freemotion
Food Guru
I have been eyeing the hoophouse we made for use as a chicken tractor and raised the meat chicken in this fall/winter. It is sitting in one of my gardens for the rest of the winter. I was wondering what it would be like if I took the tarps off and covered it with heavy clear-ish plastic and called it a greenhouse?
It cost $40 for two cattle panels (16'x4' if you are not familiar with these easy fencing options, and under $20 each) and whatever 4 studs cost...I used pressure treated 2x4's, 8' on the sides and 10' in the front, braces diagonally at each corner with a scrap of 2x4 from other projects.
Since I put it in a fenced garden for the meat chickens after the garden was done, I didn't finish the front and back yet. The plan is to get two more cattle panels and put part of one on the back, and to divide up the rest and finish the front with a door. Then for chickens, cover it with a couple of tarps and put chicken wire around the bottom to keep them in. For a temporary goat shelter, like a weaning shed, just tarps. Tarps for winter storage of whatever.
And in spring, maybe an early start to the garden with clear plastic? Any flaws in my reasoning? Is it too big to get warm enough without a heat source?
It cost $40 for two cattle panels (16'x4' if you are not familiar with these easy fencing options, and under $20 each) and whatever 4 studs cost...I used pressure treated 2x4's, 8' on the sides and 10' in the front, braces diagonally at each corner with a scrap of 2x4 from other projects.
Since I put it in a fenced garden for the meat chickens after the garden was done, I didn't finish the front and back yet. The plan is to get two more cattle panels and put part of one on the back, and to divide up the rest and finish the front with a door. Then for chickens, cover it with a couple of tarps and put chicken wire around the bottom to keep them in. For a temporary goat shelter, like a weaning shed, just tarps. Tarps for winter storage of whatever.
And in spring, maybe an early start to the garden with clear plastic? Any flaws in my reasoning? Is it too big to get warm enough without a heat source?