Big Al's Greenhouse Build

[Big Al]

Hello everyone, I'm finally getting to post pictures of my build, starting with the greenhouse.
the greenhouse is 20' x 48' started building it in early april of 2010
starting at the beginning laying out the corners

all of the down post hoops and side boards in place

installing the purlins 4 sets in all spaced evenly across the hoops

the front wall with c-lock channel installed

a view of the back

[davidstcldfl]

Wow !....lookin' good Big Al....

[Big Al]

here are some more shots of the greenhouse
a look down the right side just before the plastic was installed

a view inside looking towards the front wall

a view inside looking towards the back wall

the completed view

we completed the greenhouse the week after memorial day of 2010

[Big Al]

thanks davidstcldfl, thanks for your comments and help with the posting, it was alot of work but it was worth every bit of it. we spread 12 ton of gravel inside the greenhouse what fun that was on a 90 degree day outside almost 110 degrees inside the greenhouse.

[Big Al]

we are using a solar powered fan to inflate the 2 layers of plastic to create a insulated pocket between them it gets very cold and snowy here in the winter
a view of the solar panels

now for the system
we have 2 275 gallon ibc's tied togetherwith a 2"pvc pipe with shutoff's and a union to disconnect them

we have 18 blue barrel's filled with pea gravel that drain into a sump tank that contains red crayfish

water is pumped back to the tanks with a sump pump and split between the tanks

[Big Al]

here is close up of the spray nozzle we made by drilling holes into a pvc end cap

fish in the tank

more fish in the tank

[Big Al]

now for some of the vegetables
sweetcorn

muskmelon

okra

tomato and onions

[keith_r]

bummer! i can't see the pic's, but that's because i'm at work and photobucket is blocked.. i'll check it out tonight..

[keith_r]

looks great Al!

lookin forward to an up-close and personal..
i really like the gh, i have a line on a couple of ibc's, but i'm still thinking about what to do next summer.. and starting to plan the winter basement setup..

be well
k

[badflash]

Give us some details on your solar system.