Portable Pop Up Greenhouse In Alaska Wind Securing Portable Greenhouse

[@thumbelinasgrace]

I'm on the east coast. Windy days would be an issue here as well. Thank you for persevering and keeping a positive attitude. I look forward to the next episode of Alaska Granny and her Greenhouse Adventures! 🌻

[@lf4061]

I have had one like that for several years. I recommend changing out anchor stakes with heavy duty tent camping ones, like Coleman’s 10” long and thick with the thick plastic hooked top. Ours was good until the velcro on windows did not stick anymore. In a very strong wind storm, the wind blew open the window, ripping the screen and then, getting into the tent, lifted whole thing up and turned it over and blew until it was stopped by privacy fence. We were able to right it up and move it back but no longer in the best of shape, lol. This one has lasted better than any of the other smaller size tarp green houses we have tried over the years though 😁.

[@nrob450]

Loved the thumbnail, "secure pop up greenhouse" showing AG with wind blown hair and greenhouse tilted on its side. This feels so familiar to my own projects. 🤦 I admire your stick-to-itness and your willingness to keep working through the issues. Even though only one small example, this was a great reality check on what bugging out may really be like. 🤷

[@tonette6592]

Bless your heart! I saw the other one this morning and thought: That really needs to be anchored down". I wish you the best of luck.

[@desperateprepper]

We r in northern mn by the dakotas. Winds same here. When I saw your video yesterday......I'm like oofta. People here will get the hard ones...but too expensive. Poor people like me will get free storm windows people r throwing out, n put together with 2x4's. Make a lean to like green house off garage or house.

[@brightstarr57]

Wow! Those are serious winds! Thanks for the followup! Keep going!

[@joycedagostino8869]

I'm sorry your greenhouse toppled over. We have had some really high winds here too. Anything that is tall seems to catch the wind more easily than something with a lower and flat roof. Hope your solutions work to keep it in place.

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

You are refreshing to watch on your adventures Granny! Brings a smile! We be getting our wind now also....... out in the desert ! Its kite season! I need to get one!

[@AlaskaGranny]

Kite season! 😍🤣👍

[@desertfrog1581]

I am also in the desert. the wind gets really bad here. I thought about getting one of those green houses and decided not to. the wind shreds everything out here in so..ca high desert. it sucks the life right out of your plants to.

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

@@desertfrog1581 40% shade cloth.......pallet frame....mulch to keep moisture in soil...gl

[@tott3457]

Oh we could be such good friends!!! I’m a N. California Granny! We have a lot of windy days. I’m so glad you laughed because I did at your expense Lol You are a lot more patient than I am 😆

[@AlaskaGranny]

We have to laugh, doing the best we can!

[@marygallagher3428]

Wow! That's a very strong wind!

[@williammaurer9450]

You got a project on your hands. Yep, bugging out should be a last resort. Things need to have gotten extremely dangerous. 'There's no place like home.'

[@aquadrops6138]

Get 4 - T post and a couple of those $1.25 ropes at Dollar Tree. Put 2 t-post on each side and then use the rope strap the greenhouse down tying one one side then throwing over the roof and snug it down to the other t-post. You wouldn't lose floor space that way.

[@Jazbo777]

I love the wind. That must sound awesome when your hunkered down in your cabin for the night. I love your green house. Very cool🙂 I pray you have a bumper crop 🙏🏻 Thanks for sharing you victories and your challenges with me. I learn so much from you.

[@sheryl2pnt0]

We secured ours with rebar and zip ties. The plastic rotted before it ever moved 😬

[@carolynl4553]

Thanks for the video with the feedback about how it handles under windy conditions.

[@shericole9540]

I have a small 4x6 greenhouse and I bought the heaviest duty tent stakes that I could find. I used the stakes to anchor each corner and the sides. That was 2 years ago and it hasn't budged.

[@witchofthewildwoods3496]

We bought a large vinyl popup greenhouse a few years ago and it's done so well against the side of the house that I bought another one a few days ago when I found it on sale. I put the new one out in the garden area between a couple of raised wooden garden beds and staked it with the cheap plastic stakes that were included. That very night we had a windstorm and the whole thing uprooted and blew over, snapping 2 of the poles. My daughter taped the poles back together and moved the greenhouse next to the original one where she connected them together. So far so good, but I do suggest using metal tent stakes or T-posts and ropes like others have recommended.

