(DIY GREENHOUSE) How We Made Our Own Inexpensive Hoop House

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We're turning our 60+ foot bean tunnel into a hoop house so we can grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in our cooler northern climate (and get them in the ground EARLIER).
With a few basic materials, you can build this DIY Hoop House in your garden to expand your growing season, and give your plants a jump-start this season to grow even MORE food.
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@austenhead5303 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the concept of "good enough". I feel like people have forgotten about that. Not everything has to be the best of its kind, it's really quite sufficient if it just gets the job done in a practical way. This is one of those simple, practical things that just gives me a sense of satisfaction to see.

@MissAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Aluminum tape is the only thing that holds consistently because unlike rubber in gorilla tape or duct tape it doesn't expand and contract nor harden in cold and heat.

@rickkrockstar 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly why they use it for heating and cooling ...

@chrissignal8857 2 жыл бұрын

Love that stuff.

@justinw1765 2 жыл бұрын

Also has a pretty aggressive adhesive on it, as not much sticks to Al well to begin with.

@user-ph7dz6yo1y 2 жыл бұрын

$$$$

@mycrazyfamilyid Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that!

@apiecemaker1163 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see someone build something realistic for most of us home growers. While I truly appreciate a high tunnel and all of its benefits, it’s not feasible for my home garden. This looks like a perfect solution. Sturdy yet affordable. Thank you.👩‍🌾🌻💛☀️

@unnamed2737 Жыл бұрын

Another door option is to use a tarp door kit. It’s cheap and lets you seal your sides with a solid sheet then turn it into a zipper entrance door.

@elisabethjones4917 Жыл бұрын

Amazon link?

@Goochieman 3 ай бұрын

Or just go to local hardware store and get heavy duty adhesive zippers

@mycrazyfamilyid Жыл бұрын

This is just what I need. Simple and budget-friendly... Thank you!

@peterhoulihan9766 Жыл бұрын

Just a tip for sealing the plastic, you can use a hair straightener to weld it together. Cover the plastic with a sheet of baking parchment (so you don't melt it to the hair straightener) and press the plastic together with the tongs. Takes a bit of time and work but once you're done the resulting seam is stronger than the surrounding plastic.

@frankielynn7 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant.....thank you

@Nunyah940 3 ай бұрын

This is ingenious thanks a ton 🙏

@BadJuJuAdventures1701 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Lots of good information I plan to use. I must say Conner is a good worker. When you told him to check the length of the other side, I love the way he ran to the end to look. That kinda work ethic you are teaching him will carry him far through life! Well done sir!

@hnsgallagvan7304 Жыл бұрын

Made our hoop house this weekend. Love it and so grateful for this video. Thank you very much. God Bless.

@chrisl7608 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for documenting your build Simple solution on the ends is instead of having 2 exact halves, make the overlap. So do 2x 3/5 covering sized drapes so they overlap and they form a better draft barrier to prevent gust from blowing through as easily

@elisabethjones4917 Жыл бұрын

Huh?

@kristynorman 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in zone 3a, and still have a few feet of snow on the ground. I’m excited to try this! Thanks so much for sharing!

@brittongodman7769 3 жыл бұрын

This design is a '' cattle panel'' greenhouse. If you build the long sides 2 feet tall out of heat treated 2 x 4's it will be 10 feet wide and 7 foot 2 inches tall. put 55 gallon drums along the N. side and fill them 75% with water for passive solar. run shelves along the top of the barrels to put plant starts on. Use 2 x 4's to frame in the ends and run a ridge beam at the peak from one end to the other for winter snow load, this will help.

@giliardzanelato9385 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge and your family time.

@andycordy5190 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff. Thank you. I appreciate how still the air is there from the way that two people could roll out the polytunnel plastic sheeting. There would maybe be two or three days in a whole year when such conditions prevail here and no knowing when that would be. I figure there's a hybrid version of this structure whereby a skin of horticultural fleece can be used to shelter and warm the space in the cold season, then removed to use the trellis idea later on.

