it would be a good idea. Thanks for watching!
@@SpragueRiverHomestead I was worried you might be on rock. I made the suggestion just in case you weren't and for anyone who is inspired by your idea like I was. Burming the earth up the side walls and starting your plastic at the top of the bed will provide some insulation. Earth isn't the best insulation, but it is free but for the work - hard work on your hilly ground. 2 to 4 inches of extruded styrofoam would be best, but it is expensive and you're not building a Cadillac here and you will loose planting space. Thanks for the inspiration and best of luck with your extended growing season.
@@SpragueRiverHomestead sorry, forgot that you ended the cattle panels at the top of the beds when I just responded. You could burn the beds or better yet a row of straw bales against the wood would give you a year's worth of insulation or more and provide some organic compost if you found yourself wanting to replace it at that time. And best idea going with twine rather than baling wire - saw someone else 2 years on saying he had to replace all his plastic because the wire rusted and that rubbed through and the wind finished the job. I think I might go with zip ties, myself as I don't have a ready access to baling twine. I totally missed the orientation of the cattle panel the first time I watched, my brain just went into overdrive at 'raised beds'. When just watching it again now and I saw that comment, my first thought was that it really wouldn't make a difference which side was out, but the more I thought about it, it really does make some difference and plastic - UV plastic - isn't cheap. Glad I watched again. I've saved it for future reference to watch again when I'm closer to building and also forwarded - shared? It with my son as I know he's thinking of putting one up too. He's the one who first found a cattle panel green house video and started me down this path.
Would have liked more visual on hand then talking for those who learn by seeing rather then Reading instructions like me. Overall, nice planning idea.
What kind of plastic are you going to use and where did you order from? Like your design. Getting ready to build our own! 😀
Heidi B - We buy 6mil greenhouse film from Agriculture Solutions. It's rated for 4 years and they sell custom sizes so you don't end up with as much waste. It's tempting to use regular plastic sheeting but it doesn't hold up and costs a lot more in the long run. Thanks for watching!
Do you guys not get winter there?
We are in Howell Michigan and we have had a cold snowy winter.
How would these greenhouse hold up in snowy cold winter?
chad painter Usually we have feet of snow. This year has been ridiculously light. They'll hold up to snow fine. Not all of the bracing is on yet. The rest will be show in Part 2. Thanks for watching!
What size screws you use to make the garden bed?
3" deck screws
Thank you
Can't wait to see how it turns out
is there a part two yet
cushionofair - We're working on it now and hope to have it posted next Saturday.
Where is part 2?
In development. We still haven't finalized the permanent design, which is why we haven't finished it yet. We keep see-sawing between two designs.
Pretty sure you mean PLUMB. Horizontal is level. Vertical is PLUMB.
Yep, plumb.
I was good until he took over explanation.... Now I'm lost
FAIL - no part 2.
We will have it out in Spring 2019. We didn't need the cover to close out 2018's growing season.
Way too much talk and no action. Gotta go.