# Greenhouse building **URL:** \ **Category:** Off topic\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/greenhouse-building/1805 "2020-07-22T00:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peder](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/peder/32/3947_2.png) [@Peder](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Peder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/greenhouse-building/1805/1 "2020-07-22T00:06:04Z")
In light of @Gressak sharing about his other interest in his topic about [plug building](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/plug-carving-they-work/), I figured I would share what I’ve been working on for the past year. My first line of work was originally in organic farming. I have a degree in it and come from a farming family. My partner and I also both grew up in families who were very avid gardeners. We have dreamt of building our own greenhouse for more than 15 years. Due to a variety of life’s circumstances, we had not been able to make this a reality. But, that changed. Two years ago, we bought our first house and some land and the planning began. ![IMG_20200706_112120_179](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a317743da0ab0959cad174368e5c0532799d6824.jpeg) Whilst I don’t have a before picture, I think you’ll get the idea. I started by clearing all of the trees off an acre (4046 square meters) of our land. Then, I had a contractor come and remove all of the tree stumps. ![IMG_20190830_125015](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/47886b2cfd2f06a5696ba345248869bc7b396ade.jpeg) Next, I had the contractor level off an area for our proposed greenhouse. You also have to understand, where I live, we have no flat ground. ![IMG_20190830_125059](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/40f3704e966a1e13d2ad8812f4f4956ef47226ae.jpeg) ![IMG_20190830_144615-PANO](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/143e5966c1a2f7904ab1d230bc4da9c8689e0f20.jpeg) ![IMG_20191011_130322](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1048cd0bb4a81c68cf0e8c2b7026f39a5bdd523f.jpeg) That was all completed late last autumn. Then, this spring began the process of building the actual greenhouse. ![IMG_20200706_112120_181](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1922e3a4d4522417c7aa00788c2d10f435822e66.jpeg) I had to set all of the ground posts by hand because the soil was so rocky. Additionally, we had a very wet, cold, and long spring, which made the work slower. ![IMG_20200706_112120_180](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b4dad40c767f5adf80321fa400da869ae6db6db9.jpeg) Then came the work of bending all of the pieces for the hoops (I didn’t use a kit), of which there were 63 that were each 10’6" (3.2m) long. ![IMG_20200508_154404](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4f6c55b1b7d4d9b9f7050cb5f8eaf9c4113562f7.jpeg) Now it finally started looking like something and it was finally time to put the hoops up and build the end walls. ![IMG_20200706_112120_184](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7987a81e45bbbcf6461a5e586679fd2fcdb52300.jpeg) We finally came to the most exciting step, at least for us; having our friends and neighbors help us put up the poly film covering. ![IMG_20200706_105604](https://10colorstenkara.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5eddf15e4d9f53c8df07fe5dd678d8dc95c43f7e.jpeg) From the start of cutting down the trees, to the finish of putting up the poly film, it took me one year to complete the project. It was finished about a week and a half ago. A little later in the summer than we had hoped, but it’s done and we’re very excited. For anyone who is interested, the completed greenhouse is 24’x60’ (7.3m x 18.3m). Yes, we ended up having someone bring some topsoil. ---
**Author:** ![Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Gressak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/greenhouse-building/1805/2 "2020-07-22T21:48:12Z")
Just have to make a bear pit around that front door and you could set a Vermont to Table stand selling grilled bear over greens. ---
**Author:** ![FallfishTenkara](https://10colorstenkara.com/user_avatar/10colorstenkara.com/fallfishtenkara/32/484_2.png) [@FallfishTenkara](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/FallfishTenkara)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/greenhouse-building/1805/3 "2020-07-23T14:18:02Z")
Very cool! I dig it 😃 Thank you for sharing