First and foremost you saved my bacon today. I did not order the kit but I did order the 10 ft bender and got the 1 5/8 posts and top rails from a local box store. I made my first hoop and it was way too round and would not fit into the posts. I was STUCK! Now what.....Then I found your video on UA-cam and you showed me how to fix the first hoop and then the rest were easy to do. Thank you very much. Boot strap farmers videos did not mention anything about leaving the ends straight that go into the posts. You are awesome!! Thanks again!
Polytastic - I am glad to see you do this with your dad. I felt my 10 x 20 poly was not good enough and needed to get a 30 x 40 poly like other market gardeners CSA's in Wales UK. But seeing you do this build has given me encouragement to roll with my 10 x 20 in my back yard as nursery/micro's until I am established and can get other land space. Keep up the good work.
Steven, My Old Friend...Very excited for you to FINALLY obtain your own greenhouse and enjoyed watching the enthusiasm and personal investiture and wish you a "Bountiful Harvest" ! As you know from my own UA-cam Channel "Gardening With Vincenzo", I also built my own 10 Ft. X 20 Ft greenhouse about 15 years ago adding water and electric and use regular timers for the 2 oil filled electric heaters at night since gets cold...(Zone 6 A) and inserted hooks into framing for hanging baskets (a Tip) (Maximizing growing potentials) and "layed" plastic coated chicken wire over my shelves for support and keeping things from "falling thru" the spaces ! ( I'll have many videos for this so give a watch if have time)! You are doing very well from the"humble" beginnings and have enjoyed "Watching You Grow" ! Each growing season will become a learning lesson ! Thanks for sharing and know that positive vibes from the North east are being sent your way ! Thanks for sharing your journey !
Another really easy way to make sure all those pipes are at the same elevation is a laser level. Even the fairly cheap ones from Harbor Freight and Lowes etc [and amazon for that matter] have pretty good reviews. A bit more expense but would expedite the process, and usable for so many other projects.
Very helpful! We have a old frame from a carport that had a white plastic cover but it got ruined from too many wind storms so we are going to use the frame for our green house. We have chickens too so I need protection from them. We haven’t made a run for them yet but I did watch your chicken coop/run set up which was awesome!
Thanks for the video! I will put up one myself in a couple of weeks so this was very useful. Got me thinking about different details. One thing I noticed that you might want to change if you get problem to close the door in the future. The diagonal one should be placed the other way. This is so that side of the door that is screwed to the greenhouse will support the other side so that it woun't fall down towards the ground. (Hope my english was good enough to do it understandable.) Greetings from Sweden.
Yes I didn't realize that I don't know much about proper construction technique. I will switch the brace around, thanks for the help! Best of luck with your greenhouse build!
You might want install another 2x4 on each side as the weight of the door will make the single 2x4 bulge, eventually. Also, you could nail a 1x 2 on the inside top and sides to stop the door from swinging inside.
Awesome video! Love the info for sure but Wow!!!! That is a pretty costly “kit” for what you get! I built a 12 by 20 and had all the same stuff you did but had automatic vent with blower and thermostat, auto vents in the front irrigation system (misters) etc shade cloth for the summer, didn’t do anymore labor than you did and didn’t spend near that much money. I like bootstrap farmer for sure but some of their stuff is crazy high. Not trying to be negative but I didn’t realize how expensive their kit is for what you get. I would say in the long run it will be well worth it but just really high to get started. Heck I helped build a 24’ by 100’ high tunnel with roll up sides for just an extra $1100.
Great video, sir. I'm not knocking what you've done with this comment because that was really impressive. But dear God man, there has got to be a moderately priced prefab green house that is way easier to build. Especially because this is not permanent.
