Last step-add dirty kids and start moving in the plants. :)
It got up to 73 here today and is only supposed to go down to 56. I don't plan to heat it or anything as it will hold my overflow from my little greenhouse and be gone by early May. Then I plan to use the cattle panels to make some fun arbors.
Badseed and Melissa, very nice x 2. SB
SB, the lumber on the one you posted is excellent! Very nice work! Since mine is just temporary, I didn't want to go nuts. LOL
I have $194 invested and $20 was for delivery and another $32 was for four rain barrels! Can you imagine? The barrels were only $8 each.
Lookin good Chele! SB, I like the woodwork on that one too. Mine got to 124 degrees today. Nothing in it yet, I've not had time... but I still can't figure out, why, at night the temp in the house is COLDER than it is outside? Right now, it's reading 49 degrees in there, and it's in the 60's outside? Any ideas?
Where did you get the rain barrels chele?
Lerch's barnlot had them. Craig saw a sign one day when driving by so when I called about the other stuff he reminded me to ask. I know some companies sell the rain barrels for like $90 so I thought $8 was a sweet deal! We are going to put them beneath the gutters and add spigots to them. Then I guess I'll sneak around the night and steal cow pies. ROTFLOL Kidding. I'll ask for them. ;)
I'm not sure if my drums are 50 or 60 gallon which would be either the 50RB or 60RB on this website but I know we can put spigots on them for a couple of bucks! http://www.cleanairgardening.com/rainbarrels.html
Melissa, I can't explain that.
Edited to remove a really stupid question!
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You all did real good. Looks great. Are the barrels to hold heat in? Or to water? I do think the difference in the temps is really strange.
I bought the barrels to put at the bottom of the gutters to catch rain water. It is very wet here and we are on septic so no nice sewers to take my extra water. I also grow a lot of elephant ears and such and I hear they prefer non-chlorinated water. Basically, I got the barrels not for the greenhouse or hoophouse. LOL I do have a big dark garbage can in my greenhouse to hold heat.
I may have to move a garbage can in too. I had Ethan carry in 6 bales of hay today to try to hold some heat in it. But, we didn't have much sun today, so not sure if they'll help tonight or not. It is fully "condensated" so I guess something is working right. :-)
I also had Ethan carry all my big pots out there from the deck, so I can get caladiums and the rest of my ears started. :-)
I moved out a few tomatoes, but I'm afraid to move all of them out there until I figure out why the temp is so low in there at night.
You may have to use some type of heat to get the caladiums and ears to sprout. I'm still sitting here looking at mine. LOL The heater is in the greenhouse because I have seeds and tiny seedlings there but I have not had it on the last three nights. Once everything is sprouted, it will be fine going down to the 40s but they are not going to come up at that temp. I'm either going to leave them inside until they sprout or put them outside and run the heat at night.
I had bought some Caladium bulbs from Parks last year and didn't get a chance to plant them. I found them about a month ago and put them all in a tray, watered them and put them under lights in my kitchen. So far I have 3 up with leaves. But they are warm and under lights in here.
Maybe this info will help.
Hi Jnette! Last year I put them out in the greenhouse sometime in March. I only had the little space heater set to come on if it got down to 40 degrees. Everything that was growing, thrived but the caladiums did not come up until later when it stayed warmer. Some even rotted. Lesson learned. Even if you do not heat yours, in the house, I am sure it is warmer than 40-50 which is what the greenhouse is here with no heat running. I am thinking they sprout best at 65-70. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am off.
I think I'm going to have to put heat in there for the next week or so anyway... sigh.... LOL
Like I told you in email Chele, I can see now I want a "real" greenhouse. I've got to get some type of shelving in there. May have to run down to Lowes or over to Carters and get some 14 ft 2x4's and do 2 layers of shelving on the sides. We have an old patio table that the glass was broken out of, and bales of hay in there now (for warmth retention and table space) LOL but, I've not gotten all the tomatoes transplanted and moved out yet... Plus I have petunias and impatiens to start......
I need to take a picture of my greenhouse. You would laugh for sure! I have the shelves in there from my Big Lots greenhouse. They are about to croak though. On the third side, I have a card table with milk crates and barn lumber on top. LOL I needed more room for the hibiscus plants and no time to build shelves.....
LOL I need to just come up and see it, and you need to bring the girls down to play with the chickens!
