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Year-round greenhouse
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So, in line with the recent developments, we decided to start a veggie garden in the back yard. Fast forward two weeks and the plants took beautifully; we were very excited up until one morning we discovered that the local fauna is excited too and are treating our garden like an all-you-can-eat buffet. It was time to devise a [somewhat] solution.
Main criteria for the year-round greenhouse were: 1) no direct contact with the ground, 2) bad weather resilience (we do have hurricanes, occasional floods and, of course, hail and snow) and 3) autonomy.
Since our township does not require permits for floating decks, I dug out and cemented the first post and layed everything out:
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From here on it was pretty straightforward:
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The kid rolled up and tried to supervise:
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But soon realized that I’m ignoring her suggestions and promptly fell asleep:
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The beds were lined up with 6mil plastic, drilled and grommeted for drainage, then some garden fabric on top:
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When the frame was finished, we started transferring the plants into new beds:
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Then up went the hoops and the steps:
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And finally, the mesh:
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I’ll put the plastic on in a couple months. Until then, there’s a conduit and a pipe to run and a door to install. The frame is built with redundancies for vertical expansion. Total sq footage is just shy of 100 (8x12).
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Main criteria for the year-round greenhouse were: 1) no direct contact with the ground, 2) bad weather resilience (we do have hurricanes, occasional floods and, of course, hail and snow) and 3) autonomy.
Since our township does not require permits for floating decks, I dug out and cemented the first post and layed everything out:
From here on it was pretty straightforward:
The kid rolled up and tried to supervise:
But soon realized that I’m ignoring her suggestions and promptly fell asleep:
The beds were lined up with 6mil plastic, drilled and grommeted for drainage, then some garden fabric on top:
When the frame was finished, we started transferring the plants into new beds:
Then up went the hoops and the steps:
And finally, the mesh:
I’ll put the plastic on in a couple months. Until then, there’s a conduit and a pipe to run and a door to install. The frame is built with redundancies for vertical expansion. Total sq footage is just shy of 100 (8x12).
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