Thanks Jeremy. The all metal high tunnel kits from the legit farm supply companies are pretty similar in price IMO. The base version of this with hoop bender is $660, and shipping is free on their kits I should have mentioned that. My version is more expensive too because I got the ground posts (Which you can make yourself to save), and roll up sides. So you could build the same thing for almost half of the price I did. This could easily be made permanent by cementing the ground posts. With what I'm going to produce in this thing, I'll easily pay it off in way less than a year.
what up!!! hey I live in North Carolina and we are prone to hurricane. what do you suggest to do if such is the case? a hurricane comes or something? is there a hurricane proof kit or something? if I bought one of those, you think or what do you think? would be the best thing to do for me, I'm in 27944 and moving is not an option, ATM, thanks pal! ,....Jon
Hey Jean, I am in NC too (New Bern area) so we get hurricane winds too. For the 20-24 ft wide, I would just run additional purlins parallel on both sides of the ridge pole.
cool very cool I used to live in New Bern Havelock Cherry Point and Jacksonville, I work there when they redid the base, very cool I'll look into it thank you so much
Steve, I do enjoy your videos on a regular basis. I'm wondering why with all you spent plus the extras from Home Depot,... why in the world didn't you spend a few extra bucks to make a respectable door? That door just downgrades the whole thing and t's a shame since you and your dad worked so hard.
Haha if you haven't noticed I'm a cheapo and love saving money where I can. Plus being in San Diego with mild temps I didn't feel it was necessary. Ended up keeping the door open 6 months out the year cuz it's so hot.
Good video. This is a bit trivial, and I didn't know this until I watched Dan's video from the "Plant Abundance" channel. I THINK your brace on the door is backwards? I think the weight of the non hinged side should go to the lower hinged side? It just stuck in my mind when he made a correction video. Probably not something to worry about unless it starts to sag. Here's his oops video. ua-cam.com/video/z7OtdRCDRD4/v-deo.html Again, good job, and like you, I like to learn from watching videos. Good luck with the new greenhouse!
Thanks for the advice! I followed the advice of another person since I don't have those skills. He said attach to the top hinge side, but maybe I misunderstood. I just watched the video and some others, looks like it is a common mistake but YOU ARE CORRECT it should go the other way according to the professionals. We shall see how it holds up, it's a crazy light door so I'm not too worried about it. Thanks very much I love having people correct me so I can do it the best way next time.
Both methods will do the job on this design. I prefer the original design . In the original the board going down from the top hinge side is loaded in tension from the weight of the door. If you attach at the non hinge side and go down as "Nature's Always right" suggests the board is in compression when the door is loaded. The board is stronger in tension than compression. However, either is adequate and both will do the job since the door is not loaded that much. -- retired structural engineer
This has to be the most in depth green house build video on UA-cam. Great job! thanks for all the tips.
Thanks Tim, showing the details are my passion!
Hey Timothy Lovegrove ua-cam.com/video/OaclKUvVQfM/v-deo.html
THANK YOU!!!!!! ❤️
First and foremost you saved my bacon today. I did not order the kit but I did order the 10 ft bender and got the 1 5/8 posts and top rails from a local box store. I made my first hoop and it was way too round and would not fit into the posts. I was STUCK! Now what.....Then I found your video on UA-cam and you showed me how to fix the first hoop and then the rest were easy to do. Thank you very much. Boot strap farmers videos did not mention anything about leaving the ends straight that go into the posts. You are awesome!! Thanks again!
Sweet John so happy to hear my extra details helped you out. I hate when I get stuck doing stuff and they don't explain certain steps.
Polytastic - I am glad to see you do this with your dad. I felt my 10 x 20 poly was not good enough and needed to get a 30 x 40 poly like other market gardeners CSA's in Wales UK. But seeing you do this build has given me encouragement to roll with my 10 x 20 in my back yard as nursery/micro's until I am established and can get other land space. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Mark glad seeing this helped you! Best of luck on this upcoming season, hope you crush it!
Steven, My Old Friend...Very excited for you to FINALLY obtain your own greenhouse and enjoyed watching the enthusiasm and personal investiture and wish you a "Bountiful Harvest" !