[@kgrant3184]

Hi A.G., I bought one of those put together greenhouses last year, but only have the frame up as a disused car needs to be moved before permanent placement (I use it as a laundry dryer ATM on non-rainy days - nothing like the smell of line-dried laundry freshness). My neigbour helped (it was a 2-person bolt-it-together job) & suggested bolting the plastic feet to the pavement, which would make it more secure. However, since I am living in a sibling's home, I can't do much that is permanent. Also, the best light would actually be parallel to the alley/ fence (sadly, just a makeshift snow fence clipped to rebar, due to $$ constraints, to keep the constant tresspassers out -- we have fruit & veg stolen EVERY YEAR!!). A compromise I thought of would be - in addition to anchoring it the best one can with robust metal stakes/ sandbags or those cement building blocks, to use cut lengths of rebar, bent to resemble a hairpin while heated with a blowtorch, with one side longer than the other and the ends sharpened for ease of pounding into the ground. I had intially thought 3' lengths bent to 1 & 2' sides, but a 4' length bent to 1.5 & 2.5' lengths might be stronger. A handy-man in your town could perhaps do this for you, as you'd need a grinder of some sort as well as a blowtorch/ heat source sufficient to soften the rebar to bend it, and a good sledgehammer to pound those rebar stakes in. These stakes would help to keeep the greenhouse more anchored, and could be pulled-up at season end - or, just leave the frame up in place, and only remove the cover for the winter. Just a suggestion - I haven't actually done this myself yet. Cheers, and Best Wishes!

[@btolson66]

I love your adventures 🙂💓💓👍 you did and that's what counts. I so thought you were doing a outdoor shower area and not doing plants. Maybe one would help the other. Glad you had the sunshine during all that!

[@AlaskaGranny]

Great idea. I have a portable shower, did you see my video? Perhaps later in the summer when it warms up, I can shower and water the plants!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXmcZZ-jhsqtaKM

[@bringsdogtowork]

Maybe you could dig some post holes at the corners and put up some 4 x 4 treated posts and lash the frame to them. Windy!

[@sophiawish9772]

That is WINDY!

[@ameliainpdx1775]

Jess & Miah from Roots & Refuge used the steel rods that they pounded into the ground to anchor their "temporary" greenhouse down, for the same reason.

[@lf4061]

By the way, this past winter in this tarp greenhouse, we were able to keep alive a dwarf apple tree with just burlap wrapped around the root ball that we were unable to get around to planting last Autumn. It is now planted in the garden and showing new leaf growth. I was pretty impressed and happy about that. 😂😁

[@AlaskaGranny]

That is awesome!

[@patduran9114]

Foam rubber would work great to keep the poles from poking through. 👍

[@MindysPlace]

Maybe some pool noodles sliced on one side and placed over the supports would keep the metal from damaging the plastic. It is always windy here on our little lake, blowing the furniture around in the pergola and playing havoc with our picnics. A greenhouse would be out of the question unless it was made with wood and glass. Are you reading his hubby??? A greenhouse would be much appreciated. LOL

[@nadinehansen9241]

Grateful for the follow up. I have a couple of these, not as sturdy as yours. I quit using them because of the wind where I live. I will be watching to see if your solutions work out. I would like to go back to using mine if I could find a way to anchor them.

[@natedampier7746]

We get it here now gusting to 65 mph, best wishes.

[@jrae6608]

I have used 6 foot rebar, need to put them in at an angle. Mound dirt around the outside also, along with what your doing. Once the rebar is in for 2 months will be very sturdy. Do not remove the rebar, can remove the green house without pulling out the rebar, (only pull rebar out 1 - 2 inches). Had tornado come through, green house was gone, but rebar stayed, put up another green house. Enjoy your video’s

[@ccathey1]

I have seen similar ideas for yard sales using the pop up tents. Put the legs into each of the buckets and fill with gravel or dirt.

[@denisemariner9755]

Winds are horrible here on Kent Island. Good luck!

[@susancampbell7279]

Bless your heart

[@patriciajackson5870]

Mother nature is messing with your green house. Your determination will prevail. Power to you! 👍☮☺️

[@betsyr4724]

Geez. You do get some fierce winds. I hope it works for you.

[@coloradopackratprepper]

Im thinkin bout gettin one of the laeger ones. I also been havin some very high winds here in the mts so im learning what to fix watchin you!!!!! Somebody recomended getting those screw into the ground dog stakes i saw on another channel to tie them down!!!--

[@sunnybelisle4007]

Those mischievous wind gods must have seen you setting up your greenhouse as you worried about the threat of wind damage, so they thought they'd test your mettle. Thankfully, you were up for the challenge! :-) Good job, AG!! Looking forward to more botanical escapades...when those pesky winds settle down. :-\ Thanks for sharing another of your adventures. :-D

[@AlaskaGranny]

Botanical escapades 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Kathleensailorgirl]

Great rescue 👍👍

[@AlaskaGranny]

Thanks 👍

[@muddyshoesgardener]

Cinderblocks along the bottom filled with sand…… the height will work against you at some point if the wind gets rough…..cutting slits so the air can pass thru…… Nice idea! Your creativity will assist you. 🪴 Good luck! 🌱

[@davidjones1393]

YES

[@janetlovesjesus100]

Bought some gazebo leg bags, that you fill with sand and velcro to the legs, from ebay in the UK. You can probably get them in the US. They are quite big, so will hold quite a bit of sand. 🤔

[@debbiec.8603]

Buy some water noodles (from dollar store) and slice down the middle and put on poles. They are soft and they will prevent them from poking holes threw the top.

