High Tunnel Greenhouse For Cold Weather Planting

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Жыл бұрын

Alaska means colder temperatures for planting vegetables, so we put up a high tunnel to grow our tomatoes and peppers. We start from scratch, having to clear the spot of debris, building our high tunnel, and planting our vegetables. We can't wait to see how they do and what their yield is.
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Katie & Chris

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@chuckhorner3758 11 ай бұрын

Another amazing video! You guys are doing exactly what you should be doing at this stage of your homestead development. I am amazed by your diverse sets of skills. I am thoroughly impressed with the wife being so articulate, hardworking, supportive...need I go on, oh and also very attractive. Very proud of how well you guys have thought this through and are adapting to changing conditions! Keep up the superb work! You are working on your dreams...enjoy it!

@northtoalaska2022 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind compliments! 🙂 we feel that we make a great team and have been working to build our dreams and enjoy life together for 11 years now!

@sgrvtl7183 Жыл бұрын

Excellent high-tunnel,,,,,and raised beds,,,,,,GOOD job!! and GOOD Luck with your garden💚

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We are looking forward to the fresh veggies 😀

@davidasimkosr4641 3 ай бұрын

I'm sure. You know to keep up with weeds they suck about 90% of the nutrients out of the soil and smother your plants.... Garden is a requires serious upkeep... But I know you all will do great with the rich soil you all have... God Bless

@LynnGorman Ай бұрын

Nice raised beds!

@carolyngregory9354 Жыл бұрын

You two worker bees are buzzing around the homestead getting lots of jobs done. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Winter is coming! 😅

@ladydragon3648 6 ай бұрын

Hello again. looking great with the green house. When you take off some of them leafs from the plants just put them in to the ground under the plants. they will brake down for the plants as food for them. That is what I use to do. & with the Tomato plants if you can dig the holes deeper & put them in the more stem that you can plant in the hole the better they will grow more roots & you will have much stronger tomato plants doing that. I had much more tomatoes to by planting them like that. Good luck.

@northtoalaska2022 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the helpful tips!

@chuckhorner3758 11 ай бұрын

The topsoil and natural compost for the raised beds was an awesome find!

@northtoalaska2022 11 ай бұрын

Yes! We pretty much graded the area that was not frozen at this point and put the topsoil and compostables straight into the beds. Should be really rich and fertile next year 😃

@catgynt9148 10 ай бұрын

Add some Epsom Salts to the soil around your tomatoes and other acid loving plants. The magnesium sulfate will promote healthy root growth. Jerry Baker published a book titled “ The Impatient Gardener” and included a variety of recipes. One of my favorite was Grandma Putt’s plant tonic. Some parts are strange but the foundation science is fairly good. Wishing you and your family a blessed week. Peace

@wadeprior5203 10 ай бұрын

Good morning you guys I hope you guys are having a good day I like what you guys are doing keep up the good work

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Good morning! We are doing great 👍 glad you are enjoying our adventure 😀

@teresahunter7645 Жыл бұрын

Wow! This is great! ❤

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@LR-xx5ig Жыл бұрын

Good job kids. And your using all your leftovers for projects

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We try and use everything that we can. We have quite a few more salvaged items for some upcoming projects 😀

@sarahschlosser1203 Жыл бұрын

Good job on using what you have

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jimstelfox6120 Жыл бұрын

I used 18” ground anchors with wide ratchet straps over my poly tunnel and not moved since

@richardrolph6166 9 ай бұрын

You have done such great work preparing the site for garden you should look up the jadam organic fertilizer systems and use them for you garden , I've been using a similar liquid organic fertilizer which was handed down to me by my father and from his father before that for production of high quality vegetables and fruit of all kinds and flowers and Shrubs resulting in many awards for Allotment grown produce , give it a try it costs nothing because you can get containers for free, keep up with the great work ps give your dog a big hug from me because he is the management of the whole team really 👍👍👍

@northtoalaska2022 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and thank you for the suggestion! I just looked this up as we had never heard of this type of fertilizer, and we are definitely going to be doing this. Wow! What a fantastic way to brew our own fertilizer! I can't wait for next year's garden to try this out on. And you're right! He definitely is the team manager 😉🐕 lots of hugs for him!