As you know from my own UA-cam Channel "Gardening With Vincenzo", I also built my own 10 Ft. X 20 Ft greenhouse about 15 years ago adding water and electric and use regular timers for the 2 oil filled electric heaters at night since gets cold...(Zone 6 A) and inserted hooks into framing for hanging baskets (a Tip) (Maximizing growing potentials) and "layed" plastic coated chicken wire over my shelves for support and keeping things from "falling thru" the spaces ! ( I'll have many videos for this so give a watch if have time)!
You are doing very well from the"humble" beginnings and have enjoyed "Watching You Grow" !
Each growing season will become a learning lesson !
Thanks for sharing and know that positive vibes from the North east are being sent your way !
Thanks for sharing your journey !
Another really easy way to make sure all those pipes are at the same elevation is a laser level. Even the fairly cheap ones from Harbor Freight and Lowes etc [and amazon for that matter] have pretty good reviews. A bit more expense but would expedite the process, and usable for so many other projects.
Bootstrap Farmer Shop - bit.ly/3GT4nHI
The exact kit that I have: 10'W x 20'L - bit.ly/3ZPaOUD
Bootstrap Farmer 1020 Trays: bit.ly/3XB3ri4
I sent you an email to the one on your website is there a better way to reach you ?
Just replied, thanks for the reminder :)
@@NaturesAlwaysRight thanks big help
Very helpful! We have a old frame from a carport that had a white plastic cover but it got ruined from too many wind storms so we are going to use the frame for our green house. We have chickens too so I need protection from them. We haven’t made a run for them yet but I did watch your chicken coop/run set up which was awesome!
HI! Your eye brows are epic!!!
HeyBuddyYeah, that door is just the cherry on the top. awightthen.
Awesome video. Thank you for the details.
Really liked the video and seeing your thought process. Also appreciate seeing what issues you faced
Excellent job Steve, you make it look so easy
Hey BABETTE IS IN THE GARDEN do you like edible flowers? ua-cam.com/video/OaclKUvVQfM/v-deo.html
I love their 10x20 tray too!
Great instructional Video. Just what i needed. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video! I will put up one myself in a couple of weeks so this was very useful. Got me thinking about different details. One thing I noticed that you might want to change if you get problem to close the door in the future. The diagonal one should be placed the other way. This is so that side of the door that is screwed to the greenhouse will support the other side so that it woun't fall down towards the ground. (Hope my english was good enough to do it understandable.) Greetings from Sweden.
Yes I didn't realize that I don't know much about proper construction technique. I will switch the brace around, thanks for the help! Best of luck with your greenhouse build!
@@NaturesAlwaysRight it truly is a small small world after all....
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Very helpful.
Great job and thanks for sharing!
Great effort as usual. I looked at these kits, found little overpriced for a greenhouse cover, some hardware and a plan, imho.
Another excellent video. Thank you
What a job man, tnx for the video!
Good stuff buddy! I'm jealous
Looks great! 👍
You might want install another 2x4 on each side as the weight of the door will make the single 2x4 bulge, eventually. Also, you could nail a 1x 2 on the inside top and sides to stop the door from swinging inside.
what do you use to grow those brows?? WOW!
Why is there a channel for wiggle wire on the baseboards? Good job!!
Awesome video! Love the info for sure but Wow!!!! That is a pretty costly “kit” for what you get! I built a 12 by 20 and had all the same stuff you did but had automatic vent with blower and thermostat, auto vents in the front irrigation system (misters) etc shade cloth for the summer, didn’t do anymore labor than you did and didn’t spend near that much money. I like bootstrap farmer for sure but some of their stuff is crazy high. Not trying to be negative but I didn’t realize how expensive their kit is for what you get.
