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So what you saying is that my generation (babyboomers)and my parents gen KNEW BETTER! My mom used river rock to push the veggies under brine. She was from India and she learned from her mother. I have her river rock ( Sacramento river) and collected my own ( King's River) and use it in my mason jars by size to ferment my garden veggies. I'm in my 60's and someone just gave me glass weights--ugh! Too much hassle. I'm old school and haven't had a failure YET. KISS!!
I been using chaga in my compost tea I can tell you it deters bugs and animals like chickens rabbits deer My strawberry ripen like you wouldn't believe
There aren't many different sizes of glass weight so if you can't find a good fitting weight buy some food grade silicone off eBay or somewhere and cut it to the diameter of the jar, cut a hole in the middle to easily pull it out and put a weight on top of it
I bought the same brand of greenhouse. Everything you said was true. It was a nightmare, particularly with the gasket which is poorly designed. The additional supports needed to be stressed into place. The peaks didn’t exactly align but the roof cap covered that up. The side panels needed to be trimmed to fit. You are totally right about the directions. At the end, it is a solid greenhouse. I did make a small work table out of the pallet
Hinge that window on the top so it is an awning then use 2 drop shelf brackets to hold it. Or center mark that window on the verticals drill it out and screw it in place on that center axsis so it louvers.
I’m only going to use the greenhouse in the shoulder seasons and using shade cloth which comes in different sizes and percentages of shade. I also go in and spray water inside on the walls to quickly drop the temperature on super hot days. I would probably have an easier time if there were ceiling vents, it only has a door and a window opposite. Will use a fan this year also. Growth and germination shut down if the temps are in the 90’s F or above. When all works well the greenhouse is a real blessing.
You did such a good job explaining, I really appreciate it. We have an interesting set-up being high desert heat of 110+ degrees in summer. We're using a steel mesh grid with 1/2" openings over all of it to keep out varmints, I.e', squirrels, kangaroo rats, ground squirrels (chipmunks), bunny's, and the large moths that bring in the huge, AND disgusting, ginormous green dinosaur tomato worms with horns, but not too big to keep out the bees, then we're using 40% shade mesh over roof and sun sides and sheets of plastic on the high wind side. Floor also meshed even though all my plants will be in large pots and buckets, I have had gophers eat through the plastic pots to get to my agave's and eat the plant to intoxication. Your temperature guidance really clued me in on the importance of good temperatures in a greenhouse. I have also subscribed. Thank you, pretty lady.
Sounds like you’re almost guessing along the way. Easy solution for the flapping. Window or door. Get you a latch in the other side of the door when you swing it completely open and latch it on the other side. Put something in front of the door so that it stops the door from moving is another way. How about throwing some UV protecting tarps over the top and roping them down so that the sun isn’t beating on the greenhouse as much. Maybe install some gutters on the side of the greenhouse and have barrels to collect the water and make a drip system on a timer so that your plants are constantly getting watered so you wouldn’t have the dried shrub problem. So many things I could do with that green house to make it function durning heat months.
I am looking to grow less leafy greens…..they seem to dominate these tower gardens….and more vegetables. Zucchini, Radish, Peppers, Broccoli, cabbage etc. Are these growable or do they do well with these towers?
Bon jardinage! Oui, il faut sécuriser les portes. Et les fenêtres de toits sont très pratiques pour laisser échapper la chaleur. Il faut toujours deux ouvertures opposées afin d’avoir une bonne circulation. J’ai hâte de connaître vos solutions pour la trop forte chaleur! Toiles d’ombrage.. je pense que votre serre n’est pas vieille! J’ai hâte à la suite… bravo!
How do you know that the high heat has not destroyed all of the vitamins and minerals in the rhubarb? That's why they pasteurize milk and so many other things. High heat is no good.
Make a sun room out of your back back-porch and protect your tropical plants. Spending thousands of dollars to grow lettuce in winter is not worth the money, but it's certainly worth the happiness if money is not the limiting factor.
A skilled outfit will install this in a couple days not a month. And an anchoring system for this can be done with concrete can be relatively inexpensive and the base of crushed stone. A permit for this is usually a shed permit.
Hey, thanks for the video I just bought my Jora. It's the size bigger than yours. And I'm continuing my research. As I start my process of learning to use it. But I did want to add for anybody out there that. In addition to the wood chip pellets going to a farm or tractor supply and getting the shredded. Corn pellet bedding that you use in horse stalls is awesome. It does all the same stuff and it's just as natural and can sometimes be cheaper and safer than getting wood chips.
The powders , if the real deal are a dried dual extract. Which you can make yourself. Make sure it's not just ground raw chaga. Which would need to be cooked to be bio-available.
At 10:23 it looks like you had to trim your poly panels because you made your base too wide. I wish you told us about this. Without the bottom of the poly panel overlapped the wind load rating will be reduced.
This is exactly the to-the-point video more people should make. Thank you. Now, I found the video 2 years post upload, and came from the other channel you mentioned, but you cemented my purchase of this composter. My questions have to do with the insulating foam: the deterioration, upkeep, care, replacement of (if any) and that information is difficult to find. I guess it’s safe. I did get a good look at the foam in your video, and if it’s been seven years, I can say it seems to be able to withstand the uses it’s put through.
I'm starting my project, and the information you have provided is most helpful. I'm so glad you overcame every challenge and have your greenhouse up and running.
