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Post by wally on Mar 3, 2020 19:39:56 GMT
The free greenhouse needs a floor as it just sits on the dirt. I'm looking for some thing cheap. Options are gravel, dirt covered with weed barrier, or perhaps straw or bark.. what are you using.
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Post by mogal on Mar 3, 2020 20:22:35 GMT
We have contained raised beds with dirt walkways in our veggie hoop house, Wally. The good is that right now I have chickweed and cleavers coming up in the edges that I'll harvest for salads or to feed the hens. The bad is that later in the summer more pernicious weeds try to grow in there. I spray them with white vinegar to knock 'em down a bit or hoe or weed by hand if I have time.
Now, if I had a structure with straight walls instead of the curved Quonset hut type and used "benches," I think I might scour the countryside for old brick, lay down a bed of sand with weed barrier over that then set the brick to walk on. Eventually you'll still get soil into the spaces so would have to deal with weeds in there. Vinegar or flame weeding would help there.
We use the other hoop house as winter quarters for the hens and every few days I clean out the goats' hay feeders to dump into the hoop house. The hens literally jump on the pile of hay leavings like kids into a pile of leaves. They are actually spreading and deseeding the hay to make mulch when we remove the cover fabric and plant veggies in there. I always grow crops that require cooking and don't grow along the ground, i.e. squash that I train up a trellis on the framework.
What type of cover material does this green house have?
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Post by wally on Mar 3, 2020 20:41:21 GMT
Mogal, I believe it's made of fiberglass, 4 men were able to pick it up and put on the trailer. I it is all on piece, 2 roof vents, front door can be opened like a Dutch door, back has a 3x5 window. I have almost a full pallet of clean used bricks, these bricks have the 3 holes in them, I don't have enough to cover the floor. But with a little effort I can find some more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2020 23:05:22 GMT
Put bricks around the edge, pea gravel or round gravel inside. I like the round gravel, doesn't move as much, easier to walk on. I dug down and put in 1' deep, also holds heat overnight....James
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Post by shin on Mar 4, 2020 3:01:53 GMT
Is it a sturdy enough greenhouse to withstand a lot of wind? Depending on your weather and on how it's made some bracing or reinforcement might be something to think about when you're putting in the floor.
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Post by wally on Mar 4, 2020 10:05:45 GMT
Shin, it came with 4 anchors and steel cables to anchor it down. Same anchor system used to anchor mobile homes down
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