@phuongvo3051 10 ай бұрын

Your dog is cutie pie , ❤ when he tried to pull those roots

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! He is determined to help as much as he can on every project 😅

@myraholmes651 Жыл бұрын

Looks great!!

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@pdx1jmh 7 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. We are enjoying your journey. My wife and I now have a new best channel.

@northtoalaska2022 7 ай бұрын

😀 Glad you found us! It is great to hear you are enjoying our videos so much! Thank you for your support 🙂

@donaldshields2483 9 ай бұрын

I am still watching you guys here in Maine and I enjoy watching you up in Alaska you are very hard workers and I will keep watching God bless

@northtoalaska2022 9 ай бұрын

Glad you are still enjoying our videos 😀 thank you 🙏

@Forest_Actual Жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Yorkie285 9 ай бұрын

You guys are awesome!

@northtoalaska2022 8 ай бұрын

❤️

@marquisdecabaras 8 ай бұрын

Every time I see Chris operating that skid loader it makes me want one. Not sure it would fit in my apartment, but I'm willing to try... :) Thanks for sharing your journey.

@northtoalaska2022 8 ай бұрын

Haha 😄 they are an interesting tool to use. Glad we can share our adventure with you!

@Zenkaz967 10 ай бұрын

Looks really good!❤✌️

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@wendyhack8644 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your fur baby 🐾 ❤

@northtoalaska2022 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 he loves to try and help!

@cancelbubble6535 10 ай бұрын

That high tunnel looks great.

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Thank you , we found quickly that we need more space or a larger high tunnel. Hopefully, we will upgrade the size or add on to this one in the future 🙂

@conniewright8080 Жыл бұрын

Looks Great

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@conniewright8080 Жыл бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 If you have some where in your green house to put in some compost it will create the heat needed for the nights (kill two birds with one stone) I hope this holds up for the winter's snowfall...

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

@conniewright8080 that's a fantastic idea! We will have to try that out. We did just start a big compost , so once that starts breaking down some, we will have to transfer a bit over to the greenhouse. This would certainly be good for the beginning of the season or end of the season when those nights get chilly! We will be removing the plastic for winter so it doesn't rip under the snow, but it is certainly a fantastic idea for the growing season. We definitely need to expand next season with a second greenhouse as we are out of room in our current on, but we will be trying this for sure. We appreciate the tip!

@conniewright8080 Жыл бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 My daughter did that in the State of Wyoming & it worked for them...

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

@@conniewright8080 that's awesome! We will certainly be giving it a try.

@robincarrico2007 Жыл бұрын

I am glad to see you using the top soil from clearing that is some of the richest and nutrient rich soil. Full of microbes and hummus. I would recommend testing for PH Alaskan soil is very acidic but a little wood ash or lime and good to go. Good luck.

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip! We will be sending in some soil for testing to see what we should be adding. We are also composting with even more topsoil that we dug, so hopefully, next year, everything will flourish!

@robincarrico2007 Жыл бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 every year gets better. we had clay soil when we moved on our property. weeds would not grow. we just kept amending with compost and good soil and we can grow amazing veggies now. compost is amazing. The growing community on the Peninsula is great .

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

Is there a page we can follow on FB? I talked to some locals, but having easy access to gardening information would be helpful! Next year, we hope that we can get our soil to the right levels of where it needs to be with compost. So glad that you are growing amazing veggies! It is so wonderful to produce food for your family.

@robincarrico2007 Жыл бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 There are a few I will send a friend request to the Garden club and I have one I follow in Homer. The extension office in Soldotna is a priceless resource. They also do soil testing through the University. There is a new one that I heard about last year I will see if I can hook you up if they are still going..

@robincarrico2007 Жыл бұрын

Alaska Harvesters, AK edible and medicinal plants, Alaska mushrooms, buy it, sell it, grow it Alaska, Kenai Peninsule local grown, Alaska home gardeners, That shouldget you started.

@Fulltimer Жыл бұрын

We enjoy your videos. Do you have pollinators for your veggies?

