Building the Metal Trusses for the GreenHouse in our BACKYARD (GreenHouse Build #4)

Building the Metal Trusses for the GreenHouse in our BACKYARD (GreenHouse Build #4)
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[@bradpayn8058]

Oh Boy! You're going to have a big ol' greenhouse. Here's an idea for you that once worked real well for me in a smaller greenhouse. On the inside but the North side where the shade wouldn't cause much of a loss of footage I placed a row of 55 gal barrels (6 of them did my whole N wall, you'd need more, or could just do part of the wall). I then made a rectangular lid that just fit over all the barrels at once of 2"x4" and plywood - like a stud wall the 2x4 fit around the barrels and the plywood was on top. So it's like a bench in the shop ( orient your bungs all the same and cut holes where they are. You don't need to attach it to the barrels, gravity is plenty. There are times you may want to lift it off. Then link all the bottoms of the barrels together for water. I found garden hose fittings, and short hoses handy, just put a male and a female attachment on the side of the barrel a foot or so from the bottom. You want to be able to put the hose in one barrel and fill them all, or open a valve on the last barrel and drain them all to near the bottom. This contraption has several purposes. It's a heat sink. You fill it all with water and it will hold the heat of the day much better through the night. Oh, I forgot to say above - paint all your barrels black to catch more heat. Also, as a heat sink, it not only keeps things warmer at night but it also keeps the mid day high Temps from getting too hot - so it's sort of like a capacitor in electronics, reducing the highs and lows in the temperature sign wave. It also is a great reservoir for an irrigation system. You can stick a garden hose in one end of your series of tanks and have an overfill coming out at the other feeding your irrigation and you won't be watering with cold well water (you could also catch rain water to here, but I'd bet you're going to need more). You can also cool the greenhouse by watering with the warm water just before the hottest parts of the day so some of that incoming heat energy goes into heating the cool barrels. Also now you have a nice work bench in your greenhouse. You may want to put some vinyl flooring on the plywood. You have a nice place to stand and fill seed trays, set trays to spout, trim up produce, etc. On my six barrel bench I left a space between the 3rd and 4th barrel just enough that an old sink I had fit down in the middle of my bench top. It was plumbed by a garden hose fitting too, it only had cold water at the faucet but it had a pull out sprayer too. The drain for it went into a hose to any bed in the greenhouse I chose and wasn't wasted. Just don't drain it in the barrels because you use it to wash soil off your produce, and you don't want that in your tank. Like I said your greenhouse is much, very much, larger than mine was. I doubt that six barrels would have the same effect as a heat sink in there, but it would still make a nice water tank and work bench. 12 or 20, or however many the North side would take would be better than six for you. You can't have too much bench, you could always use it as a place for potted plants that you could access standing up. You could also start with 6 or 10 barrels and add more in following years.

[@dennybe]

I think its really awesome you guys get to work together to get all these projects accomplished. Just a great role model for showing what a determined couple can get done.

[@keithrayeski6417]

Tanner building battle scars on the homestead! Prayers for a quick healing. She looks to be doing very well! Never a dull moment friends!! Builds looking good! It’s so nice to see Gina out there diggin in...she’s a worker!! No sittin inside waiting for hubby to get it done! You keep that snow right up there folks!! We’re done with it! Want our landscaping done so we can start outside stuff in the yard. Spring!!

[@debbienarkansas1926]

Wow, I Watched the snow fall through your kitchen window as you were having dinner, That is A Lot of Snow!! One thing about Mother Nature is she surprises us every year! Gina, Will you be "Canning" and Preserving This fall? The new Greenhouse will give you Plenty of reward for all the hard work. The Greenhouse Kit is amazing! Tanner the Boo Boo Pup and the cone of shame, Hugs to Tanner.. All your animals are amazing, and treat you with crazy adventure! Nora is growing so fast and looks just like her mom! With that said, Olivia is sprouting quick too! Thank you for sharing!

[@wgoconnor33]

You two are awesome, the best homestead channel there is you should have a million subscribers! Thanks for the video.

[@rosamondharris5695]

Poor Tanner! Get better soon. Get extra hugs attention from your family.

