My “Inexpensive Hoop-Frame Greenhouse” Design in Nova Scotia
Recently I received a comment on my post “How to Build An Inexpensive Hoop-Frame Greenhouse” from Stacy in Nova Scotia. Using the design she found at AlbertaHomeGardening.com, she built a 10 x 22 greenhouse. I asked her to send along a few pictures and she did. So I thought it would be good to share them with you to show you another example of how you too can build your own greenhouse. So here is her comments and her pictures. Thanks Stacy!
Well, we just built this greenhouse, with a few changes, we made ours 10×22. We put a piece of strapping 2 feet off the floor running the length of the greenhouse to sturdy it up. We also used strapping in the top centre (instead of pipe and zip ties)attached to the hoops with the metal electrical bands , we got a box of 50 for 8$.
It was complete in 2 days! Its wonderful! When we bought our farm it came with a huge pile of electrical conduit, enough for 3 or 4 of these greenhouses. We plan to build another very soon. We couldn’t have been happier to find this design! Good job!
It is now full of many vegetables, flowers and herbs getting ready for the upcoming season.
Happy gardening,
Stacy
April 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I’m going to have to try this. I’ve been wanting a greenhouse for a while now but they’re so expensive!
April 30th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Found you looking for articles on Haskap. I have thought about trying this frame but we have big wind here north of Saskatoon so I am going with a stud frame and poly for now. We have a car cover frame that I think I might pull a clear skin over and use as a growing on house for my honeysuckles.
A comment on deer. The solution to me is the deer fencing from Lee Valley. At about $20 for a 7 ft. x 100 ft. roll it can be very effective. I used it around my honeysuckle plot to keep out birds. Someone gave me a couple of bundles of 9 ft. bamboo poles which really worked nice as I could make a hole with a crow bar (old axle from a car or truck or something) and then used those black plastic clamps to hold the netting along with some electrical ties. If you go to my Honeysuckle blog there should be pictures in the archives from last year.
Good site with lots of helps here.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I like the size of yoour greenhouse(10 x 22). What size pvc did you use, and did you use rebar inside the pvc?
May 31st, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Hi,
Dave the inventor said he does not know how this fair with wind. Could you share your experience on that please? I rent a small piece of farm to grown my own vegetables and love it. Therefore I am thinking of expanding this thing, but a greenhouse is a must for me for seedlings.
Thanks a lot!
August 31st, 2009 at 5:58 am
Hi,
Great project you have built. I am building my foundation frame as I speak. I have been checking out any & all sites to get the best from all designs. Do you happen to know Stacy’s site add. I would like to check hers out also.
Thank you for your time.
November 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
What a brilliant post, you should do a series!