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    Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    So now it begins.
    I finally got off my rump and got started. I've been cobbling together the pieces and parts for a while. Got my bender last fall, I've been gathering barrels for a couple of years, got a bunch of wood of of freecycle. This summer I bough a bunch of top rail from home depot.

    Here is what I did with the scrap lumber and bender:


    Here is the extra top rail and my first attempts at bending:


    Looks like I'm getting the hang of it, but boy does it build the upper body strength!

    I'll be building a 20'X50' setup covering a small pond I dug a few years ago. That should help with thermal storage. I'll be lining it and extending it. I'll be using plastic barrels for grow beds and kiddie pools for fish as well as the pond. I'll also have some grow-out tanks.

    I plan to heat it with veggie oil from local eateries.
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    Lookin good Jack, we're looking forward to more progress pics as you go
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    Hi Badflash,
    It's looking good! Can't wait to see the finished setup.
    Yes,I'm still around.
    If you need to bounce ideas on the greenhouse, I'll gladly tell you about the goof-ups I made during building.

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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    hey good for you did you feel my tinge of jealously? looking good from over here. i'm still collecting stuff and trying to figure how i'm going to fit mine in east to west in the area i want to set up in. i brought a book called the solar greenhouse which claims 12% more heat that way compared to north -south i'm going to have to step it up come spring
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    I finally got off the dime & got started again. The first step is building the pool pads as the ground is not level. Here is the 1st of 3. We built a 10' X 10' frame from pressure treated 2X4's and framed them in with yellow pine planking to hold the sand:



    We got 3 loads of sand for free from the town recycle center. This is the stuff they sweep off the street in the spring. Works perfect for leveling a pad:



    My son Jake is leveling the pad with a plank:


    Now it is ready for some tarps to protect the pool bottom:


    Tarps are down and the pool is unfolded:


    Ring is inflated and ready for water:


    Smoothing the bottom with 1" of water in:


    Jake taking in the results of his hard work:


    Filling in progress:


    And here it is filled:


    800 gallons for not a lot. $25 for the pool. $75 for the lumber. $16 for the tarps. Next step is to clear some shrubs and build the 1st set of beds and get this sucker cycling!
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    Very nice badflash.....
    The only mistake I saw, was you let your helper sit down... . Give 'em a 5 min break, and the next thing you know, they are dragging up on you...
    It's about time, you got out of 'that' basement....out into the fresh air and sunshine... :P
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    i was looking at those not too long ago.. what are they lined with?

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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    Looking good!

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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    Quote Originally Posted by keith_r
    i was looking at those not too long ago.. what are they lined with?
    They are just thick vinyl.
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    Re: Badflash's Greenhouse Build

    The only reason he sat down was I was too out of breath to yell at him. Barely had the energy to snap the picture...

    Quote Originally Posted by davidstcldfl
    Very nice badflash.....
    The only mistake I saw, was you let your helper sit down... . Give 'em a 5 min break, and the next thing you know, they are dragging up on you...
    It's about time, you got out of 'that' basement....out into the fresh air and sunshine... :P
    The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow

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