New digs going up

[Umbrae]

I guess this fits in this category?

[PalmatierMeg]

Definitely. I read elsewhere you consider yourself a hobby grower? Looks like a full blown nursery to me. Best of luck to you.

[Umbrae]

Front walkway, i originally wanted a deck walkway, but $ was too much and i already had extra limestone and timbers

[Umbrae]

Filled in 

[Umbrae]

Added another landing to the steps 

[LoamWolf]

Very nice greenhouse. I'm envious!

How do you plan on finishing off the ends, or are you leaving it open?

[Umbrae]

Shade for now , ends maybe the end of summer using galvanised pipe and brackets 

[LoamWolf]

Nice, are the arches galvanized or plastic? Also did you buy the arches pre-bent, or are you bending them yourself?

I want to build a greenhouse this summer and have been looking at the tube benders that allow you to use top rail fence poles for the arches. I also visited a nursery recently where they were using 3" PVC as the arches. But i cant image it lasting too long. 

[Umbrae]

These are galvanized pipe, we use spring latch to attach shade and plastic, these houses i bought off a local produce  shed,  they had been used for growing tomato transplants but sat idle when that program was discontinued. I bought the whole stack of bows for one lump sum and  managed to build 3 shade houses 28x100 and this 28x60 

[LoamWolf]

Nice man, really looking good! Post some pics when you get them filled up!

[Umbrae]

One of them already full

[Umbrae]

Skinning it this morning, we got a non windy day today ... finally

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

Chooner making sure its all up to code 

[Umbrae]

Not sure about y'all but i am ready for some growing weather 

[Umbrae]

I will not let this dreary weather rain on my parade 

[Umbrae]

[Allen]

Can I put one of these in my backyard with HOA rules?   lol.  NICE!

[Umbrae]

A bunch of sabal minors sitting under new shade, these will ship out to a job site in the morning with all the other stuff

[Umbrae]

a little update 

[Umbrae]

Thai black banana

[Umbrae]

so today , we started the  clearing for a new project ....  

[Umbrae]

these will go back into the landscaping of the new project 

[Umbrae]

getting the posts set for the bows , 

[Xenon]

That looks like Tad's place (are you Tad?). Always enjoyed his "The Farm" megathreads years back, where'd he go?  

[Umbrae]

3 hours ago, Xenon said:

That looks like Tad's place (are you Tad?). Always enjoyed his "The Farm" megathreads years back, where'd he go?  

quien sabe 

[Umbrae]

looking forward to getting these babies up and filled , have a week delay on construction though due to work off location 

[Umbrae]

a little progress 

[Umbrae]

purlins are bolted on, got the treated 2x4s today for the sides where I will tack the shade down , 

[Umbrae]

second house , foot pieces in, bows going up today maybe some purlins too, it gets awful hot though ...

[jimmyt]

That is huge!  Going to be Epic for sure! 

[Umbrae]

purlins and bows up, 2x4s tomorrow, shade is supposed to be in today but haven't seen truck yet

[Umbrae]

4 hours ago, jimmyt said:

That is huge!  Going to be Epic for sure! 

thanks , I got a great contract last winter and this is the big pay off , 3 new shade houses ... lol heckuva bonus!!

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

progress has been slow, my day job is killing me , but it pays for my addictions and sends me to so many exciting locations. shade cloth showed up, but then one of my guys dumped a CTL into the river ... 

[Umbrae]

got the irrigation done , shade goes up this weekend , then we run the sprinklers for a week and compact the floor before the landscape fabric go up

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

another distraction that will support my addiction lol

[Umbrae]

hydraulic driven hydroseeder 

[Umbrae]

wee bit of a blow last night