[@iamawake460]

Just a thought ...maybe fill the buckets part way with cement and stick the legs of the greenhouse into the buckets 😉

[@maxibake9323]

Oohh my, that is blowy. Cut up pool noodles should protect the Tarp. Definitely needs staking down, did it come with Pegs, I can't remember. 🤔 TFS AG, & take care too everyone. ❤🙂🐶

[@AlaskaGranny]

It did come with little stakes. Moose and bears come through here, so I don't want ropes to tie it down.

[@maxibake9323]

@@AlaskaGranny Oh right, Yes, you don't want to trip anything. Maybe you could fix it to the side of the building with some of those large Metal Screw Eyes, tie it to them with cordage, and they can just stay there when you dismantle it, ready for next year. 👍🤗❤🙂🐶

[@mitch5077]

Yesterday's video got me thinking cause I like that green house, but so windy here, is to put guy wire's or for that ropes from the top corners to the ground 45°.

[@disneymom5]

Alaska granny you " Macgyvered" your greenhouse so that it works! Just shows we can get things done if we just keep trying different things!

[@AlaskaGranny]

Yes, keep trying!!

[@lisagoldberg5178]

Try inserting the legs into buckets that have been filled with the sand. Make sure you have enough clearance between the leg, (insert close to the outer rim of the bucket), hopefully this will allow enough room for the cover, on the outside of the bucket. If that works, then fill with the sand. Try one bucket for a day or two, to see if that works, if it does, then fill the others.

[@kathleenhamilton483]

We have teh same trouble in west Texas. WInd, wind, and more wind... It is difficult to do anything that is not anchored down securely. Hope it works for you!

[@chaoshome34]

I want to say Aldi has these a little smaller for $50 in theory ad for this week in our area! &Look the exact same!

[@lf4061]

If they are the ones with the pvc plastic framing rather than this metal framing, less expensive and look similar on outside but not sturdy or strong and framing tends to come apart. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@chaoshome34]

@@lf4061 they are metal

[@lf4061]

Wow, then your right, sounds like a good deal 😁👍

[@br2080]

Too bad the legs don’t have holes so you can put a tent stake through it. Maybe you can drill a hole? Is there any way to attach guy lines to the exterior? Looks like you are working it all out! Keep us posted!

[@d.r.preparedness6427]

Could use pieces of pool noodles to cover those rub points.

[@timshel011]

Maybe try a small hoop greenhouse. You need something with a low profile ( not stand-up. )

[@PatriciaRamirez-dd8qm]

Funny.i was thinking of gettimg me one

[@AlaskaGranny]

I think it is still a great idea!

[@graceyoung516]

💝

[@tennesseeterri]

Are the legs adjustable height you could make it shorter and then you would have more room to tuck it underneath and wait it down

[@blessedbeyond8352]

Tie the four ends down to anything secure, I tie it to my fence.

[@AlaskaGranny]

Check out this video, why I don't tie it down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCwfWSJZtx6r7c

[@anchorageprepper9008]

Ouch 😬

[@timothytrail3691]

Tent stakes ?

[@oldschooljeremy8124]

When you first set that up I thought "Guy lines. She's going to need guy lines."

[@AlaskaGranny]

I don't want to use ropes because of the moose and bears that come through here.

[@Girlwhatzdatea_]

Where can I find that thermometer?

[@lf4061]

Although, my greenhouse is the 8’ x 10’ size, so do not know if the larger size might make it more sturdy too.

[@AlaskaGranny]

Or a bigger wind catcher!

[@sharonwieciech3042]

Alaska Granny- Is all this worth having a greenhouse?

[@goodolgoldy1976]

😯🙃

[@thecrazylifeandtimesofacra2629]

i used huge looked like a dog tie down stakes for mine we screwed them down in the ground with pliers mines not going anywhere the junk they gave with it wont hold a thing

[@silverbiggredd_8560]

🤔

[@u.s.militia7682]

No guy lines?

[@AlaskaGranny]

Moose and bear come through here, that could be a tangle problem I don't want to deal with.

[@WrightvWrong]

Uh oh... 💩 happens

[@timothytrail3691]

Tent stakes ?