@rascalwind 3 жыл бұрын

Something you might consider is putting the hose on the inside of the plastic near the cattle panel. This would keep the glue on the tape from going bad quickly and it would also keep water from pooling on the plastic. You could reverse your roll process for the plastic and the water would shed straight off.

@wraphand Жыл бұрын

Awesome. I'm totally going to do this, this spring. Thanks for the great video :)

@Sue-ec6un 3 жыл бұрын

What great solutions! Thanks for saving me hours of backbreaking rock moving!

@REALYROSEY Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just the simple solution I was looking for . I have arbors from cattle panels and was looking for someone with instructions on how to build a simple hoop house with them. Awesome!

@HomesteadingFamily Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@ygrittesnow1701 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely can think of a few non conventional applications for that. So awesome.

@docmacg6315 2 жыл бұрын

Great simple instructional videos. These are great. Thanks fo sharing.

@kellipatton1163 3 жыл бұрын

I love it! I'm going to try to make one just 2 panels long for my small garden/small family. Thank you!

@0824rl0824rl 2 жыл бұрын

This is so encouraging. I think I can do this. Thanks for doing this video.

@ninhthuan1 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the ideas. I'll try this year.

@msdramamusic 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Florida it's too hot here so I cut tthe bottom and covered the openings with mesh as well as the front and back. It has saved me feom my grasshopper invasion. I plan on making more so I can start growing crops.

@TheCountryfairy 3 ай бұрын

If you have chickens, look up some grasshopper/cricket traps. Your hens will thank you. lol

@dewuknowHIM 2 жыл бұрын

Done that for years !!! Works just great !!!

@rough-hewnhomestead5737 3 жыл бұрын

We plan to build one 24' feet long in a bout a week. Excited!

@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin 8 ай бұрын

For a home small hoop house or diy low tunnel I use EMT conduit and t posts to hold down frost cloth covering my low tunnels. I am looking at 2 cattle panels for an over winter hoop house that doubles as a tomatoe, cucumber, bean trellis in summer

@GrizzlyGroundswell 3 жыл бұрын

I like it, especially the use of the old hose!

@AdventuresontheHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely plan on adding this to the garden this year

@sleepdeeplychannel5937 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the detailed DIY, I plan on doing something like this next winter.

@mw8385 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw your video.. loved it thank you. I noticed you rolled the plastic up around the hose. It might be a bit more trouble; but if you roll the plastic down around the hose (the other way), you won't get water, snow, ice accumulation on top the hose. The roll part will be inside instead of outside.

@TheDistur 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good! Happy growing!

@linoycohen2223 3 жыл бұрын

My friend I have a cheap and reusable solution for you both for the door way and to hold the sides down. Get a large wholesale Velcro roll, you can by that cause the open gap in the winter and keep it shut completely, and you can also use Velcro on the wood and the other side of the Velcro on the Plastic and you can reuse it next year just put in on. Simple easy and will hold it down from the wind.

@mickeyperry9215 Жыл бұрын

I’m going to try this!! I’m from Wisconsin! Love your videos!! Cheap but easy to build!

@anthonyraines5951 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your page. Thank you for the ideas. definitely subscribing and will continue to watch.

@joycedimaggio3816 3 жыл бұрын

Answer to my prayers. Thanks!

@troylebouf5957 3 жыл бұрын

Used to work at a nursery that is a pretty cool design what you came up with we were just been Ours from the na put a fan in it to ventilate down the whole tunnel

@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291 3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea. I need a green house. I have a family member who collected a bunch of old trampolines and used the metal frames as a green house.

@genghischuan4886 3 жыл бұрын

dig a wide channel the width of your hoop house down below frost line, then put hoop house over that, have year round growing.

@americaforamericans4768 2 жыл бұрын

been doing this for years with my raised garden beds, do not use plastic I use shadecloth instead..........leave open on the sides as each panel is over it's own raised bed. Place the hoop going east to west to provide for all day shade. I use T-posts for securing the panel to the ground, driving 4 posts, one in each corner and wire up the panel as high as I can on the post, very stable.

@johncostelloe743 2 жыл бұрын

Love it thank you for sharing this wonderful idea my best wishes to you and your family JC limeerick city ireland

@oilspeculatorhater 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your ideas and this high quality video.

