Greeb House Pics

whoose · March 24, 2015

So why not post some pics of your green house. I will get mine to post as soon as the snow stops.

Worth1 · March 24, 2015

Here is mine with some of the guys from work hanging out.

I dont know why the home owners association is always on my tail about cleaning up around the place.

Worth

Zana · March 24, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Here is mine with some of the guys from work hanging out.

I dont know why the home owners association is always on my tail about cleaning up around the place.

Worth

Geeeeeeee....think you did a massive job of clearing trees, Worth!

peppero · March 25, 2015

Do you really think you will have enough room just for your tomatoes?

jon

snugglekitten · March 25, 2015

Its near my.....summer home....must escape the equator during the hot summer months.

NewWestGardener · March 25, 2015

Com'on people! Whoose said to post your own.... well, I may have something to post if I had opened my boxes, laid the foundation, and erected the thing!
At least others found something to post...

Rairdog · March 25, 2015

Mine's not as fancy but it's paid for and I don't need a rocket ship to get there.

Cole_Robbie · March 25, 2015

(whoops)

peppero · March 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by Rairdog

Mine's not as fancy but it's paid for and I don't need a rocket ship to get there.

NICE> That kind of neat and orderly only exists in my mind.

jon

Salsacharley · March 26, 2015

Ditto!

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Originally Posted by peppero

NICE> That kind of neat and orderly only exists in my mind.

jon

Cole_Robbie · March 26, 2015

The fix was $30. The plastic was fine. It came out a little lumpy, but it just made it through this winter, holding about 6-8" of snow twice. That was really pushing it; there was a lot of sagging. The storm that collapsed it originally was about 8-10" of ice pellets. Ice is really heavy. My clearspan building made it through just fine, though.

I like the Gothic Arch, but it requires more plastic, and wind load becomes an issue. The high tunnel I am building now for my mom and stepdad is an a-frame. We are hoping it will shed snow. It's 16' at the peak, though. I am hoping it will stand up to wind. My high tunnel that collapsed is only 8' high at the peak. It is horrible about snow, but it will shed wind easily. I think it would take a tornado to blow it away.

The end walls of the high tunnel are five 4x4 posts set in concrete. One layer of 6-mil plastic pulled those posts inward several feet on each end, and yet the plastic was fine. The force required to pull those posts over was tremendous. It snapped several metal bolts. And yet the plastic never tore. I would have never guessed that would have happened.

bower · March 28, 2015

I'm glad you could fix it! Snow loads are wicked here too, although wind loads are.. even scarier for a hoop house.

My greenhouse is attached to my house.. it was rebuilt once already, about 12 years ago, due to the crushing effect of a really heavy snow load, sliding off the roof and smashing the greenhouse below. That was a simpler design - the rebuild has a mini-roof to take snow load better, but cuts down on the amount of light.

Here's what it looks like from the window above, at present (except that more snow is falling, at the moment).

ddsack · March 26, 2015

Oh gosh, Cole Robbie! Is it salvageable? How sad!

KarenO · March 26, 2015

Mine is still surrounded by snow but I love it and can't wait to get out there

Cole Robbie, I am very sorry about yours! I sure hope you can get it back together

KarenO

Cole_Robbie · March 26, 2015

This pic is even sadder:

I fixed it, though:
http://i.imgur.com/rFCwKVk.jpg (pic is a little too big to post)

That was the season following. You can see in that pic how some of the hoops are now kind of lumpy. I used all of the same chain link top rail that got smashed to build it back. I ended up having to buy just three pieces of pipe, so the collapse of my $2,000 high tunnel ended up costing me about thirty bucks.

March 24, 2015	#1
whoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bozeman, Montana Zone 6b Posts: 333	Greeb House Pics So why not post some pics of your green house. I will get mine to post as soon as the snow stops.

March 26, 2015	#13
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,220	Oh gosh, Cole Robbie! Is it salvageable? How sad! __________________ Dee **************

March 24, 2015	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Here is mine with some of the guys from work hanging out. I dont know why the home owners association is always on my tail about cleaning up around the place. Worth

March 25, 2015	#4
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Do you really think you will have enough room just for your tomatoes? jon

March 25, 2015	#5
snugglekitten BANNED Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Land of the White Eagle Posts: 341	Its near my.....summer home....must escape the equator during the hot summer months.

March 25, 2015	#6
NewWestGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 564	Com'on people! Whoose said to post your own.... well, I may have something to post if I had opened my boxes, laid the foundation, and erected the thing! At least others found something to post...

March 25, 2015	#7
Rairdog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 112	Mine's not as fancy but it's paid for and I don't need a rocket ship to get there.

March 25, 2015	#8
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	(whoops)

March 26, 2015	#15
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	This pic is even sadder: I fixed it, though: http://i.imgur.com/rFCwKVk.jpg (pic is a little too big to post) That was the season following. You can see in that pic how some of the hoops are now kind of lumpy. I used all of the same chain link top rail that got smashed to build it back. I ended up having to buy just three pieces of pipe, so the collapse of my $2,000 high tunnel ended up costing me about thirty bucks.