Titus 2 Homemakers
The Barn and Fields => Gardening => : Rooney September 09, 2013, 07:55:01 PM
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For the last 9 months or so our family has been trying to complete a backyard project. In hopes to lower our food bill and maybe eat a little healthier, we are putting up a backyard greenhouse. For the last month or so life has seemed to get in the way, but this weekend we finally got the drainage system most of the way installed with the help of many little "helpers". Since we are having to do all the labor ourselves, putting up the structure and getting it functional is taking longer than we anticipated. It seems like we will never get to the growing inside. When we do get to that stage I am sure that I will need advice from you more experienced gardeners as this is all new to us. Three quarters of it is going to be set up in aquaponics and that is totally new to us. Anyway here are some pics.
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Wow Lindsay, this is great! What will the square footage be? It looks very large. You are doing a great job!
Blessings,
Jennie
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Thanks Jennie :)
As for the square footage it is 1440 square feet, but with incorporating vertical farming we are hoping to get more out of it.
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Wow, that's fantastic!
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Oh, wow! That looks great! I have always wanted a greenhouse! :)
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That is awesome! You will be able to grow a lot in there. Are you intending to grow veggies to sell, or is it for your family?
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Lindsay, I am in awe. I would love to have a greenhouse. This looks like an amazing set up. Please continue to share pictures with us as you get it up and going. I just love this. Good job!
Blessings,
Winona
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That is awesome! You will be able to grow a lot in there. Are you intending to grow veggies to sell, or is it for your family?
No we are not going to be selling anything. This is strictly a thing for our family in an attempt to lower our food bill and eat healthier. It is going to be mostly done in aquaponics, so the fish will be nice too.
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Lindsay, I am in awe. I would love to have a greenhouse. This looks like an amazing set up. Please continue to share pictures with us as you get it up and going. I just love this. Good job!
Blessings,
Winona
Winona
Thanks so much! I will post pics of the progress as hopefully the progress picks up. It is slow going sometimes because dh does have a day job. However, he is getting more help than he knows what to do with from all his little "helpers". They are more than interested in "helping" Daddy.
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So cool! I would love to have a greenhouse. Y'all are doing a great job! Looking forward to seeing more pics as you make progress.
Teresa
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Thanks Teresa! It is supposed to be beautiful here this weekend with a high in the low to mid 70's so hubby has intentions on getting something done on it. Maybe I'll have some more pics to post after the weekend. :)
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Hadn't posted any pictures of the greenhouse progress in a long time. We are where we have the cedar raised beds up and running and the start area going OK. We have started putting the aquaponics beds together and are getting ready to put the filters on.
I will post the pictures in 2 separate posts since it doesn't load very many at once.
One of the start areas and a garlic and onion bed (already harvested the radishes out of it):
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One of the kale beds:
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Will try to get some more pictures to post later today or Wednesday. My computer is lot letting them load properly right now. :P
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Lindsay,
Your plants are absolutely beautiful. We are in the process of putting up a high tunnel to extend our growing season. We, too, are trying to lower our food bills and have gardened for years. I am happiest when I am out in the garden. Looking out at about fourteen inches of snow right now makes me really hope for spring to come soon. ) Hopefully, next year at this time we will be able to harvest some things that we have overwintered.
Again, it looks wonderful!
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Thanks Jennie :)
As for the square footage it is 1440 square feet, but with incorporating vertical farming we are hoping to get more out of it.
Wow, that's bigger than my house, lol. Looks like it will be wonderful for your family!
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Bigger than mine too! Just amazing, would love to have that but would be wasted with my black thumb:( I cant get anything to grow and if it happens by accident the ants eat it.
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Bigger than mine too! Just amazing, would love to have that but would be wasted with my black thumb:( I cant get anything to grow and if it happens by accident the ants eat it.
You know what, when we started building it my dad laughed at us because he said it won't work because you don't have a green thumb. We actually didn't have a thumb at all because we hadn't grown anything before by ourselves. He also thought it was silly because DH had never constructed a building like that before, but once it was here someone had to put it together, so he learned. I think when necessity makes it where you need to learn to do something, you find a way to figure it out no matter what. ;) I had to laugh when you said grow something accidently because I accidently dropped a lettuce seed in the carrot bed and now it is about 12" across. They seem to grow bigger for me by accident. :)
Picture below is the tomato "bush" (we haven't staked them yet and it hasn't been quite warm enough for long enough to set fruit) and the other is the lettuce I accidently planted. :)
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Those lush green plants have me itching to plant! I have quite a few plants ready to go out the 15th but am not trusting the weather.
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We just got the first aquaponics bed ready to hold fish. FINALLY!!!!!!! You have to leave the "test" fish in there for 2 weeks prior to adding the rest of the fish and planting in the top part of the bed. The PH and other levels are established during this 2 weeks. The pictures below kind of give you an idea of how the setup is going to work. Next time I will post them with the vegetables growing in the top.
Picture #1 is the whole bed with the submersible pump running.
Picture #2 is the media (clay pebble) that the plants will grow in.
Picture #3 is the bottom part of the tank that the fish will be in.
Picture #4 is one of the 5 block beds getting ready to be filled with dirt and transplanted starts.
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Lindsay, it's exciting to watch your progress! Great job!! :)
Blessings,
Jennie