[@carolschreffler5112]

Greetings from Ohio. You are so good to your animals. I admire that the most. They stay as warm as dry as they possibly can. You are to be commended.

[@josephpedone2004]

Tanner got himself a battle scar, chicks dig scars... Lumnah family have a blessed day

[@jonabriggs8829]

Poor Tanner !!! Prayer's for a quick healing !! Food look's great ! God Bless :)

[@ohjoannabanana]

You and Gina are an excellent team. I’m glad you finished before the rain hit. And WOW that snow! Give poor Tanner a snuggle for me. ❤️

[@rosanna5schmidt732]

Nora us soo cute. I also like to see Hope bounce around. Looking forward to seeing the greenhouse progress. You work regardless of your cold weather and that tells a lot about both of you.

[@petergedenberg3885]

Looking good, sleeting here this morning winter doesn't want to give up. Poor tanner had that happen to our dog when I was a youngster. He'll be fine in no time. Thank you for all you do. Keep up the great work.

[@fayflemister8374]

Poor little Tanner, pray you heal up fast so you can get back to your old sweet self. Just love watching Hope jump around, she's such a happy little goat. What can say about Willow, she is just too smart.

[@suannedorman621]

It's so good to see Tanner is healing. I'll tell you one thing I wont ever do again is complain about Mi. weather. I cant believe your getting that much snow!! We are just beginning to warm up into the 40's today. It was snowing Wednesday, but just a light fast melting snow. Good luck on your build. I'll be watching.

[@jeannedennis5863]

Poor Tanner. Man, y'all sure make a great team on anything y'all do. I couldn't handle y'alls winters. All that snow, no thanks. God bless y'all.

[@richardrice8239]

good morning it must be really good having a wife that can help build things like the green house and alll the other things give her a big hug

[@lorrainebeattie29]

Hello to The Lumnah Acres Family! My husband found your sight and I have to say we just love watching what you do and how much you love your animals. With the virus and not to much we can do so at lunch time we have started to search for something great and wholesome to watch at this terrible time that we are ALL going through. So it was YOU! Charlie gets excited when he sees a new video to watch. LOL So we grab our lunch and watch your vedio. So Thank You if we where younger I would have just loved to do what you are doing. I also love to watch the recipe and cooking time. Well done to you all and keep safe and healthy. Lorraine & Charlie CANADA!

[@carrieashley6465]

Your green house frame is looking good can't wait next video Poor tanner pray health up good he sweet dog and it been weather like yoyr having here cant wait stay warm it so great tc and gb

[@mten8965]

Thanks for all your hard work. Appreciate you all. Stay safe🖒🕇

[@rosejafari8917]

Never a dull or overly peaceful day when goats are around. ;-))

[@lindaguerrero7129]

Hope Tanner gets better AND that greenhouse is going to be HUGE! So very exciting!

[@garyfeltus9801]

Glad the tan man is ok. It's going to be cool to see the green house Al put together. Thanks for sharing.

[@Classifiedreality]

Thanks for sharing, crazy weather...

[@Alturvexs]

your getting tones of snow be thankful of that, here down south NE Arkansas we're getting a lot of rain, rain, rain every other day and sometime 2 to 3 days straight... way too much rain..

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

Get well soon Tanner, we are having A lot of rain here but our temps are in the 60s. And 70s Stay safe . Can’t wait to see y’all get the greenhouse finish .

[@ljmike5519]

Poor Tanner. Awesome job today. Stay safe thru the storm. Blessings

[@onemorchatykathy]

I love the song that’s playing as you both work. Describes you two perfectly.

[@suemarina]

Sorry to hear about Tanner, I pray he will heal fast. I love the music choices you have for your videos. I live in Massachusetts so I understand the crazy weather. You just never know what kind of day you will have. Thank you for all of your encouragement, see you on the next video. God bless

[@janw3717]

Aw Tanner, you poor thing, that looks so sore. I hope your fully back to your mischievous self very soon. I loved the dinner scene tonight with the snow falling through the windows. Love to the fam, human and fluffy, with a special (gently) hug to our sweet Tanner!*!

