Steps one and one-point-five for the caterpillar hoophouse construction: rockbags and rebar/foundation setting! With the help of Nicole and Philip, we had a quick rock harvest and made some weights to help hold down the imminent greenhouse film... No shortage of rocks to be had!
The lovely finished product, 10-15# counterweights to hopefully allow for the sidewalls to move up and down at the weather's will.
Hard times on the farm: the intrepid foundation crew. If it looks cold, that'd be about right. Thirty-five degrees, spitting snow, fast-moving rain clouds brewing overhead help us to move quickly.
Dimensions: 42' x 10.5', 441 sqft under cover. Ribs are spaced at 6', and we'll see how well they hold up on Wind Hill. You can barely see the rebar foundation supports that mark the base of the ribs, plus two T-posts centered and eight feet out to support a laundry-line center ridge purland.
Next steps: stretching the PVC ribs across and fixing them to the rebar supports, tying off the center ridge purland, and setting the film attachment rebar, and unrolling the 6mil greenhouse film. Let's hope for a nice, quiet day when the plastic arrives. It was a great way to close off this lovely spring break, and as always, work goes faster and more hilariously with friends! Snow and rain tonight serve as a good reminder to why we're creating this little pocket of passive solar warmth-- come on at us, Spring!
Hard times on the farm: the intrepid foundation crew. If it looks cold, that'd be about right. Thirty-five degrees, spitting snow, fast-moving rain clouds brewing overhead help us to move quickly.
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