New Greenhouse Build with Modifications

[@maxzytaruk8558]

Looks sturdy! Well constructed. I think your rooster agrees

[@paulajones4999]

They are called low away greenhouses but I think you nailed it down!

[@cindysplace]

It's too bad that you needed to made adjustments and stabilize something you Paid for, but you did a great job. I built one out of cattle panels 12 years ago and it's still solid. Thank you for sharing this. I wish you great success in your growing season.

[@RedSiloHomestead]

We looked at the cattle panel greenhouse plans and have been wanting to build one for awhile now, we just have no way to get the panels from the store to the homestead ;)

[@cindysplace]

@@RedSiloHomestead I know what you mean. The panels are too long for a pick up truck. Fortunately for us, the Big R farm and feed store in my area delivers.

[@frejustfree]

Thank you for this, I have 1 to set up definitely going to reinforce for our snow load, flooding rains and strong winds here in southern Colorado.…. Ha ha ha my roosters are responding to your rooster while I’m watching this… I say if someone has issues with the animal noises on someone’s homesteading videos then they are not ready/made for homesteading..😊just saying… Have a blessed day all ya’ll

[@ishaa5948]

U have to make the cover tight like a drum for "run off". There's a few videos. We have mostly rain here n these things crumble under little pressure. 🙏

[@judyburkholder3982]

We added beams from front to back, and raised the beds inside, added framed doors, the zippers are not worth even having they fall apart in weeks, not months, we didi bolt the frame to cement cylinders , we have high winds and snow in the winter and so far so good.

[@ishaa5948]

Great idea about the cement, I was thinking about that too. 🙏

[@CajunHydroponics]

Nice work and nice GH! Looking forward to seeing how it works for yall! Gro Dat!!

[@justyouandmekid101]

Good job 👍👍 It's the wind you have to watch out for 🥰

[@ericataylor1708]

Happy to see you thanks for sharing 😊

[@truthleaker222]

I used 13’ long 1 inch black sprinkler line to the waist high poles over added poles down the middle. I had 100 feet laying around for another future project.

[@rebeccasanford8607]

Nice updates on your Amazon Greenhouse!

[@leonafaryna7617]

Great 👍 reinforcement and ingenuity! Sending warm hugs to you both!

[@ericataylor1708]

Great job with the Green house

[@utrutr6013]

Couple questions about the 2"x10" BASE: 1. How did you attach the lengths of wood together? 2. Is the wood somehow anchored to the ground? If so, how? 3. Why did you add the base? Just wanted more height on the inside or for another reason? 4. Could you make a follow-up video to this one discussing how you made the base and why you chose to do it? Thank you for sharing

[@goodfriend6428]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@pjorge8363]

Nice job great upgrades, best wishes!

[@scrapykat3028]

Not a bad for a first greenhouse!

[@BakeALegAndLetsDigIt]

Sorry you bought something you had to make adjustments too but it looks great 👍 Hopefully it does well for you now my friend. God bless you and the wife xoxo

[@RedSiloHomestead]

So far so good, its survived 40-50mph winds the other day and was way cheaper than having to buy cattle panels (which are going through the roof in price, along with everything else). But we'll see how it goes, calling for 28 degrees tonight! Stay safe up there in PA!

[@BakeALegAndLetsDigIt]

@@RedSiloHomestead absolutely we are getting a polar vortex later today mon and Tuesday

[@kingpoobah1647]

Great job on the improvements to the greenhouse. It should hold on fairly well now.

[@RedSiloHomestead]

Hope so, with the anchors installed and it roped down, I really cant think of anything else I can do to it. We'll see when the next storms arrive I guess ;)

[@teresamasengil4275]

Glad to see y’all back on. It’s been a minute. I was wondering about this greenhouse. I think I can do some mods as well. Tell Ms Red I said hi

[@RedSiloHomestead]

Will do, she said "hi"! :) We got hit with the wintertime blahs, but now that its starting to look a bit like spring we're getting out of that grey ick we were in. :)

[@teresamasengil4275]

@@RedSiloHomestead so glad to hear. Y’all take care of each other and keep sharing all of your knowledge. Peace and Love. God Bless.