Maybe now since I'm not teaching full time, I will have a little more time to "breathe" :-)
Randy is going to do some out of 2x4's for me I think. I'm going to have to go down to HD/Lowes anyway, I'm almost out of dirt, and still 200 tomatoes to transplant.
Hey you know what? Whatever works.
LOL I believe that is my motto. I'm not a firm believer in right and wrong ways to do things so long as things turn out okay.
agree jnette, mine might not be the prettiest thing to look at, but it's working, and the price was right!
Hubby put "shelves" down both sides for me yesterday... just 2x4's close enough together to hold a flat with legs for support where he joined them... works for me, and doubles the available space I have. :-) I'm happy with it.
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Melissa_ohio.. do you have a heater out there? I am DYING to get my brugs out of the house!
No, not so far, but I'm going to put in a kerosene heater tomorrow since our high is only supposed to be 50.
I bought a little electric one at HD, but, it just doesn't do much.
I've got the top door and the window open right now, and it's 93 degrees in there. :) 73 outside.
In less than an hour I am going to get one of those harbor freight GH's. the brugs are going in and hopefully they will make it cause I can't have them in the house any more..
I found an new project!! Watch out cows!!
Tina
Hey chelle hows my yellow hot pokers coimg? Did the batface root for you?
LOL It's easy and lots of fun Tina. Go get 'em!! I mean the panels, not the cows. ;)
The pokers are up but I don't know who is where now. LOL I'll have to wait until they bloom.
If I may ..... slightly off topic ............
One panel here for a arch/trellis I planted with air potato vines.
I made it 6 ft wide so it is plenty tall to hang a hummer feeder inside.
scooter, that is really neat! How did you attach it at the ground? I really want to do these when I take down my hoophouse but it is really windy here! I was thinking of either staking them with ribar looped and pounded down or maybe a length of landscape timber used the same way and pounded down.
scooter, that is GORGEOUS!
Chele, you might have to sell me some of those vines!! I've never grown them before!
Scooter, would you post this in Trish's thread about Arbors?
My little hoophouse continues to do it's job... I am so pleased with it!!
chele, I pounded rebar into the ground at each corner on the outer side and just used the zip ties wrapped twice around before zipping to hold it .
Melissa , Where is the thread you speak of ('-'?)
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Pretty cool Scooter. You guys are doing great. How did you attach the plastic to the panels? I have 1x4 along the bottom. Do you staple or something?
Here it is Scooter
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/586903/
Jnette, my ends are wooden, so the plastic got stapled to that. Along the sides, hubby put a peice of 1X2 down on top of the base with the plastic between then nailed it with finishing nails. The first windy night we had, I was out in the rain re attaching the plastic, it pulled the boards off right through the nails. My son and I reattached the 1x2's with larger nails, and it's holding fine. I also stapled along the base just for extra reinforcement.
I use wall lath or 1/4 x2 plyood strips rolled up a couple of times and then fastened to the bottom skirt board with sheet rock screws.
Easy up heat retaining tables can be made using black 55 gallon drums for the legs full of water for night time help. Lower bench styles can be made the same way with 5 gallon pails.
Ernie, I wanna see pictures of the outside now!
I am out of room in my warm gh so this year I think we are going to put up a 20x30 steel hoop house that can stay up all winter. Plans are for a concrete floor with open strips of dirt for growing a few things in the ground and affordable heat will be availaible with a smaller pvc hoop house errected inside that is easy up and easy down lol I am into easy the hoop inside the hoop will be so protected from the wind that it wont need to be fastened and will let a small electric heater do wonders for my starts.
M the above pics are inside my warm gh. I built this five years ago on the south side of my hobby shop
a 4x12 mini hoop for giving peppers and determinates an incredible start in my cold spring and cool summers. sorry the pic wont send
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inside the 14x44 hoop
I would say hoop houses are worth it
there is the mini I tried to post earlier its made with 1/2 inch pvc pipe x 10 feet long very cheap
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the bigger one 14 x 44 holds 40 tomatoes and about the same amount of peppers and one cuke plant.
Built right these will withstand tremem
ndous winds if closed up I guess you can tell by now I am a big fan of hoop houses lol.
I have some raised bed boxes that I encircle with plastic leaving the top open this keeps the wind off the rabbits out and makes a nice cool weather gowing area for helping transplants take off.
ernie, How log are the ribs you used to get the 14 ft wide HH ?