[@uraqtee]

This video gives new meaning to the phrase "Some Assembly Required", but will be worth it in the end

[@pinkywilliams8063]

Good Morning to all... great to see the green house coming along....tanner looking better, even with collar on... poor baby...Piglets need names... have a poll and then pick the one you want...Have a blessed day

[@Pixiesantics]

I think I heard Al say in yesterday's video that the pigs name were Patty and Cake. I could be wrong but I heard him say that. We'll find out soon.

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

Your skills are a gift to us all.

[@dianehall5345]

Good morning Al. I like the way you have the individual brooder houses. I remember many a neighbor having overheated lamps that started fires. Your buildings are a safer alternative. Our mini green house is our next project. I'm also looking at half green houses that could be built off our back kitchen door. Yours is going to make a big difference. My former neighbors in NB Canada had two large green houses for hydroponic tomatoes. It was so NICE to walk into their green houses on a cold, blustery day and be warm and surrounded by GREEN!

[@trishanavarro4887]

The snow falling is beautiful!

[@JoJoDragonslayer]

Good to see how big buscuit and gravy are getting. The greenhouse is gonna be awesome!

[@StoneKathryn]

I like to see the way you guys work together. It looks like you are having fun. It is really great to see.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Watching the snow fall through the window over kitchen sink was so pretty. I know you are excited to get the greenhouse built.

[@KellyAshcraft-ww6ls]

Poor Tanner, at least he’s on the mend .... the pork chop marinade sounds delish ... gonna try it ! Thanks guys

[@Weedemandreap]

There's something so comforting about waking up and watching you guys work while I'm barely awake & sipping my coffee:) LOL I CANNOT believe it snowed for you-- meanwhile, we're hitting 100 today. 🤪

[@marybethsmarvellouslife4490]

Weed 'em & Reap I feel like the greenhouse will be large enough to feed ALL of us!! So enjoy both of your channels - thank you!

[@pwengert1]

Loved this episode! Heck, we love every episode! You’re beginning to feel like family now! Glad Tanner is doing ok. Wondering where to find your pork chop recipe? They look so good. I enjoy watching you cook! Your banana bread baking made my hubby hungry for some, so I had to make him some! Yummy! We always have almost rotten bananas in our freezer. Thanks again!

[@pintobeans2973]

You both have wonderful patience as this build is labor intensive.

[@kimmitchell3516]

Hi y'all green house is going awesome ..love it... We bought a baby one this year a 6x8 just to start my seeds no room for such a huge one as yours. I'm so jealous!! Heal quick Tanner ...poor boy hugz.. Baby chickies so cute. Our replacement chicks are coming April 29th... 19 new one's for our flock Have a great day you three see ya soon..

[@sueanderson9688]

Your animals look so happy and well cared for, love seeing the goats skip and jump.

[@miric6224]

Hello family, farm animals and pets. It took a long time for all the fur to grow back when the vet had to shave our pup....like months. Tanner looks good though. Al, you have bondless energy and such a positive attitude. Thanks for showing the snow flakes. Someone suggested the name Chickago for the hen house, did you see that? Such a nice family, fun to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[@LOTRLewis]

Willow's an escape artist! Little Nora looked so forlorn without her. Hope Tan-Man learns from his mishap and heals fast too. Kind of hate to admit it, but the snow looked beautiful. Reinforces your prudent purchase of a greenhouse. It's wonderful witnessing the evolution of your farm on this rainy Delaware day. Thanks for sharing.

[@thomasrobinson2058]

Al, you have some wild building skills. My hat's off to you.

[@gudrunbender9080]

It has been a cold rainy spring here as well I want to but my seedlings in the garden, but it's just tool cold, with frost warnings here and there. Nothing like you got though!!! Yes, a greenhouse is needed for you!

[@janeyoung8648]

Good morning I hope everyone has a great day! You build in the greenhouse reminds me of when my grandmother and I we have our own garden and we collected the coffee grinds and we crushed up eggshells. Have a blessed day and see you guys tomorrow

[@francinecannon1903]

Nora is the cutest... I smile when she jumps up.

[@katesisco]

My cat was new to hunting chipmunks--they dig holes!--and she took on more than she could handle; she got a rip in her skin, about 3 inches, which I doctored, and kept her in Onesies so she couldn't lick the wound until she healed up.