@markv151 3 жыл бұрын

Cool beans .... or is it warm beans 😊 Thanks fellas for the how-to .

@thepitpatrol 2 жыл бұрын

That is really.a nice setup

@Sue-ec6un 3 жыл бұрын

Within 3 minutes of turning this on, had to pause to plant my beans! 😊

@giveregard2truth502 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent- thank y’all so very much!!

@ParentsLifeAbroad 2 жыл бұрын

Great project, We tried many and yours seems very well designed for all season.

@TheUltimateAcres 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode experience. Thank you for sharing.

@she_greene Жыл бұрын

Nice greenhouse!

@stephanievineyard2249 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, I'm going to try this next year! I'm in southeast Idaho.

@Ryan-xh7pe 3 жыл бұрын

That must be one kickass garden in the summer

@deecooper1567 2 жыл бұрын

GM ☕️☕️. Some good info here. I’m going to use panel on a couple of my raised beds come spring & will need to cover for frost & intense heat ☀️. We’ve dipped in the negatives & reach 118* summer. Happy New Year 2012. 🎊. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@five1steph 3 жыл бұрын

I used a technique similar to this on the West Coast of South Africa - where the ocean winds are hurricane-like. This technique withstood everything nqture threw at it. I will add that I left the sides open so open for any passing breeze because it can get quite hot. I would only have the "curves" facing where the ocean winds and inland winds come from - and it would effortlessly deflect wind with its roundness. Instead of using hose of the top, I placed another fence, like a "fence sandwich" with 200 micron polyfilm in the middle. Works like a charm.

@catherinemurphy873 8 ай бұрын

Amazing. Thanks 👍

@charanjeevbatra3229 2 жыл бұрын

I would say it's very smart work! Impressive! 🤠

@lalzika2993 3 жыл бұрын

You are talented. You give me a lots of good idea.Thanks.

@tjinnes 3 жыл бұрын

Very good. Nice tidy job too--everything is straight and neat. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing you other videos.

@FermentedHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

I love this idea! The hose is so creative! Thank you for sharing

@hieple5049 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing .

@DreidMusicalX 3 жыл бұрын

Great ideas! Glad I came across your video.

@brandon4601 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! The metal track with the wire I’ve always heard it called wiggle wire track. Another thought I had was I wonder if the adhesive backed zippers you can buy for tarps from Home Depot would work to seal up the ends of one of these tunnels.

@hermit1620 3 жыл бұрын

I use hog wire that loops that allows you to bolt the panels together. Also on one side of the hoop house I run the panels horizontally and bolt panels vertically to the top of the horizontal side. This gives me an extra 4ft so I can make my hoop taller and wider. To hold down the plastic I use coated tie wire. I drive a 2ft peice of rebar with a loop on one end every 3ft along both sides, then tie the wire through the loop in the rebar running the wire over the top and tighten and tie to the other side. You can pull the plastic up in the summer at the bottom and the wire will hold it in place.

@markfcoble 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RoseThistleArtworks 3 жыл бұрын

That's really cool. Thank you for sharing this with us. Wouldn't one more weighted center sheet of plastic seal off the gap of the 'doors' and not be too difficult to maneuver through?

@sylviahunt9818 3 жыл бұрын

Several months ago I asked for prayers for my 1 year old great-grandson. He had been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, cancer. After 8 chemotherapy treatments, surgery and being put under for numerous tests the final results are in!!! My 18 month old great-grandson is officially 100% cancer free!!! Thank You Lord for answered prayers!!! Thank you all for your prayers!!!!

@keralee 3 жыл бұрын

Please take it one step further...obtain and read Hulda Clark's book The Cure for All Cancers, and implement all the therapies therein, for him, his parents, yourself and even four-legged members of your household. As a natural healer for 30 years, I have now seen enough evidence to support her theories 100%. God helps those who help themselves. Be sure it does not come back.

@keralee 3 жыл бұрын

I would add to the above that there is considerable indirect evidence that veterinary meds to deworm dogs and even horses can work very well for humans as cancer meds. It will take some serious digging on your part to find and connect all the dots, they are buried, but they exist. Fenbendazole is a great starting point but there are others. Praziquantel might be even better. But first educate yourself thoroughly.