[@MichiganMagic]

Great job!

[@IndianaBackyardGardener]

Looks good!! Great modifications for sure.

[@BlessingsHomestead]

Great idea on the pex tubing I may have to use that one. Doors on each end will most likely be our next upgrade to the greenhouse for easier access as well as venting during the summer months.

[@mskitt49]

Great seeing you! But where is the Mrs.? I’ve missing her and videos and especially her recipes!

[@RedSiloHomestead]

lol! I keep telling her she needs to do another cooking video and she said "but we have brownies and sour cream cake in here and leftovers to eat!" I'll keep on her about it :)

[@mskitt49]

@@RedSiloHomestead Thank you for replying to my comment. And thank you for stating you will try to get her to do more videos. Please show her my posting and I’m quite certain I am not the only one who misses her presence and definitely her cooking videos. God bless you both!

[@ishaa5948]

I just bought a 15x6x7... I am concerned about adding more holes n screws into those already weak poles One guy said that his poles rusted in less than a year. Others fell apart overnight. I intend to leave it up with shade cloths in the Summer. So I'm going to coat mine in white flex seal n put them together before they dry. They break where they r thinned to fit together. Since they r hollow, I will fill the bottom ones with sand to make them heavier. Plus we need to use some type of protector/sealant on the cover because it gets holes easily. AND I'm going to add pool noodles to lift the roof for rain n hopefully protect the cover from scratches. I haven't decided what I'm going to do about the zipper yet. But I'm getting Velcro n poly tape. I think that this is a great n least expensive way to learn what we really need from a greenhouse before we make a great investment. 🙏

[@barringtonsmith9147]

Did you put hot spot tape on the piping, to preserve the longevity of the plastic touching the metal in hot weather, it melts it otherwise

[@ourv9603]

Im looking for a 15X10X10. Most are 15V6.5X6.5. There are a few 15X7X7 But my size is hard to come by. !

[@IMOO1896]

I have this same unit, put it up this past spring, and already the plastic in the green weave is failing. I’m in the south, and can’t find anything addressing this problem.

[@RedSiloHomestead]

Hi there! Our has been up over a year and this winter will be our second. I highly doubt it will survive another winter to be honest. Like yours, the green weave plastic has become super brittle with the sun to the point if I just look at it cross eyed, it'll crack. We have 2 semi-ferral cats that live outdoors, and they love to either sit on top of it, or sleep in it at night, which is great for them, but of course have left little claw holes everywhere as they climb up. So we're gonna re-purpose it. The plastic will go to the rubbish, and the metal poles will be used for trellising in the new garden area (which I still have to make and share a video on). "Eventually" we'll have to build a true green house made of glass (repurposed windows?) as anything with a plastic cover will break down too fast. They do make a "green house" plastic tape which Ive used to fix any major issues like rips, but that's just a temporary solution. Other than finding and replacing the entire plastic cover every 2 years, there's not much else that can be done unfortunately.

[@jperiksen]

How has it held up?

[@jeffzimmerman6163]

I somehow managed to lose my instructions for assy. Would you happen to still have yours? Just need the number diagram. Thanks! P

[@nickedmonton8223]

What was your total cost with modifications?

[@richardschaffling9882]

How is it with the wind

[@RedSiloHomestead]

Overall, Not bad. I did use tie downs (4 on each side, tie down with rope), on the inside I built a waste high work bench going the entire length of the green house which helped stabilize it even more. And its screwed into a 2"x6" frame. It survived several 50-70 mph wind storms, ice and snow storms. Going into its second winter now, and the only issue is the plastic is becoming brittle and the door zippers are failing, but considering its cost, not bad at all.

[@richardschaffling9882]

@@RedSiloHomestead thank you I bought a HF greenhouse and that frame did not make it I didn’t even get the plastic windows in

[@kayakman9845]

I have the same one and it sucks

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Nice price, just a shame you need to go to so much work to "improve" it

[@StephenSmith-ju2tp]

What a waste of money 🇬🇧