June 20 Hoop House I

This is not part of the Mega Garden, but I thought that I would put it in here anyway. I have been wanting to build a greenhouse since the day we moved here 10 years ago, but I haven't found plans for one that was in my budget until now. I found this video on the Internet that was put together by the USU county agent from Sanpete county. Here is the link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4555704608768330618

...or you can watch it here. It is about 41 minutes long.



Here is a detailed parts list and construction instructions from the USU web site.

http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/HG_High_Tunnels_2008-01photos.pdf

I found a good deal on 1" x 10' Schedule 40 PVC pipe at NPS Industrial in Salt Lake (1600 S. Empire Road). I got it for $.07 a foot. The photos below are of the family measuring and driving the all-thread rod in the ground. I got a good deal on 5/8" x 36" all-thread rod also at NPS. I am using the all-thread rod instead of rebar. The hoop house will be 14' x 30' and about 8' high in the center when it is done.




Molly has become my #1 helper. She spends the most time with me in the garden and has a good size garden of her own that she weeds and waters almost daily. Here she is driving an all-thread rod in the ground.

Matthew is stepping of fthe north side of the hoop house. Joshua is supervising.

The PVC ribs of the hoop house are 36" apart. We needed to drive an all-thread rod every 3' along both the north and south sides.The tape is run between each of the corner rods to make sure everything is square.

I started to glue the ribs together but I didn't get far before the rain hit.

Here are all of the rods driven 24" into the ground just waiting for the PVC ribs.