I would say in the long run it will be well worth it but just really high to get started. Heck I helped build a 24’ by 100’ high tunnel with roll up sides for just an extra $1100.
where would I look for plans to do without their kit?
how does.this do in the Texas heat seems Iike it would cook them
Great video, sir. I'm not knocking what you've done with this comment because that was really impressive. But dear God man, there has got to be a moderately priced prefab green house that is way easier to build. Especially because this is not permanent.
Thanks Jeremy. The all metal high tunnel kits from the legit farm supply companies are pretty similar in price IMO. The base version of this with hoop bender is $660, and shipping is free on their kits I should have mentioned that. My version is more expensive too because I got the ground posts (Which you can make yourself to save), and roll up sides. So you could build the same thing for almost half of the price I did. This could easily be made permanent by cementing the ground posts. With what I'm going to produce in this thing, I'll easily pay it off in way less than a year.
what would say your total cost is for the kit and the parts you bought?
dose it come with the HOOP HOUSE GROUND POSTS ? thank you so much, im try to build my first green house, could you please update the greenhouse plz?
Yes it does. I used it for years now it's here in TN with me
@@NaturesAlwaysRight thank you so much, im try to build my frist one
What was the bottom wiggle wire installed for?
Nature,s can i visit your place ? I live in san ysidro
Does your shed have a chimney?
what up!!! hey I live in North Carolina and we are prone to hurricane. what do you suggest to do if such is the case? a hurricane comes or something? is there a hurricane proof kit or something? if I bought one of those, you think or what do you think? would be the best thing to do for me, I'm in 27944
and moving is not an option, ATM, thanks pal! ,....Jon
Hey Jean, I am in NC too (New Bern area) so we get hurricane winds too. For the 20-24 ft wide, I would just run additional purlins parallel on both sides of the ridge pole.
Hey Jean sablon ua-cam.com/video/OaclKUvVQfM/v-deo.html
cool very cool I used to live in New Bern Havelock Cherry Point and Jacksonville, I work there when they redid the base, very cool I'll look into it thank you so much
thank you, Luis!
hey, bootstrap, I have to go down there sometimes (New bern) do you have a store that I could check out?
Joey’s here 👀
This music...I can't. Lol!!!!
Steve, I do enjoy your videos on a regular basis. I'm wondering why with all you spent plus the extras from Home Depot,... why in the world didn't you spend a few extra bucks to make a respectable door? That door just downgrades the whole thing and t's a shame since you and your dad worked so hard.
Haha if you haven't noticed I'm a cheapo and love saving money where I can. Plus being in San Diego with mild temps I didn't feel it was necessary. Ended up keeping the door open 6 months out the year cuz it's so hot.
💪💪👍👍
Good video. This is a bit trivial, and I didn't know this until I watched Dan's video from the "Plant Abundance" channel. I THINK your brace on the door is backwards? I think the weight of the non hinged side should go to the lower hinged side? It just stuck in my mind when he made a correction video. Probably not something to worry about unless it starts to sag. Here's his oops video. ua-cam.com/video/z7OtdRCDRD4/v-deo.html
Again, good job, and like you, I like to learn from watching videos. Good luck with the new greenhouse!
Thanks for the advice! I followed the advice of another person since I don't have those skills. He said attach to the top hinge side, but maybe I misunderstood. I just watched the video and some others, looks like it is a common mistake but YOU ARE CORRECT it should go the other way according to the professionals. We shall see how it holds up, it's a crazy light door so I'm not too worried about it. Thanks very much I love having people correct me so I can do it the best way next time.
Both methods will do the job on this design. I prefer the original design . In the original the board going down from the top hinge side is loaded in tension from the weight of the door. If you attach at the non hinge side and go down as "Nature's Always right" suggests the board is in compression when the door is loaded. The board is stronger in tension than compression. However, either is adequate and both will do the job since the door is not loaded that much. -- retired structural engineer
I meant to say non hinge side as "Middle-aged MacDonald" suggests.
lile this if you notice his eyebrows more than this greenhouse 🤪