@MyName-zd9pe 3 жыл бұрын

Thank the Lord! May your family continue to receive such blessing. ✝️🙏🇺🇸

@anniegaddis5240 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Am sharing this on my MeWe page!

@Greens5511 3 жыл бұрын

I love this idea! I use a floating row cover for my brassicas and I needed a way to keep the sides down like u r doing, but I am going to try fill my old busted up hoses with sand for weight....I would think that water will evaporate....but I am interested to see how it works for you! I really would love to duplicate ur greenhouse! Fun to watch u guys garden! Thanks 👍👍

@amandar7719 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea, Vivian!

@teresaoftheandes6279 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this. Thanks.

@georgiosladas3106 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@w.e.s. 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@jennyprorock 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like tyvek tape would be a better option to seal the ends. Great little green house. Thanks for the idea.

@ligaskirbauska8652 3 жыл бұрын

Any wide scotch tape we use to seal packages 📦 would do a work

@zhenhuahuang1945 Жыл бұрын

What a great idea to use a water hose

@markv9890 3 жыл бұрын

Bien Hecho!!!

@carolynconnelly3395 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@debwoodward 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😃👍

@zhuxiangluo2749 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👍

@harmonysalem9377 3 жыл бұрын

Merci from Montreal, Canada.

@Ghettolove75 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much I need as much help I can get

@karenlyle322 3 жыл бұрын

Great video 😀

@kaleygoode1681 3 жыл бұрын

Polyimide (Kapton) tape or Aluminium tape are both intended for long term thermal stability. Maybe try some of each and see which holds out best?

@NanaSevers 3 жыл бұрын

Many years ago, I saw a zipper that is used on plastic sheeting. It was just stuck, like tape, onto the plastic where you want the opening. The first time you unzip it, it cuts the plastic to create the opening. Thought that might interest you if they still make it.

@drumhailer547 Жыл бұрын

Yep thats what we use they work 👍😃

@drumhailer547 Жыл бұрын

Can get them at any home improvement store

@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 Жыл бұрын

I really want to build this . Thank you looks so amazing

@HomesteadingFamily Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@BearMeat4Dinner 2 жыл бұрын

I really need to get one up asap.. I'm moving up to 5 miles away from Canada

@drewsfoodforest_tv 3 жыл бұрын

Two layers of bubble wrap work great through winter

@lliefveld 3 жыл бұрын

Lesson learned about hoop house: I had seen many, many other videos from other people where a hoop house stood up to snow on it. We had a 3-day storm, dumped about 10 inches of snow, and the weight of the snow caused the 'crest' of the hoop house to droop all the way to the ground, creating an 'inverted' hoop house. By the time we realized it (about a week after the storm), the cattle panel was well molded into that shape. So, if you live in an area which might get surprise storms, you'll need to reinforce the center.

@jakes3546 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great reminder and good advice for a 4 season greenhouse. In this case I believe he is using it as a seasonal greenhouse. Removing the plastic before winter and putting it back on in early spring after the threat of heavy snow has passed.

@marcusdismas 3 жыл бұрын

i think i'd have a greater concern about IVE storms, vs snow. also, vermin would definitely be a nuisance in that not only would they seek against whatever it was i had growing, but also simply to get out of the cold & wet. ...but there are things to do, which have not been covered here.

@keralee 3 жыл бұрын

I use mine as the winter chicken shelter/run, they really enjoy the added protection from Wisconsin winters. And its absolutely reinforced with a support beam down the ridge!

@jensschirner6137 Жыл бұрын

Can´t believe it. You use opinel? Beautiful!

@gokhanelma 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir .

@roblox_maddy_playz5871 2 жыл бұрын

I found the best thing to use is spray adhesive, just spray both side you are attaching and give it a few minutes to get tacky and apply.

@donnaleighshahin1031 2 жыл бұрын

Hi just watched your DIY greenhouse video. Loved it! Thought maybe you could fill the hose with sand to weigh it down.