[@leslielutz1874]

OOOOO when you opened that door Al and HUGE snowflakes were falling from the sky !!

[@HerEcolife]

Wow what a beautifull property and animal installations. We are still covered with snow here. Greenhouse will be in the making though we can't do plastic because of the fact we are on a mountain and the winds are to strong. Be well little doggy. I'll be back for some older videos for sure. Take care!

[@edboydeshaw]

Crazy weather today! Can't believe how much it's snowing!!!

[@jkshearer13]

You all are doing great! Keep charging forward building your dream.

[@denisewilson8367]

poor Tanner! Hope he heals fast! Those pork chops look great, and the broccoli really looks yummy!

[@loraineleuschke4186]

It is so exciting to see that hothouse farm space come together. Yea !

[@theallenshire268]

It sure has been a long winter seeming never ending, but Aslan is on the move. lol Spring will come finally. Can't wait!!

[@sandraitnyre5515]

The weather has been crazy. Cold, windy, and raining. I think we might have lost most of our peaches this year and the wind had taken 6 huge trees down on the west side of the property. Good fire wood. Just need to get it. I can't believe how fast your rainy weather turned to snow.

[@doreendoreen3857]

Tanner get well, hey what a fab greenhouse. Cant wait to see it up.

[@sallysassa]

Another lovely video. You guys work so well together. The snow and weather !! - so much for the Little Swedish Doom Goblin's Global Warming forecasts. Weird weather here in AU too to go with our lockdown. Gina you are a great cook. Tanner get well. Livvie growing up beautifully.

[@IShallNotBeSilent]

Can't believe you guy's got snow again. Loving the greenhouse!

[@karenedge7039]

Poor Tanner. That cut looked wicked. Hope he heals soon so he can go play. The greenhouse is shaping up. So fun watching you and Gina put it together. Gina, those chops looked delicious. I hope you find out what caused Tanner cut. I’m building hoops on my planter like yours, had to go back and watch that episode again to see how you installed the hoops as I had forgotten. Good job Lumnahs always enjoy your videos.

[@gotb21]

Healing prayers for Tan Man!

[@margaretbedwell58]

Al & Gina, you got a lot put together today on the green house. It s going to be such a Blessing for you to be able to ignore what the weather is doing and just go on growing your veggies. I hope Tanner's wound heals quickly, that was quite a gash. Have a Blessed day.

[@marafreshfarmer]

I live in north of Czech Republic.. I hate snow, so im glad that this year we had so less of snow, now we had already fewtimes 68 degrees :D But.. Whats most important none of snowing :D

[@360S0DJefferson]

Wow, we got that same rain you're getting on Thursday, soaked our sod farms down south Georgia so bad they couldn't cut sod, something that's rare for them, because they're set up for excellent drainage.

[@disco07]

That was a fascinating dinner tonight. We had sausage, mushrooms, onions and black olives pizza. Tomorrow, bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast and coffee. What shutdown? Glad you named the baby goat Nora. Green house coming along. Hope Mom can hang in there, lol.

[@pamelastandhart9650]

Good Mawning Lumnah’s! Can’t wait till the greenhouse is going! That was the best thing we did for our homestead years ago, only mine was an abandoned one which we had to take down and then put it back up again! Don’t want to do that ever again!

[@lori1508]

Love how you work together. Great TEAM work.

[@sweetpea9433]

I love 💕 watching the both of you working together, thanks for sharing

[@WendyK656]

Al, we have been cold in Wisconsin as well. 26 to 36 in the mornings! Were tired of it too. Awe poor Tanner! I am sure he don't like his cone!!! Dinner looks Amazing

[@micky8912]

Its so great to see you all working on projects together.

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

Could not believe all the weather you had in "1" video, & while you were eating dinner how heavy it was coming down. I was amazed at how quickly this greenhouse project is coming together. We are expected to be in the mid 50's here in Independence, Va. Have a nice day Lumnah family. All thanks to Willow, I know now where the saying "escapegoat" came from!

[@millerl333]

Thank you for sharing! Poor Tan-Man - keeping him inside to help him heal is going to be hard because he’s a high energy kind of guy. The greenhouse project is moving quickly and I look forward to seeing it ready for planting very soon.

