DIY unheated greenhouse grows food year-round in Upstate NY

[@CCAnne]

Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos you’ve helped me an keep my motivation as I love hostage NY don’t want to leave but also not easy to just relocate your family as so many think , we have ample opportunity to do what we can an it’s refreshing to see I’m not the only New Yorker left lol

[@braelynnappleby1283]

i’m so glad i found this!! living in upstate NY i was afraid i would have to let my food bearing plants die and move everything into my house. and it is someone who deals with upstate’s weather. it gets so cold!!

[@edwardtalerico9041]

Me too!

[@ShayBayBay585]

Pretty nice build for what you had to use 👏🏽

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Nice greenhouse🌴

[@luwakw01]

This is so impressive!!

[@nickguthrie9309]

On Vancouver Island we have much cloud and rain in winter and shoulder seasons. In the 4 months straddling New Year's we average only 2 hours per day of clear sun. Like you I had barrels of water. A big problem is that if the sky is cloudy all day, your barrels add verrrry little heat, so for the following night you are storing only 'coolth'. We often have a week of full time cloudiness. Your local met office should be able to give you data for all 12 months. I enjoyed your chat and relate a lot to it. Thanks

[@1halnass]

You can put a fish tank heater in a few of the barrels. And maybe even power them with a solar panel.

[@Earthmadegarden]

Really nice! I just built out a setup I think may work all winter here in NY as well. I cut the white 55 gallon barrels in half the long way to make low tunnels and buried the blue barrels cut in half in the ground for insulation. I have 6 of these inside a greenhouse 3 on each side. I’m hoping this along with the row covers over the crops inside the low tunnels and blankets on top of the low tunnels during really cold periods will keep it growing all year. I’m also looking into possibly adding a Jean pane composting heater!!

[@Original22]

Here in upstate myself ! Currently building a year round green house . Half of the structure will be in the ground so I’m looking forward to the results .

[@o0Avalon0o]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!

[@BalticHomesteaders]

Do the barrels not freeze? Guninely interested as im researching this for our climate. Thanks.

[@danthesafariguy]

Impressive project. I'm in agreement on the music.

[@mathewpennington7049]

Really cool bro, thanks for sharing I'm thinking your setup is how I'm going to got.

[@drakedorosh9332]

In the eight minute I realized there was music playing in the background. Too bad about that.

[@burnindaylighthomestead2977]

Im interested in your mole houses/traps. Did you make or buy those? If you purchased those, can I ask where? After this amount of time, where would you have improved on the sustainability or build of your greenhouse? Living in the south we do get some cold times through the winter. You have excellent ideas we could use in the building of our greenhouse. Thank you

[@ybbanomi16]

Hi, what are the annual operational costs that this greenhouse accrues?

[@augustowilliams3222]

How did you heat up the water though

[@krzysprot4221]

You can use living compost to heat your green house .

[@bggs030610]

Tell me more please

[@CrAzYAuNtSiSsy]

Hi There, I do have to spend the time and about the process in your blog.. but in a nutshell .. is the barrels of water actually what is heating the greenhouse? Thanks for sharing a nice video. :)

[@GEOsustainable]

Instant like you. A channel called Electric Bike that talks about plants. Instant subscribe because you got your nose where it should not have been.

[@fengchen6210]

Such a beautiful greenhouse! Where about are y’all located? I want to move upstate in about 2 years and currently an I’m in NYC and would love to have friends nearby give me and my husband some tips! Love the video!

[@amezvel8239]

My parents want to grow some veggies and my sister left a metal loft bed behind that I hope to use as the structure of the small greenhouse because I’d hate to trash it :/ does anyone think it could work? If not maybe I could use it as a trellis … I’m open to suggestions

[@atmosrepair]

Propane and natural gas actually burn clean, no carbon monoxide. They can burn up all the oxygen, but the closure would have to be very air tight.

[@casadepanda4012]

This is really awesome! Where did you get all those 55g drums? I'm looking at building a simple greenhouse, however yours is inspiring me to possibly implement some of these ideas. Also, have you considered painting the drums black to absorb more heat? Also, perhaps a simple cheap "hack" I seen was to simply take some rolls of clear bubble wrap and add a layer of that to the inside of all the windows as a means of improving your thermal rating for all your windows and solex. I was thinking to myself, (jokingly) this isn't a greenhouse, it's a spa! I would love to see more videos on this.

[@bobcat9314]

Thats beautiful..great job man..... Its not easy to build anything that will last in the north country...especially a plastic house...hahahana...you really need to plan for the worst mother nature will throw at you and hope for the best... My problem is after July..dealing with heat spikes ..

[@jewelevans4459]

Did you guys have to submit a building permit for the greenhouse? wanting to build one myself.

[@wipwhopdipdhop3673]

Curious where are you located in Upstate NY? (Region/area, not specific) -- my family is looking to move out there and your terrain and area looks beautiful. Nice greenhouse btw! Maybe consider adding some geothermal heating in the future!

[@TurreTuntematon]

Great idea. The music is distracting though, not needed.

[@Garyandterry]

Turre Tuntematon thanks loser

[@joergenkarljohanssoniii3848]

I like it

[@eileenkaleel]

where are you located? Upstate (closer to NYC, or North Country (closer to Canada)?

[@Electric-fatbike]

Near Syr.

[@eileenkaleel]

@@Electric-fatbike thank you. We're about 1.5 hrs north.

[@dario2rnr]

You can grow much more nutrition if you had chickens producing meet and eggs. We don't need carbs, genetically.

[@fredfrond6148]

Wow food for the year for $4000. The cost of a couple of electric bicycles.👍

[@rickyhursey2101]

Good video, just can't here you.

[@MrRick693]

That tree will never survive without some wind...

[@angellee5108]

13minutes......52 seconds about the vegetables. Why?

[@urfavtiktokcompilations7565]

That’s what the fast forward button is for

[@annelouis7956]

Your soil has to much nitrogen where the carrots are growing. that's why their hairy!

[@all69anna]

Very interested in your greenhouse, and your project in general - but the repetitive video game music will stop me from watching more... I hope this was a one-off experiment. I recommend covering your mic with something soft/fluffy - even a sock will help - to cut the wind noise.

[@harmonyfruitfarms4621]

Thanks for the suggestions. I agree with both things.

[@Garyandterry]

all69anna thanks for the tip you goof dork

[@justin21002002]

Unheated and then he shows a propane heater in his greenhouse

[@Electric-fatbike]

We tried that once and then never used it again.

[@user-gj8ms7jd8v]

Better if you didn't put that annoying music in background.