@michaelfrazer1807 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@secretzombie3976 3 жыл бұрын

Those leaves would have been in my compost pile as soon as they hit the ground lol every last one of them!

@rickkrockstar 3 жыл бұрын

over all its a great idea, which others can expand on.

@eddybrevet6816 3 жыл бұрын

Yea, alternative is concrete wire mesh, tarp between, more compactable first came up with this in 06, now use for shade, reflective material between cattle panels

@chriskourlos4407 3 жыл бұрын

Try using shrink wrap tape. Then use a blow dryer. Man that stuff holds up the best. Try it.

@randy32228 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Opinel knife..

@justinw1765 2 жыл бұрын

A tip for winter use to increase and regulate warmth over longer periods of time: In the middle of your hoop house, pile a few rows (you want it a least 3x3 feet or so) of cinder blocks up say 4 feet or so high. As you stack them, fill up the holes/spaces with sand or dry dirt. The more fine the material the better (less air space between each of the particles and more surface area contact between the solids), but it is not super critical either way. You can also use solid blocks and just create an open cube structure to pour sand or dirt in the middle--this is a bit better because you have less air space and more solid material in contact with each other. Then paint the outside of this cinder block (or other) structure with a black color. The blacker/darker the better. Make sure the paint is heat and UV resistant type. You now have a thermal mass energy collector and radiator. What this will do, is gradually warm up during the day and collect a lot of heat energy and as the Sun goes down and it starts to get colder out, it will radiate the heat back out, thus regulating the temperature especially over night. It would be better if it was made out of a completely solid and non porous material, but that would be both much heavier, much harder to transport, and probably much more expensive (unless you have a giant rock or small boulder in your yard and can move it around easily, but good luck getting it in the hoop house if it is already built). In the the summer, cover this with a very white or reflective material of some kind. White fabric, painted white cardboard, polished aluminum, mylar space blankets, etc. Believe it not, this will help to keep things a bit cooler in there until around noon to 2pm or so. Cause that same thermal mass has lost energy overnight getting cool, and then it takes longer to warm up. By the end of the day, it will start getting warm and then keep part of the night warmer in there, until it fully loses all the heat energy and equalizes with the ambient temps. In this case, it acts more like a regulator (as long as it is completely covered with something very white).

@graceditz742 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this Intel! 💗

@fl3082 Жыл бұрын

You also could use large containers of water (IBC totes or 55 gallon drums) painted black and stacked side-by-side.. Then if you ever need to move them you can simply drain the water iut.

@7i4nf4n Жыл бұрын

Sadly this only works if your greenhouse gets some direct sun at all in winter

@fl3082 Жыл бұрын

@@7i4nf4n If it's NOT in the sun then it really isn't much of a greenhouse. Just sayin. You also could tap into geothermal if you bury water lines far enough below frostline but idk what sort of mechanical pump might be necessary to supplement thermosiphoning

@reypolice5231 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@seanduibhide 2 жыл бұрын

Would be handy to put a link for the hoop frame build. Its quite a search looking for it. Nice hoop house, thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.

@derkhedemann5606 2 жыл бұрын

we use green greenhouse foil UV stabilized. Reinforced with wire reinforcement. is slightly more expensive but also much stronger and it lasts for years

@bizzhat 3 жыл бұрын

great stuff. Question: do you have any issues with strong winds? you did mention it ~18mins in the making-of video, my thoughts are of how to tighten the tarp better. -thanks

@STOLACE 6 ай бұрын

This is great! Thanks for sharing! I wonder if instead of using hose along the whole length of the tunnel you could just stake down some twine over the tunnel every few feet - then you're using a compostable material and less single-use materials like rubber hose. Do you think that would work as another option for securing the plastic?

@drumhailer547 Жыл бұрын

The plastic construction zippers are win for the doors

@scanyoursector5731 2 жыл бұрын

Have you considered using RV antifreeze in the garden hose? I know money is probably tight with the skyrocketing prices, but it would allow for a few more weeks of use. And you could store the hoses with the antifreeze in it.

@rosapeitz9844 Жыл бұрын

Salt would keep the water from freezing.