@northtoalaska2022 Жыл бұрын

I did plant marigolds in the greenhouse, and on nice days, we leave the windows open, so there's a nice breeze that comes through. Occasionally, we open the door. Unfortunately, with as much rain and as cold of a summer it has been so far, we can't open the door much to let bees in because the Temps drop too much for the tomatoes and peppers.

@NORMANMORRISON1940 11 ай бұрын

Good job it's treated landscaping tiles that you're using for your raised beds in your greenhouse because the first greenhouse I ever built was out of logs yellow cedar logs which yellow seeded last a long time the biggest mistake I did was I never appealed the bark off them I just didn't think it was necessary built the one bed on each side and then did the end bed across so it's like AU shaped in the greenhouse and then the whole rest of the greenhouse the roof and stuff was all built out of logs everything was built at a logs except for the door was just built that up wood but I tell ya I had nothing but troubles with woodbugs eating everything all my vegetables strawberries I tried one year they ate all the strawberries they just ate most of the plants it was a real pain in the **** so mostly all my raised beds now are built at a tin

@northtoalaska2022 11 ай бұрын

Wow, that is sad about all of the wood bugs! I do like the tin raised beds they work great. If we find enough salvaged roof metal, we will keep that in mind for future raised beds.

@NORMANMORRISON1940 11 ай бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 😁😁😁

@user-dj3bh2vk4m 8 ай бұрын

I love these guys.

@northtoalaska2022 8 ай бұрын

❤️❤️

@waderue 10 ай бұрын

well I made a garden bed out of free wood pallet with a small hoop house on top that takes off and on and they are great and because you have new garden beds you should get some bloodmeal pellets for long-term feeding of your plants and also some volcano ash compost to give your plant the best start and then feed a liquid fish blood meal that you mix with water and you can feed your plant as you water but I only do that 1 time a month

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the advice! We will give this a try in the springtime 🙂

@TylerBeal1620 10 ай бұрын

The humidity makes sense actually... for the same reason that you're ice water on a warm day gets condensation. Its warmer inside the greenhouse, so water condenses to the colder surface.

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely! We were shocked at how humid it actually was inside since our outside humidity levels were so low. But it will certainly be helpful for those plants that like that warmer, more humid environment. 😀

@juliefrog68 10 ай бұрын

What is the brand on the high tunnel? I love the size and it looked easy to put up.

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

It is a vevor brand , they have them on Amazon and vevor .com. It's an inexpensive starter greenhouse. Ours is doing well so far. 🙂

@coolhand66 10 ай бұрын

Hey guys like the video next year Boston cucumbers if you grow them right you'll have five to six cucumbers a day enough to do a jar day wonderful pickles. The recipe is this take yourself a hydrometer from Amazon and you want to make a brine 22% salt that's the best brine I use pickling spice without hot peppers and then a handful of garlic and fresh dill why you should do sliced pickles not completely in half about 75% in half so they can get a better fermentation if you don't do that they take longer but I use a wide mouth pickles are and I usually get about five pickles in there tightly and if you do that it takes about a month a month and about a weekto get them half sour. Now on the pickles for the Boston cucumbers I please start mine in the house but I usually do about six of them and they will climb literally 8 ft tall Susan trick is to get him to come climbing area so they will climb straight up and you know we're in an area that you can basically can get the pickles off easily you don't want him more than about 6" in maybe eight" at the most what sixes usually the best. You will find this cucumber plant will grown all spring and summer and then the second that there's a senses that it's getting cool it dies quickly

@northtoalaska2022 10 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for the useful info! We will refer back to this next season! The cold killed off our marketmore and Boston pickling cucumbers very quickly after transplanting them from indoors... very sad loss. 😔 we are going to do better with them next year!

@MarkKoekenbakker 2 ай бұрын

Very nice vlog to watch! I'm following you! :) I find it very confusing to see that you regularly walk around armed. Is that to protect yourself from wild animals or also from other people? In any case, it is so different from Europe that I would like to understand it.

@northtoalaska2022 2 ай бұрын

Hi there 👋! We primarily carry due to the wildlife. We often (almost daily) have moose come through and they can be aggressive. For 8 to 9 months we have bears that stroll through. When we are out working on projects, it would be easy for one of those animals to sneak out of the woods. We have been surprised several times by moose! So we have it just in case 😊