[@stephaniedurand7993]

This is a n ever ending season... we I live in Québec (Canada) same same one day it's sunny 10 minutes later the snow is back!

[@ourfloridagarden4191]

Florida spring has been beautiful and the rains finally came today so our garden is happy. Sending Tan Man Hugs. Blessings.

[@kathyguenther5866]

I think that greenhouse is going to be huge......Gina I hope you are putting a bug in his ear to build you a garden stand for the end of your driveway to sell extra produce. They are huge here in Minnesota in the summer. They are unattended and you just put money in a box. I always put in more than the sign says it makes me happy to have fresh produce. The goat bus stop would be cute........Hugs from Minnesota

[@robinminnesota5491]

Your weather and ours run the same. Spring is always a busy time. Tanner will bounce back as fast as he can. He has rough housing to get caught up on. Stay Safe.

[@BryansGMa]

Name one...Bacon...the other one Sausage ...🤗...watching you put your greenhouse together, is like working a jigsaw puzzle 🧩..very interesting. I’m thoroughly enjoying watching the whole job of putting all the pieces together. 👏👏👏🤗

[@larryr.johnson3048]

Gina, if you cook another chop I’ll be right over. Great start on the greenhouse.

[@reneebrown5598]

WOW. I sure am glad that I live in the south. It's 80 degrees here.

[@joirrgang]

Love the snow!! Tanner will heal quickly...my dog did the same thing!!

[@jenniferhuff2547]

Good Morning Lumnah's. So going to be worth it, when you start planting.

[@mikecorrado4971]

It warms my heart to see the three of you work tirelessly building your dream. The amount of work that you do is insane! I know that you really enjoy what you do and I’m sure it will eventually pay dividends! God bless you and your work!

[@charleswainwright921]

That looks hard. You guys work together well that makes it easier.

[@rondacorkhill1654]

with the rain, sounds like a perfect time to build her the shelf. Good project to have Olivia start helping with.

[@francesbolen257]

Wow, that is some crazy snow!

[@marlenekutcher938]

Time for indoor projects.... So great to see this greenhouse going up to extend your growing season. Heal up Tanner ..

[@bkkbill1]

Good work guys, Lived in Edmonton Alta., Canada, we had snow on my birthday June 23. Nice and warm living in Thailand now. ;-)

[@hunterrock3272]

Mid 90's in S. Florida! Crazy weather you're having, enjoy the snow! Haha

[@mortensolbergjr2876]

That snow is nuts!

[@virginiareid5336]

The snow is really coming down in big flakes. Miss Willow really didn't want to stay in today, but I bet she would if she got caught out in the snow. Your Spring is much like mine, but we have been getting rain and storms all week. Take Care, Be Safe, and God Bless.

[@robertgibson2999]

I'm always encouraged seeing you working together as a team! Have a great weekend :}

[@kestrelle5345]

Enough with the snow already! Shiver.

[@rebeccahaughn8677]

I have a suggestion since it is still early in the build of the greenhouse, consider an airlock sort of. I find that the coolish or cold air can damage a couple of plants when you walk into a plain built greenhouse, that is just a thought and worth sharing. Be well and best wishes for the tan man.

[@cristianfrias2539]

I admire their Channel and What they do, I always see it. God bless you . greetings from Argentina Buenos Aires ✏😊

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks! Hope you are staying Well!

[@cristianfrias2539]

successes 😊

[@John.117]

Glad Tanner is ok. Best to you and yours.

[@dgmills5351]

I'm glad Tanner is doing well and is recovering nicely! Willow is becoming a real escape artist.

[@stanleykeith6969]

Al, you could have your Gina put all those bolts in and then you could tighten them up. I would also take the pc. down to the other end and put them together. That way Gina would not have to carry them so far. Heavy for her to lift. I heard a lot of rain in coming to Pa. I bet you will get some of that rain and wind and maybe some snow. Al, I see that you don't kept the chickens out of the nesting boxes like you used to. Tanner has a big cut there, he's lucky. Al, you see that Ground Hog, shoot it ! This is no spring weather.

[@jelomaxjoiner]

Al You are so lucky your wife gina is the best multi tasker builder gardener cook and parent